Drawer organizer
OwnerGayle Rosenberg, Eli Pineinventors
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Abstract
An organizer for a drawer or other rectangular or non-rectangular space. The organizer has a plurality of individual elements that are mutually nested together and can be moved both in the width direction and in the length direction to expand or contract the organizer so as to conform to the dimensions of the drawer or other rectangular or non-rectangular space. Each element has a bottom surface that combines to provide a contiguous bottom surface of the organizer in the expanded and contracted positions. There is also a peripheral continuous raised edge that surrounds the perimeter of the organizer when in the contracted or expanded positions.
Claims11
An expandable organizer for use within a rectangular space to fully conform to the space within the space, said organizer comprising:
- a first element containing raised edges which attach to one another so as to form a fixed continuous peripheral edge defining a fixed area there within;
- a plurality of substantially fixed upwardly raised dividers situated within the fixed area created by the peripheral edge, a portion of which dividers are attached to at least a portion of the peripheral edge and a portion of which dividers are attached to each other, so as to form a plurality of spaces within said fixed area, and wherein said dividers are in substantially fixed position relative to each other and relative to the peripheral edge;
- at least one second element comprising three raised edges defining a bottom surface and a substantially flat fourth edge that is in the plane of the bottom surface and wherein said second element is adapted to be slidingly nested with the first element so as to vary the length of the first element when the second element is moved closer to and away from the first element;
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- at least one third element comprising two raised edges defining a bottom surface and two substantially flat edges that are in the plane of the bottom surface and wherein said third element is adapted to underlie and be sidably nested with the first and second elements so as to vary the width of the first and second elements when the third element is moved closer to and away from the first and second element;
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- wherein the bottom surfaces of each of the first, second and third elements form a contiguous bottom surface and the second and third elements may be moved substantially simultaneously to reduce or enlarge the width and length of the organizer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.