Abstract: A transport pocket for transporting an article in an overhead conveyor includes a suspension element by which the transport pocket can be suspended from the overhead conveyor, a pocket body having a front wall, a rear wall and a base therebetween, where the front wall has an opening, and a lever element by which the pocket body can be switched between at least two positions in which the front wall and the rear wall assume different relative vertical positions. In a first of the at least two positions, the opening is at a suitable distance from a deepest point of the pocket body for securely housing the article in the pocket body and, in a second of the at least two positions, the opening reaches the deepest point of the pocket body so that the article is able to slide out of the pocket body through the opening.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transport pocket for transporting an article 17 in an overhead conveyor, comprising a suspension element by means of which the transport pocket can be suspended from the overhead conveyor, a pocket body having a front wall, a rear wall and a base therebetween, wherein the front wall has an opening, and a lever element by way of which the pocket body is suspended from the suspension element and by means of which the pocket body can be switched between at least two positions in which the front wall and the rear wall assume different relative vertical positions with respect to one another, wherein the opening is so positioned and configured that, in a first of the at least two positions of the pocket body, it is at a suitable distance from a deepest point of the pocket body for securely housing the article in the pocket body and, in a second of the at least two positions of the pocket body, it reaches the deepest point of the pocket body, so that in the second position the arti