Tiered tray assembly
First Claim
1. A tiered desktop tray assembly having lower and upper trays, each of the trays having a bottom and laterally spaced apart sidewalls, and a pair of generally vertically extending laterally spaced apart spacer brackets disposed adjacent the laterally spaced apart sidewalls for supporting the upper tray above the lower tray;
- characterized by the laterally spaced apart sidewalls of the lower tray being formed of a resilient material, and by a lower end portion of each of the spacer brackets being disposed within the lower tray with an upper part of the lower end portion contacting an upper inner surface of the adjacent resilient sidewall with the lower end of the lower end portion being held from movement away from the adjacentsidewall, the parts being designed so that when the spacer brackets are assembled to the upper and lower trays upper end parts of the spacer brackets are biased into firm engagement with the upper tray by the resilient sidewalls to cause the upper tray to be effectively held between the spacer brackets.
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Abstract
A tiered desktop tray assembly including a lower tray and an upper tray utilizes a pair of spacer brackets operatively connected between the trays for supporting the upper tray and the lower tray. The spacer brackets are maintained in a stressed condition while interconnected between the upper and lower trays so that the interconnected relationship of the brackets and trays is enhanced by the stress under which the spacer brackets is maintained.
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5 Claims
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1. A tiered desktop tray assembly having lower and upper trays, each of the trays having a bottom and laterally spaced apart sidewalls, and a pair of generally vertically extending laterally spaced apart spacer brackets disposed adjacent the laterally spaced apart sidewalls for supporting the upper tray above the lower tray;
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characterized by the laterally spaced apart sidewalls of the lower tray being formed of a resilient material, and by a lower end portion of each of the spacer brackets being disposed within the lower tray with an upper part of the lower end portion contacting an upper inner surface of the adjacent resilient sidewall with the lower end of the lower end portion being held from movement away from the adjacent sidewall, the parts being designed so that when the spacer brackets are assembled to the upper and lower trays upper end parts of the spacer brackets are biased into firm engagement with the upper tray by the resilient sidewalls to cause the upper tray to be effectively held between the spacer brackets. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A tiered desktop tray assembly having lower and upper trays, each of the trays having a bottom and laterally spaced apart sidewalls, and a pair of generally vertically extending laterally spaced apart spacer brackets disposed adjacent the laterally spaced apart sidewalls for supporting the upper tray above the lower tray;
characterized by the bottom of the lower tray being provided with a pair of slots, each slot being located immediately inboard of an adjacent sidewall, and by a lower end portion of each of the spacer brackets being disposed within the lower tray, with an upper part of the lower end portion contacting an upper inner surface of the adjacent sidewall and with the lower end of the lower end portion being provided with a lower tab which is received within an associated slot to hold the lower end portion from movement away from the adjacent sidewall, and wherein an upper end part of each of the spacer brackets is resiliently biased into firm engagement with the upper tray so that the upper tray is effectively squeezed between the spacer brackets.
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4. A tiered desktop tray assembly having lower and upper trays, each of the trays having a bottom and laterally spaced apart sidewalls, and a pair of generally vertically extending laterally spaced apart spacer brackets disposed adjacent the laterally spaced apart sidewalls for supporting the upper tray above the lower tray;
characterized by the upper tray having a pair of spaced apart laterally outwardly opening receiving means adjacent the sidewalls thereof, and by a lower end portion of each of the spacer brackets being disposed within the lower tray with an upper part of the lower end portion contacting an upper inner surface of the adjacent sidwall with the lower end of the lower end portion being held from movement away from an adjacent sidewall, and wherein an upper end part of each of the spacer brackets is resiliently biased into an associated receiving means of the upper tray so that the upper tray is effectively supported by the spacer brackets. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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