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US 5,664,689 AGranted
Shelf organizer
OwnerJohn Raymond Mirlisena, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
A shelf organizer includes a generally planar shelf with sleeves affixed to an underside of the shelf. The sleeves are configured for selected items to be inserted therein for storage while other items are placed atop the shelf for storage as is well known. The shelf organizer is used within a cabinet such as a medicine cabinet, or in conjunction with any standard shelf and in one embodiment includes a shelf extension to accommodate differently sized cabinets.
Claims6
A cabinet comprising:
- a housing having two generally planar side panels, a generally planar top panel secured to an upper extremity of each said side panel, and a generally planar bottom panel secured to a lower extremity of each said side panel;
- at least one generally planar shelf supported in said housing, an upper surface of each said shelf being adapted to support items thereon;
- at least one sleeve affixed to an underside of said at least one shelf such that an outer surface of said sleeve is affixed to said underside of said shelf, said sleeve being adapted for selected items to be inserted therein;
- a connector affixing said at least one sleeve to said underside of said shelf;
- and
- a shelf extension telescopingly mounted to said shelf to accommodate various sizes of the cabinet.
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A medicine cabinet comprising:
- a metal housing having two generally planar side panels, a generally planar top panel secured to an upper extremity of each said side panel, and a generally planar bottom panel secured to a lower extremity of each said side panel;
- a plurality of generally planar shelves supported in said housing, an upper surface of each said shelf being adapted to support items thereon;
- a plurality of sleeves affixed to an underside of selected ones of said shelves such that an outer surface of said sleeve is affixed to said underside of said shelf, said sleeve being adapted for selected items to be inserted therein, each said sleeve having either a circular or a quadrangular cross-section and said sleeves having variously sized cross-sections to accommodate variously sized items therein;
- a connector for each said sleeve to affix said sleeve to said underside of said selected ones of said shelves;
- and
- a shelf extension telescopingly mounted to selected ones of said shelves to accommodate various sizes of said housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.