Office accessory system for use on both horizontal and vertical surfaces
First Claim
1. An accessory system supportable from a vertical surface provided with bracket receiving means, said system comprising an office accessory designed for use on both horizontal and vertical surfaces and in first and second positions of orientation, said accessory being self-supporting in said first position on horizontal surfaces and including means defining a pair of spaced recesses opening to one side of said accessory, and means for selectively mounting said accessory in said second position on a vertical surface, said mounting means including a cantilever support having an attaching bracket adapted to interfit with the bracket receiving means in the vertical surface and be thereby supported from the vertical surface, an arm having a free end extending for a substantial distance laterally from said attaching bracket, and means for releasably securing said accessory to said arm so that when said attaching bracket is supported from the vertical surface with said arm extending from said attaching bracket in a cantilever fashion and said accessory is releasably secured to said arm, said accessory is supported from the vertical surface, said means for releasably securing including means cooperable between the defined recesses of said accessory and said arm to support said accessory from the vertical surface as aforesaid, said means cooperable between said recesses and said arm including a pair of support hooks each having a portion which is releasably securable within a corresponding recess so that the hooks project from said accessory in laterally spaced relation, said arm having an upper edge with laterally spaced detents therein, said hooks engageable with said detents for suspending said accessory in front of said arm.
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Abstract
An office accessory system for use on both horizontal and vertical surfaces and in both conventional and open-plan environments. Accessories are provided, each being self-supporting on a horizontal surface, one of them being self-supporting on a horizontal surface in either a horizontal or a vertical orientation. The accessories have recesses for receiving support hooks engageable with the arm of a cantilever support. The cantilever support has an attaching bracket which is selectively engageable with the side channels found on a wide variety of open plan wall panels for mounting the accessories thereon in a vertical orientation.
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25 Claims
- 1. An accessory system supportable from a vertical surface provided with bracket receiving means, said system comprising an office accessory designed for use on both horizontal and vertical surfaces and in first and second positions of orientation, said accessory being self-supporting in said first position on horizontal surfaces and including means defining a pair of spaced recesses opening to one side of said accessory, and means for selectively mounting said accessory in said second position on a vertical surface, said mounting means including a cantilever support having an attaching bracket adapted to interfit with the bracket receiving means in the vertical surface and be thereby supported from the vertical surface, an arm having a free end extending for a substantial distance laterally from said attaching bracket, and means for releasably securing said accessory to said arm so that when said attaching bracket is supported from the vertical surface with said arm extending from said attaching bracket in a cantilever fashion and said accessory is releasably secured to said arm, said accessory is supported from the vertical surface, said means for releasably securing including means cooperable between the defined recesses of said accessory and said arm to support said accessory from the vertical surface as aforesaid, said means cooperable between said recesses and said arm including a pair of support hooks each having a portion which is releasably securable within a corresponding recess so that the hooks project from said accessory in laterally spaced relation, said arm having an upper edge with laterally spaced detents therein, said hooks engageable with said detents for suspending said accessory in front of said arm.
- 10. An accessory system supportable from a vertical surface provided with bracket receiving means, said system comprising an office accessory designed for use on both horizontal and vertical surfaces and in first and second positions of orientation, said accessory being self-supporting in said first position on horizontal surfaces, means for selectively mounting said accessory in said second position on a vertical surface, said mounting means including a cantilever support having an attaching bracket adapted to interfit with the bracket receiving means in the vertical surface and be thereby supported from the vertical surface, an arm having a free end extending laterally from said attaching bracket, and means for releasably securing said accessory to said arm so that when said attaching bracket is supported from the vertical surface and said accessory is releasably secured to said arm, said accessory is supported from the vertical surface, said attaching bracket including a pair of angularly related legs each adapted to interfit with the bracket receiving means on a wall panel and the like, together with additional means for releasably securing said arm adjacent one end thereof to either of said legs to extend from either side of said attaching bracket and thereby selectively provide a cantilever support of either left or right hand orientation.
- 19. An office accessory designed for use on both horizontal and vertical surfaces and in first and second positions of orientation wherein said accessory is a combination calendar and memo holder in both of said positions, said accessory being self-supporting in said first position on horizontal surfaces and having means for selectively mounting said accessory in said second position on vertical surfaces, said accessory having opposite sides and a supporting surface extending therebetween for displaying paper sheets, means for releasably securing such sheets in display position on said supporting surface, a pair of compartments formed below said supporting surface for storage of sheet material, one of said compartments opening through one end of said accessory for retaining sheet material in said first position only, another of said compartments opening through the opposite end of said accessory for retaining sheet material in either of said positions of orientation.
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23. An accessory system supportable from and in combination with a wall panel providing a vertical surface provided with bracket receiving means, said system comprising an office accessory designed for use on both horizontal and vertical surfaces and in first and second positions of orientation, said accessory being self-supporting in said first position on horizontal surfaces and including means defining a pair of spaced recesses opening to one side of said accessory, and means for selectively mounting said accessory in said second position on a vertical surface, said mounting means including a cantilever support having an attaching bracket adapted to interfit with the bracket receiving means in the vertical surface and be thereby supported from the vertical surface, an arm having a free end extending for a substantial distance laterally from said attaching bracket, and means for releasably securing said accessory to said arm so that when said attaching bracket is supported from the vertical surface with said arm extending from said attaching bracket in a cantilever fashion and said accessory is releasably secured to said arm, said accessory is supported from the vertical surface, said means for releasably securing including means cooperable between the defined recesses of said accessory and said arm to support said accessory from the vertical surface as aforesaid, said bracket receiving means comprising means defining at least one pair of vertically spaced slots, said attaching bracket having at least one pair of vertically spaced tooth formations insertable in said slots and adapted for releasable gravitational interlocking engagement therein.
- 24. An accessory system supportable from a vertical surface provided with bracket receiving means, said system comprising two office accessories each designed for use on both horizontal and vertical surfaces and in first and second positions of orientation and each accessory being self-supporting on horizontal surfaces in said first position, a first of said accessories being a letter tray in said first position and a vertical file in said second position and including means defining a pair of spaced recesses opening to one side of said first accessory, said letter tray being open at the front in said first position and open at the top in said second position and having opposite side walls, bottom wall means comprising a back wall in said second position, a cover panel comprising a front wall in said second position, and rear wall means comprising a bottom wall in said second position, the second of said accessories comprising a combination calendar and memo holder in both of said first and second positions of orientation, said system further comprising a first means for selectively mounting said first accessory in said second position on a vertical surface and a second means for selectively mounting said second accessory in said second position on said front wall of said first accessory when said first accessory is in said second position, said first mounting means including a cantilever support having an attaching bracket adapted to interfit with the bracket receiving means in the vertical surface and be thereby supported from the vertical surface, an arm having a free end extending for a substantial distance laterally from said attaching bracket, and means for releasably securing said accessory to said arm so that when said attaching bracket is supported from the vertical surface with said arm extending from said attaching bracket in a cantilever fashion and said first accessory is releasably secured to said arm, said first accessory is supported from the vertical surface, said means for releasably securing including means cooperable between the defined recesses of said first accessory and said arm to support said first accessory from the vertical surface as aforesaid.
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