Claims
- 1. A stepped-type organizer for holding rectangular parallelepiped articles having a length, a width and a depth, said organizer comprising:
- a first L-shaped section including a first rigid plate having a first edge fixedly and permanently connected substantially at a right angle to a first edge of a second rigid plate at a first organizer support corner line;
- a second L-shaped section including a third rigid plate having a first edge fixedly and permanently connected substantially at a right angle to a first edge of a fourth rigid plate at a second organizer support corner line;
- an opposite second edge of said first plate being fixedly and permanently connected to an opposite second edge of said third plate at a raised third corner line, so as to provide a zig-zag configuration of said organizer in a side elevational view, with said organizer being supportable on a surface by said first and second organizer support corner lines, said first and second plates of said first L-shaped section defining a first pair of article receiving surfaces for receiving and supporting at least one rectangular parallelepiped article thereon, and said third and fourth plates of said second L-shaped section defining a second pair of article receiving surfaces for receiving and supporting at least one parallelepiped article thereon;
- said first plate having a first length and said third plate having a second length less than the first length of said first plate; and
- said second and fourth plates having a length less than the second length of said third plate.
- 2. The organizer according to claim 1, wherein each of said first through fourth plates has a substantially rectangular configuration.
- 3. The organizer according to claim 1, wherein said first through fourth plates have equal widths.
- 4. The organizer according to claim 1, wherein said second and fourth plates have substantially equal lengths.
- 5. The organizer according to claim 1, wherein said first and third plates are connected at a substantially 90.degree. angle.
- 6. The organizer according to claim 1, further comprising a first raised outboard retaining wall at one side of said organizer and connected with said first through fourth plates so as to extend above upper surfaces thereof, and a second raised outboard retaining wall at an opposite side of said organizer and connected with said first through fourth plates so as to extend above the upper surfaces thereof.
- 7. The organizer according to claim 6, further comprising a third raised retaining wall formed on an upper surface of said organizer between said first and second raised outboard retaining walls.
- 8. The organizer according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of parallel, spaced apart shallow ribs formed on an upper surface of said organizer, to retain objects in standing relation between adjacent ones of said ribs.
- 9. The organizer according to claim 8, wherein said shallow ribs are formed on upper surfaces of all of said first through fourth plates.
- 10. The organizer according to claim 8, wherein said shallow ribs are spaced apart a distance to receive a cased compact disk between adjacent shallow ribs.
- 11. The organizer according to claim 10, wherein said adjacent ribs are spaced to receive said cased compact disk with a clearance.
- 12. The organizer according to claim 1, wherein said first and second L-shaped sections are made of a single, one-piece, molded structure.
Parent Case Info
This application claims benefit of Provisional Appl. 60/030,993 filed Nov. 13, 1996.
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Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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2223218 |
Apr 1990 |
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