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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Daryl Sunny Mileaf, Hanover, MD (US);
Charles Stewart Shaw, Fairfax, VA (US);
Stanley Katsuyoshi Wakamiya, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Inventors:
Daryl Sunny Mileaf, Hanover, MD (US);
Charles Stewart Shaw, Fairfax, VA (US);
Stanley Katsuyoshi Wakamiya, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Assignee:
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F017/00 ; B07C005/00 ; G06K009/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The mail sorting systems and methods of the invention can be used to provide a mail carrier with a batch of mail that is arranged in delivery point order and separated by delivery point. Advantageously, the systems and methods employ an expandable, transportable container having a number of expandable compartments. Each expandable compartment holds the mail for a single delivery point.