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US 4,305,629 AGranted
Drawer organizer for knives, forks, and spoons
OwnerEdward Friisinventor
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Abstract
A drawer organizer for knives, forks and spoons, which can be adjustably mounted within any size drawer and positioned custom fitted at a desired location within the drawer. The organizer includes a plurality of individual mounting blocks which are positioned in a side by side array and joined to biased end members, allowing the entire array when biased to be adjustably positioned to any width drawer and at any location within the drawer. The organizer facilitates the removal and replacement of utensils.
Claims5
An organizer for kitchen utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons or like utensils mountable in a drawer which comprises:
- a plurality of separate, molded intermediary block members that are of substantially equal width and are interlockable in contact with one another in a side-by-side array,
- a left end block member,
- a right end block member, said left end and right end block members being interlockable with said intermediary block members to form left and right ends on said side-by-side array,
- tensioning means carried by both said left end and right end block members that extend outboard of the left and right ends of said side-by-side array,
- slits in the underside of said block members for receiving knife blades, and
- channels on the upper side of said side-by-side array formed between vertical stems that extend upwardly from each said block members for receiving spoons and forks.
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