Device for sorting and checking freight bills

Claim 1

A PORTABLE DEVICE FOR USE IN SORTING AND CHECKING FREIGHT BILLS OF ITEMS RECEIVED AT A FREIGHT STATION COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER HAVING A FORWARD END PORTION AND A REARWARD END PORTION AND INCLUDING A HORIZONTAL QUADRILATERAL BOTTOM PANEL MEMBER, AND TWO OPPOSITELY DISPOSED AND SPACED SIDE PANEL MEMBERS SECURED TO AND UPSTANDING FROM SAID BOTTOM PANEL MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF JUXTAPOSEDLY ARRANGED LEAF MEMBERS WITH EACH LEAF MEMBER HAVING A PROXIMAL PORTION AND A DISTAL PORTION; PIVOT MOUNTING MEANS MOUNTING EACH LEAF MEMBER RESPECTIVELY AT THE PROXIMAL PORTION THEREOF FROM SAID BOTTOM PANEL, EACH SAID LEAF MEMBER BEING MEDIANLY ARRANGED RELATIVE TO THE TRANSVERSE DIMENSION OF SAID BOTTOM PANEL MEMBER OF SAID BASE MEMBER AND PIVOTALLY MOVABLE FORE AND AFT RELATIVE TO SAID BASE MEMBER, SAID PLURALITY OF LEAF MEMBERS BEING ARRANGED RESPECTIVELY EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY OBLIQUELY AND IN OVERLYING AND STACKED CONFIGURATION, SAID PLURALITY OF LEAF MEMBERS BEING URGED TOWARD OR HELD IN AN OBLIQUELY STACKED CONFIGURATION BY GRAVITY, ADJACENT TWO MEMBERS OF SAID PLURALITY OF LEAF MEMBERS BEING ADAPTED TO BE PIVOTALLY SEPARATED TO PROVIDE AN AREA FOR RECEIVING A FREIGHT BILL, THE DISTAL PORTION OF EACH LEAF MEMBER HAVING INDICIA AFFIXED THEREON FOR IDENTIFYING A FREIGHT BILL RECEIVED IN EACH SAID AREA BETWEEN ADJACENT LEAF MEMBERS; A TOP PANEL MEMBER TO SAID BASE MEMBER; SECURING SAID TOP PANEL MEMBER TO SAID BASE MEMBER; SAID TOP PANEL MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO BE MOVED FROM AN OPEN OR CLOSED DISPOSITION, WHEN IN SAID CLOSED DISPOSITION SAID TOP PANEL MEMBER BEING DISPOSED HORIZONTALLY ONLY OVER SAID REARWARD END PORTION OF SAID BASE MEMBER AND EXTENDING ACROSS SAID SPACED SIDE PANEL MEMBERS IN RESTING RELATIONSHIP THEREON AND DEFINING A COVERED ENCLOSURE UNDERNEATH SAID TOP PANEL MEMBER FOR RECEIVING AND HOLDING FREIGHT BILLS, SAID TOP PANEL MEMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SHORTER THAN SAID BASE MEMBER AND EXPOSING PORTIONS OF SAID LEAF MEMBERS WHEN IN SAID CLOSED DISPOSITION, ALSO WHEN IN SAID CLOSED DISPOSITION SAID TOP PANEL MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO PROVIDE A FLAT SURFACE FOR WRITING AND FOR CHECKING OFF ITEMS OF THE FREIGHT BILLS, SAID TOP PANEL MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO BE MOVED TO AN OPEN DISPOSITION OF DEPOSITING CHECKED FREIGHT BILLS IN SAID COVERED ENCLOSURE.