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US 12,329,277 B2Granted
Divided desktop organizer
AssigneeTombow Pencil Co., Ltd.
InventorRuby Catherine Daniel
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Abstract
A desktop organizer may include: a housing and a plurality of drawers received by the housing, the drawers being interlocked by paired slots extending from bottom faces of the drawers and fins extending vertically from top faces of the drawers. In some examples, the fins may extend vertically from dividers extending from a front edge to a back edge of the drawers, which may separate the drawers into compartments configured to hold and display elongate writing objects. The slots may be longer than a distance between the fins, such that the drawers are staggered when withdrawn from the housing.
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A desktop storage organizer comprising:
- a housing having an open face;
- and
- a plurality of drawers disposed within the housing, each drawer comprising an expanse having a top face and an opposing bottom face;
- wherein, for each of the drawers, the top face includes a front-facing abutment surface spaced from a rear-facing abutment surface and the bottom face includes a rear-facing bumper spaced from a front-facing bumper, such that the rear-facing bumper is disposed forward of a midline of the expanse and the front-facing bumper is disposed rearward of the midline;
- wherein the front-facing abutment surface and the rear-facing abutment surface of each drawer extend vertically from a first divider, wherein the first divider extends at least partially along a front-to-back length of the drawer;
- and
- wherein the plurality of drawers are interlocked by the bumpers and abutment surfaces, such that transitioning a lower one of the drawers from a stowed position to a deployed position is configured to automatically pull an adjacent upper one of the drawers partially open due to interaction between the front-facing abutment surface of the lower drawer and the rear-facing bumper of the upper drawer.
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A desktop storage organizer comprising:
- a plurality of drawers disposed in a housing;
- a first drawer of the plurality of drawers comprising a first divider oriented along a direction of travel of the drawer, the first divider having a front-facing abutment surface spaced apart from a rear-facing abutment surface, each of the abutment surfaces extending upward from the first divider;
- and
- a second drawer of the plurality of drawers comprising a first slot oriented along the direction of travel and configured to receive the abutment surfaces of the first divider, the first slot defining a rear-facing bumper spaced apart from a front-facing bumper, wherein the rear-facing bumper is disposed forward of a midline of the second drawer and the front-facing bumper is disposed rearward of the midline of the second drawer;
- wherein the first drawer and the second drawer are interlocked by the first divider and the first slot, such that transitioning the first drawer between a stowed and a deployed configuration along the direction of travel causes the second drawer to transition between a stowed and a deployed configuration;
- and
- wherein the rear-facing bumper is spaced from the front-facing abutment surface by an offset distance when the first drawer is stowed, such that the drawers are staggered by the offset distance when the first drawer is deployed.
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A desktop storage organizer comprising:
- a housing;
- a first drawer received by the housing and including an expanse, wherein the first drawer is transitionable along a direction of travel between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration in which the drawer is at least partially withdrawn from the housing;
- a first divider coupled to the expanse and oriented along the direction of travel, the first divider including a front fin and a rear fin each extending upward;
- and
- a second drawer received by the housing, the second drawer including a first slot having a front end and a rear end defining a length of the slot, the first slot oriented along the direction of travel and configured to receive the front and rear fins, such that the first drawer and the second drawer are interlocked;
- wherein the first and second drawer are configured such that transitioning the first drawer from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration causes the front fin to contact the front end of the slot, automatically transitioning the second drawer to a deployed configuration.
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A desktop storage organizer comprising:
- a housing having an open face;
- and
- a plurality of drawers disposed within the housing, each drawer comprising an expanse having a top face and an opposing bottom face;
- wherein, for each of the drawers, the top face includes a front-facing abutment surface spaced from a rear-facing abutment surface and the bottom face includes a rear-facing bumper spaced from a front-facing bumper, such that the rear-facing bumper is disposed forward of a midline of the expanse and the front-facing bumper is disposed rearward of the midline;
- wherein the rear-facing bumper of each drawer comprises an end of a first slot, and wherein the front-facing bumper of each drawer comprises an end of a second slot;
- and
- wherein the plurality of drawers are interlocked by the bumpers and abutment surfaces, such that transitioning a lower one of the drawers from a stowed position to a deployed position is configured to automatically pull an adjacent upper one of the drawers partially open due to interaction between the front-facing abutment surface of the lower drawer and the rear-facing bumper of the upper drawer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.