Notebook organizer including slidable element
OwnerMark A. Bedolinventor
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Abstract
A notebook organizer is disclosed which is sufficiently thin for convenient use in a ringed notebook. In its broadest aspects, the organizer comprises a base having a substantially flat bottom surface. The base has a border with a plurality of holes therethrough, the holes being adapted for engagement with the rings of a ringed notebook. The base includes a plurality of partitions dividing the base into a plurality of compartments. There is a lid associated with at least one of the compartments, including a lock for releasably securing the lid in a closed position. The lid has a substantially flat upper surface.
Claims16
A notebook organizer, comprising:
- (a) a base having a substantially flat bottom surface, said base having a border with a plurality of holes therethrough, said holes being adapted for engagement with the rings of a ringed notebook, said base including a plurality of partitions dividing said base into a plurality of compartments, said partitions having longitudinal slots formed on opposing partition surfaces thereon;
- (b) at least one functional element having a longitudinal extension thereon being slideably engageable with, and supported between, said opposing partition surfaces;
- and,
- (c) a lid being associated with at least one of said compartments, including means for connecting said lid to said base, and locking means for releasably securing said lid in a closed position, said lid having a substantially flat upper surface, the organizer being sufficiently thin for convenient use in a ringed notebook.
A notebook organizer, comprising:
- (a) a base having a substantially flat bottom surface, said base having a border with a plurality of holes therethrough, said holes being adapted for engagement with the rings of a ringed notebook, said base including,
- i) a rim forming the outer periphery of a plurality of compartments;
- and
- ii) a plurality of partitions which cooperate with portions of said rim to form sides of said plurality of compartments, said partitions having longitudinal slots formed on opposing partition surfaces thereon;
- (b) at least one functional element having a longitudinal extension thereon being slidably engageable with, and supported between, said opposing partition surfaces;
- and,
- (c) a lid being associated with said at least one compartment, including means for connecting said lid to said base, and locking means for releasably securing said lid in a closed position, said lid having a substantially flat upper surface, the organizer being sufficiently thin for convenient use in a ringed notebook.
The notebook organizer of claim, 10 wherein each off-center partition includes a longitudinal slot for cooperating with a longitudinal extension located on at least one functional element securely locatable within said central compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.