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US 7,527,158 B2Granted
Desk caddy
OwnerShannon Gainer, Kevin Gainerinventors
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Abstract
A desk caddy intended for grade school children sitting at a desk having a storage bin. The caddy includes a box with integral front, back and opposite side walls and one or two internal dividers. One of the dividers, along with the front back and a side wall defines a water bottle compartment having raised ribs in the floor so that the bottle sits up off of the floor of the compartment. At least one hanger hook is integrated with the back wall so that the box may be hung on the edge of the storage bin. Alternatively, means are provided to slide the caddy onto the edge of a desk top. The unit is preferably made of injection molded plastic.
Claims8
A student's desk caddy comprising:
- integral front, back and opposite side walls and a floor extending fully between said front, back and opposite side walls to define a rectangular box with an open top, the front and back walls extending fully between the side walls, and the side walls extending fully between the front and back walls;
- the back wall having a top edge and a bottom edge parallel to the top edge such that the distance between the top and bottom edges is constant along their lengths;
- a plurality of fixed dividers extending between the front and back walls parallel to and spaced at different distances from one sidewall to define a plurality of compartments within the box;
- each of said front, back and sidewalls having a top edge;
- the front wall top edge being sloped downwardly from the divider closest to said one sidewall toward the other side wall such that all of the compartments have different depths, with one of the compartments being a deepest compartment, the back wall being substantially rectangular such that its top edge is non-sloped;
- said front and back walls being nonsymmetrical and said deepest compartment being defined by and between a portion of the back wall, a first of said sidewalls, and a portion of said front wall such that the top edges of the back wall portion, the first sidewall and the front wall portion are collinear and the depth of the deepest compartment is constant around its top edges;
- a pattern of raised elements extending over the floor only in the deepest compartment such that a bottle or similar object placed in said compartment is in spaced relationship to said floor;
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- means for attaching the back wall of the caddy to a desk;
- said attaching means comprising a hanger integral with the back wall at the top edge thereof.
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A student desk accessory designed for temporary attachment to a desk comprising:
- a generally rectangular plastic box having a planar floor (24), a first rectangular wall (20) having a top edge and a bottom edge wherein said top and bottom edges are parallel to each other and parallel to the floor such that the distance between the top and bottom edges is uniform along their lengths, a second wall (18) opposite and parallel to the first wall (20) having a first portion of generally the same height as the first wall (20) and a second portion which slopes downwardly to a lower height, a third wall (22) between the first and second walls and of substantially the same height as the first and second walls, and a fourth wall (24) between and first and second walls and opposite the third wall (22);
- the second wall (18) and the first wall (20) being nonsymmetrical;
- at least one divider extending between and attached to the first and second walls to define, on one side a deep compartment and, on the other side, a shallower compartment;
- said deep compartment being defined by a portion of the first wall (20), the third wall (22) and a portion of the second wall (18) such that the depth of said deep compartment is constant measured relative to its top edges;
- raised ridges (36) formed on and integral with the floor (26) in the deep compartment;
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- attachment means attached to the box along the top edge of the first wall for temporary sliding attachment to the edge of a planar desk element.
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A student desk accessory designed for temporary attachment to a desk comprising:
- a generally rectangular plastic box having a planar floor (24), a first rectangular wall (20) having a top edge and a bottom edge wherein said top and bottom edges are parallel to each other and parallel to the floor such that the distance between the ton and bottom edges is uniform along their lengths, a second wall (18) opposite and parallel to the first wall (20) having a first portion of generally the same height as the first wall (20) and a second portion which slopes downwardly to a lower height, a third wall (22) between the first and second walls and of substantially the same height as the first and second walls, and a fourth wall (24) between and first and second walls and opposite the third wall (22);
- the second wall (18) and the first wall (20) being nonsymmetrical;
- at least one divider extending between and attached to the first and second walls to define, on one side a deep compartment and, on the other side, a shallower compartment;
- said deep compartment being defined by a portion of the first wall (20), the third wall (22) and a portion of the second wall (18) such that the depth of said deep compartment is constant measured relative to its top edges;
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- attachment means attached to the box- along the top edge of the first wall for temporary sliding attachment to the edge of a planar desk element.
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