Partition
AssigneeEbenisterie Yvan Maltais Inc.
InventorYvan MALTAIS
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Abstract
The partitions can be mad e of an elongated and flat body of a material being manually flexible in an elastic manner in a transverse orientation, have two lengthwisely opposite ends and at least two superposed lengthwisely oriented rows of keeper apertures extending therebetween, and protrusions extending outwardly at each one of the ends, each protrusion being lengthwisely aligned with a corresponding one of the rows and being shaped to matingly engage the keeper apertures.
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A partition formed of a flat and elongated body made of a sheet-like material, the sheet-like material being rigid, yet being manually laterally elastically flexible, and having at least two superposed and lengthwisely extending rows of keeper apertures, the keeper apertures being equally interspaced from one another along the rows and being perpendicularly aligned with keeper apertures of other rows, the flat and elongated body further comprising two longitudinally-opposite ends, and protrusions to the ends, the protrusions being aligned with each one of the rows, instead of a keeper aperture in the equally interspaced sequence of keeper apertures in the row, and the protrusions having a shape complementary to the shape of the keeper apertures for engagement therewith, wherein the partition can be engaged between two other parallel, vertically standing, and fixedly spaced-apart partitions by flexing manually laterally, sliding the partition downwardly between the two other partitions, aligning the protrusions of the partition with corresponding keeper apertures of the two other partitions, and releasing the elastic flexion of the partition so as to engage the protrusions thereof into the corresponding keeper apertures of the two other partitions, thereby locking the partition in place between the two other partitions.
A partition comprising an elongated and flat body made of a material being manually flexible in an elastic manner in a transverse orientation, having two lengthwisely opposite ends with a lengthwisely oriented row of interspaced keeper apertures extending therebetween, and protrusions extending outwardly at each one of the ends, each protrusion being lengthwisely aligned with aligned keeper apertures and having a complementary shape to matingly engage corresponding keeper apertures of another partition.
A method of assembling a first partition between two parallel, vertically standing, and fixedly spaced-apart other partitions each having two lengthwisely opposite ends and at least two superposed lengthwisely oriented rows of keeper apertures extending between the ends, the first partition being made of an elongated and flat body of a material being manually flexible in an elastic manner in a transverse orientation, and having protrusions extending outwardly at each one of the ends at a height selected for alignment with corresponding ones of the rows, and shaped to matingly engage the keeper apertures, the method comprising:
- flexing the first partition manually laterally, sliding the partition downwardly between the two other partitions, aligning the protrusions of the partition with corresponding keeper apertures of the two other partitions, and releasing the elastic flexion of the partition so as to engage the protrusions thereof into the corresponding keeper apertures of the two other partitions, thereby locking the partition in place between the two other partitions.
A drawer partition kit comprising a plurality of partitions, each partition being made of an elongated and flat body of a material being manually flexible in an elastic manner in a transverse orientation, having two lengthwisely opposite ends and at least one lengthwisely oriented row of interspaced keeper apertures extending therebetween, and protrusions extending outwardly at each one of the ends in lengthwise alignment with the row of interspaced keeper apertures, the protrusions having a complementary shape to matingly engage the keeper apertures of another one of the plurality of partitions.
A drawer partition kit comprising
- at least one drawer front end piece each having a common drawer front end thickness, two lengthwisely opposite ends and two faces, and at least two superposed lengthwisely oriented rows of keeper apertures being equally interspaced from one another along the rows by an interspacing distance, the rows being provided at respective row heights, and each drawer front end piece having a length corresponding to an integer multiple of the interspacing distance;
- at least one drawer rear end piece each having a common drawer rear end thickness, a length corresponding to the length of a corresponding drawer front end piece, two lengthwisely opposite ends and two faces, and at least two superposed lengthwisely oriented rows of keeper apertures being equally interspaced from one another along the rows by the interspacing distance, the rows being provided at the respective row heights,
- two side pieces each having lengthwisely opposite ends engageable with corresponding ends of a drawer rear end piece and a drawer front end pieces, and two faces, and at least two superposed lengthwisely oriented rows of keeper apertures being equally interspaced from one another along the rows by the interspacing distance, the rows being provided at the respective row heights, each having a common length corresponding to an integer multiple of the interspacing distance,
- a plurality of partitions, each partition having an elongated and flat body made of a material being manually flexible in an elastic manner in a transverse orientation having a length corresponding to an integer multiple of the interspacing distance, a thickness, two lengthwisely opposite ends, and protrusions extending outwardly at both of the ends at the respective row heights, the protrusions having a complementary shape to matingly engage the keeper apertures.
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