| 摘要 |
<p>Pre-packaging of flats mail by mailers, printers, and binding houses is provided by a carrier assembly that provides optimum shipping volumes while requiring reduced handling at postal facilities at elevated rates while supporting both manual and automated mail processing. The carrier assembly consists of a substantially rigid carrier body (10) of rectangular cross section and includes a plurality, at least two, of generally flat, rectangular side walls (12,14,16) and at least one end wall (18,20), two or more of which have one or a pair of banding guide slots (22,24) formed in respective outer edges thereof in mutual registration for receiving banding or other strapping means (28,28) in either parallel or cross-banding arrangements for securing mail loaded therein.</p> |
