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US 4,708,310 AGranted
Corner mounted tray
AssigneeTri-State Enterprises
InventorJoe M. Smith
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Abstract
A corner mounted tray is essentially triangular in shape and comprises a perforate bottom wall, upstanding side and front walls and is releasably attached to a vertical wall by a mortise and tenon type connection. The connection includes a relatively narrow segment adhesively affixed on the back wall thereof to the vertical wall and providing, on the front wall thereof, one or more shoulder forming elements. The side walls of the tray provide recesses for receiving the shoulder forming elements and supporting the tray thereon.
Claims14
A tray for mounting to vertical walls meeting at a corner, comprising
- a bottom wall and a pair of converging side walls supporting the bottom wall;
- the converging side walls each comprising a rectilinear recess extending from a shoulder intermediate the side walls and opening through the bottom wall to provide a passage between the bottom wall and the side walls;
- a vertical rib, adjacent each of the recesses, extending intermediate the ends of the recesses;
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- means for releasably attaching the tray to the vertical walls comprising
- a pair of wall brackets having a top edge abutting the shoulder and including a planar backing member sized to pass through the passage and having a back side and a front side;
- means integral with the backing member and extending rearwardly of the back side providing a slot of a size to receive the rib;
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- means for connecting each of the brackets to a vertical wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.