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US 10,961,045 B1Granted
Document console
AssigneeXpresspax, Inc.
InventorDavid A. Moses
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Abstract
A document console comprising an upper member secured to a housing. The housing comprises side walls that are removably attached from one another thereby facilitating the manufacture, storage, and assembly of the console. The console comprises features and members that confer anti-static properties onto the console, thereby facilitating the removal of paper-based documents from the console. The console further comprises safety features that serve to maintain the security and the integrity of the documents within the console.
Claims12
A document console, comprising:
- an upper member comprising:
- a body which surrounds a first chamber, wherein a bottom side of the body is open-ended and leads into the first chamber, and further wherein the body has an opening formed therethrough, wherein the opening is in fluid communication with the first chamber;
- and
- a door pivotally connected to the body of the upper member, wherein the door comprises an upper member joined to a lower member, wherein the upper member covers the opening of the upper member when the door is in a closed position and which reveals the opening when the door is in an open position, and wherein the lower member is positioned within the first chamber, and further wherein the lower member of the door comprises a body having a longitudinally extending slot formed therethrough, wherein the slot begins at a proximal lateral side of the body of the lower member of the door to form a proximal interior wall and ends at distal lateral side of the body of the lower member of the door to form a distal interior wall;
- a weighted member which comprises a longitudinally extending bar which is disposed within the slot and wherein oppositely situated ends of the bar are respectively received by and secured to the proximal and distal interior walls of the lower member of the door;
- and
- a housing having a body comprising a plurality of side walls, wherein each of the side walls of the plurality has a top edge oppositely situated to a bottom edge and a proximal edge oppositely situated to a distal edge, and further wherein each of the proximal edges of the side walls is joined to the distal edge of the immediately adjacently positioned side wall of the plurality via a mating member which is integrally formed on each of the proximal and distal edges of the side walls of the plurality, and further wherein each of the side walls of the plurality of side walls has an interior surface oppositely situated to an exterior surface, and further wherein the housing has a second chamber which is surrounded by the interior surfaces of the side walls of the body of the housing and by a bottom side of the housing, wherein the bottom side is positioned towards the bottom edges of the plurality of side walls;
- wherein the open-ended bottom side of the body of the upper member is disposed on the top edges of the side walls of the plurality of side walls of the housing.
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