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US 7,441,663 B2Granted
Tray assembly having hinged dividers
AssigneeUnited States Postal Service
InventorMark Osborn
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Abstract
A tray assembly has a tray and a divider assembly removably connected to the tray. The tray has a base, a first side fixedly attached to the base, a second side fixedly attached to the base and the first side, a third side opposite the first side and fixedly attached to the base and the second side, and a fourth side opposite the second side and pivotally connected to the base.
Claims17
A tray assembly, comprising:
- a tray including:
- a base;
- a first side fixedly attached to the base;
- a second side fixedly attached to the base and the first side;
- a third side opposite the first side and fixedly attached to the base and the second side;
- and
- a fourth side opposite the second side and pivotally connected to the base;
- and
- a divider assembly removably connected to the tray and including:
- a spine;
- and
- a plurality of dividers, each being removably connected to the spine and configured to pivot relative to the spine;
- and
- a plurality of protrusions disposed on an inner surface of the base and configured to impede pivoting of the plurality of dividers.
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A method of sorting, comprising:
- providing a divider assembly having a plurality of divider panels that form a plurality of divisions therebetween;
- placing the divider assembly within a tray having a base, a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side to form a plurality of divisions within the tray;
- pivoting the fourth side from a first position where a generally closed four-sided structure is formed to a second position where a generally open three-sided structure is formed to reveal a label disposed on an inner surface of the fourth side, wherein the label includes a plurality of separate sections of information, each of the separate sections of information being aligned with one of the plurality of divisions;
- placing articles within at least one of the plurality of divisions, each of the articles placed within the at least one of the plurality of divisions being related to the one of the plurality of sections of information aligned with the at least one of the plurality of divisions;
- and
- returning the fourth side to the first position.
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A tray assembly, comprising:
- a tray including:
- a base;
- a first side fixedly attached to the base;
- a second side fixedly attached to the base and the first side;
- a third side opposite the first side and fixedly attached to the base and the second side;
- and
- a fourth side opposite the second side and pivotally connected to the base,
- a divider assembly removably connected to the tray and including:
- a spine;
- and
- a plurality of dividers, each being removably connected to the spine and configured to pivot relative to the spine;
- at least one retaining member fixedly connected to the tray and configured to retain the divider assembly;
- and
- a label disposed on an inner surface of the fourth side, wherein the plurality of dividers form a plurality of divisions within the tray assembly and the label includes a plurality of sections of information, each of the plurality of sections of information being aligned with one of the plurality of divisions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.