Claims
- 1. Low-profile desk top apparatus comprising:
- substantially planar base means adapted to sit in a substantially horizontal attitude upon a horizontal desk top, with one surface of said base means facing upwardly;
- wall means upstanding from said upper surface of said base means and surrounding at least a portion of said upper surface to define at least one storage well thereon;
- said wall means terminating in an upper surface having boss means upstanding therefrom which at least partially surround said storage well;
- upper deck means adapted to cover over said storage well and having means depending therefrom adapted to make a frictional with said boss means for securing said upper deck means in place over said storage well;
- elevated structure on said base means, horizontally displaced from said storage well, and rising to substantially the height of said upper deck means when the latter is in place over said wall means;
- at least one deep well in said elevated structure adapted for storage of desk implements;
- a portion of said wall means extends away from said storage well and at least partly encircles a second portion of said upper surface of said base means which is not occupied by said storage well, to define at least a second storage well on said upper surface of said base means which is horizontally displaced from said first storage well;
- a plurality of upper deck means adapted to fit removeably over said base means in side-by-side relation to each other, and collectively to cover over both of said storage wells; and
- one of said upper deck means has respective upper surface adapted for mounting at least two different types of desk accessories atop said upper deck means.
- 2. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein at least one of said upper deck means has an upper surface which has an upwardly facing storage recess.
- 3. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein at least one of said storage well is substantially rectangularly shaped, and sized to receive a stack of unbound writing paper sheets oriented horizontally, and said corresponding upper deck means has exit aperture means extending over an edge of said paper storage well, said exit aperture means being adapted to permit finger access to an edge of said paper stack whereby a sheet of paper may be withdrawn from said stack.
- 4. Apparatus as in claim 3 wherein said upper deck means has an upper surface with an upwardly facing storage recess.
- 5. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said upper deck means are adapted to cover over both of said storage wells.
- 6. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein at least two of said upper deck means having respective means on their respective upper surfaces for mounting at least two different types of desk accessories atop said upper deck means.
- 7. Apparatus as in claim 6 wherein one of said upper deck means has means on its upper surface for mounting a desk calendar thereon.
- 8. Apparatus as in claim 7 wherein another of said upper deck means has an upwardly facing receiving well on its upper surface adapted to serve at different times as both a storage bin and as a receptacle for a desk accessory.
- 9. Apparatus as in claim 8 further comprising means including an ash tray adapted to fit closely but removeably within said receiving well.
- 10. Apparatus as in claim 8 further comprising means including a card file adapted to fit closely but removeably within said receiving well.
- 11. Apparatus as in claim 8 further comprising a plurality of different types of desk accessories, each adapted to fit closely but removeably within said receiving well at different times.
- 12. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein at least part of said deep well extends from the top of said elevated structure down to substantially the level of said base means whereby to provide deeper storage space than said storage wall.
- 13. Apparatus as in claim 12 wherein said deep well is sized to accommodate ferromagnetic paper clips, and further comprising permanent magnet means secured adjacent the top of said deep well whereby to retain at least some of said paper clips at an upper level of said deep well.
- 14. Apparatus as in claim 12 wherein said deep well is horizontally elongated to accommodate one or more horizontally oriented elongated writing utensils.
- 15. Apparatus as in claim 12 wherein said deep well has upwardly convex means on the floor thereof whereby one end of an elongated writing utensil which is stored in a horizontal orientation in said deep well will project above said floor for ease of retrieval of said writing utensil from said deep well.
- 16. Apparatus as in claim 15 wherein the apex of said convex means is located at one side of the longitudinal mid-point of said elongated deep well whereby to determine which end of said writing utensil will project above said deep well floor.
Parent Case Info
This is an divisional application of application Ser. No. 123,680, filed Feb. 22, 1980 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,320,835.
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