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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2009
Denis J. Stemmle, Stratford, CT (US);
Denis J. Stemmle, Stratford, CT (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A containment device includes a base, vertical walls extending from the base and an open end for accepting the mailpieces therein. The containment device, furthermore, has a slot formed in at least one of the vertical walls thereof. The containment device also includes a recess extending on an underside of the base between the vertical walls; a lip extending outward from an edge of the vertical walls; detents provided in the lip of opposing vertical walls of the vertical walls; and protrusions extending beyond the base and structured and adapted to mate with detents of a lower container in a stacked configuration of containers.