Multi-section retaining/sorting/browsing apparatus

Abstract

Multi-section retaining/sorting/browsing apparatus including a base including a plurality of parallel slots vertically spaced apart from one another and a plurality of dividers each arranged in connection with a respective pair of slots. Adjacent dividers define object-retaining sections therebetween and support surfaces for objects to be retained in the object-support sections at different vertical elevations. Each divider has a pair of separated anchor portions and an object support portion coupled to the anchor portions to provide a support for retaining objects. The anchor portions are rotatably retained in connection with the base to enable the dividers to be flipped forward and backward in a longitudinal direction. When file folders or other objects are retained in the object-retaining sections, it becomes possible to sort papers, documents or files in the sections and to browse through the contents of a file folder without removing them from the apparatus.

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