Article organizer
OwnerPaul Douglas Sarnowskiinventor
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Abstract
An organizer for maintaining items such as mail in a convenient, readily accessible generally stacked condition. The organizer has a receptacle tray with a retainer which is angularly disposed within the tray and longitudinally slidable therein along a track. A foot on the retainer is held in frictional engagement with the track or bottom of the organizer by the contents held between the retainer and an end of the tray. The user may easily disengage the retainer and move it in either direction by manually applying a counter force to the upper edge of the retainer. In the preferred embodiment, the tray is a standard postal tray of light weight material. In an alternate embodiment, an optional return spring may be provided to urge the retainer into engagement with the retained contents of the tray.
Claims9
An organizer for receiving articles comprising:
- (a) a tray having a bottom, opposite sides and opposite front and rear ends and having an open top defining an article-receiving compartment, said tray being a light weight non-metal material;
- (b) a track extending longitudinally along said bottom at least partway between the opposite ends, said track having a surface;
- (c) slide means moveable along said track, said slide means having a foot extending toward said rear end and pivotal to bring said foot into engagement with one of said track surface on said tray bottom;
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- (d) a retainer panel on said slide having first and second surfaces, said first surface facing said front end of said tray to retain mail items there between, said first surface forming an acute angle with respect to the bottom whereby mail items will apply a force against the first surface causing said foot to pivot to said first position to restrain said slide;
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- (e) whereby said slide and retainer may be released for movement along said track by application of a manual force to the retainer in a direction toward said first end to cause said foot to pivot to a second position.
A portable organizer for receiving mail articles comprising:
- (a) a tray having a bottom, opposite sides and opposite front and rear end and having an open top defining a mail article receiving compartment, said tray being formed of a light weight, non-metal material;
- (b) a track extending longitudinally along said bottom from said front end at least partway toward said rear end, said track having a surface;
- (c) a slide moveable along said track surface, said slide having a foot extending toward said rear end of said tray and pivotal to a first position to bring said foot into engagement with one of said track surface on said tray bottom;
- (d) a retainer on said slide having opposite front and rear surfaces, said front surface facing said front end of said tray to receive mail articles there between, said front surface forming an acute angle with respect to the tray bottom whereby mail articles will apply a force against said first surface to pivot said foot to said first position to restrain said slide;
- (e) a floor panel overlying said bottom;
- (f) whereby said slide and retainer may be released for movement along said track by application of a manual force applied to the retainer in a direction toward said front end to cause said foot to pivot to a second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.