Device for organizing papers and files
AssigneeKeystone Ferrule & Nut Corporation
InventorsDan Chiariello, Ned Chiariello
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Abstract
A device for use as a desk organizer which can be compactly packaged and easily shipped in a knockdown condition, and, which, at the point of use, can be readily assembled without the need for any type of tool. The device comprises a base member, removable end members and a plurality of dividers which can be selectively positioned on the base member. The device further comprises a connector for enabling two of the base members to be interconnected thereby permitting a user to easily double the paper and file holding capacity of the device. Additional connectors can be employed, if desired, to further increase the capacity of the device.
Claims16
A device for supporting articles such as files, folders, envelopes, papers, or the like, on a desk top, table top, or the like supporting surface, comprising:
- a base member adapted to be positioned on a supporting surface, said base member including a lower, supporting surface engaging portion and an upper, article supporting portion having side margins which extend outwardly with relation to the corresponding margins of the supporting surfaces engaging portion, said side margins being provided with a plurality of aligned, longitudinally spaced openings, said portions of the base member being positioned in vertically spaced relation to one another;
- a plurality of article support members adapted to be releasably engaged in the openings provided in the side margins of the article supporting portion of the base member for receiving therebetween articles to be supported on the device;
- at least one removable end member for engagement on the base member, said end member having an upwardly extending article supporting portion and an inwardly extending base member engaging portion adapted to be received in the space between said portions of the base member;
- and stop means on the base member for limiting the extent to which the inwardly extending base member engaging portion of said at least one removable end member can be inserted between said portions of the base member.
A device for supporting articles such as files, folders, envelopes, papers, or the like, on a desk top, table top, or the like supporting surface, comprising:
- a pair of base members adapted to be positioned on a supporting surface, said base members each including a lower, supporting surface engaging portion and an upper, article supporting portion, said portions of the base members being positioned in vertically spaced relation to one another, said article supporting portion of each base member having side margins which extend outwardly with relation to the corresponding margins of the supporting surface engaging portion, said side margins being provided with a plurality of aligned, longitudinally spaced openings;
- a plurality of article support members adapted to be releasably engaged in the openings provided in the side margins of the article supporting portion of each base member for receiving therebetween articles to be supported on the device;
- and connector means for releasably interconnecting the base members in end-to-end relation to one another, said connector means having side margins adapted to be inserted in the space between the upper and lower portions of each base member at one end thereof, the side margins of the connector means having anchoring means for snugly frictionally maintaining the base members in their releasably interconnected end-to-end relation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.