Sports card sorter box/tray combination and card sorting method
First Claim
1. A portable combination sports card sorting tray and card carrying and storage box comprising:
- a) a pair of card sorting tray sections each fabricated from an initially flat cut-out board piece having wall defining fold lines and formed so as to include an outside wall, a bottom wall and end walls;
b) hinge means connecting said pair of tray sections whereby during card sorting operations said tray sections may be positioned end-to-end to form a card sorting tray assembly;
c) a sorting bin divider unit for each of said tray sections, each of said bin divider units being fabricated from an elongated and initially flat cut-out board piece having divider wall panels and separator back panels defined by fold lines and formed for insertion into a tray section with the separator back panels interfacing the outside wall of said tray section and the divider wall panels extending vertically from the bottom wall of said tray section and forwardly from said back panels at spaced intervals along the length of said tray section to form five card sorting bins therein whereby when said tray sections are positioned end-to-end during card sorting operations said card sorting tray assembly has ten aligned card sorting bins, the bottom wall of each tray section including five extended portions folded back to the lower edge of the outside wall of said tray section in a downwardly sloping orientation between the divider wall panels of the sorting bin divider unit within said tray section to provide a sloping floor within each bin whereby cards placed within the bins are stacked in a slightly tilted rearward fashion such that they will not slip out of said bins; and
d) closure means for said tray sections whereby during card storage and carrying operations said tray sections are secured together with the inside of said tray sections mating in fact-to-face alignment to close said bins.
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Abstract
A sports card sorter box/tray combination unit and card sorting method. The card sorter box/tray unit includes two mating half-sections which each include five card sorting bins. The sorting bins in the first half-section are numbered in sequence from 0 to 4 and the sorting bins of the second half-section are numbered in sequence from 5 to 9. With the tray-box unit in open and card sorting position the half-sections of the unit are aligned in substantially end-to-end orientation with the bins aligned in numbered sequence from 0 to 9. The card sorting bins of each half-section of the tray-box unit are open on their upper and inner sides so that sports cards can be easily slipped into the numbered bins. The half-sections of the tray-box unit each bear an upper cover and handle portion which cooperate together, when the unit is closed for card carrying and storage purposes, to close the upper sides of the sorting bins and maintain the enclosed sports cards in stored position therein. Utilizing the sports card sorting tray and card carrying and storage box unit in its card sorting operative position, a method of card sorting is practiced which yields the collection of sports cards in numbered sequence.
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4 Claims
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1. A portable combination sports card sorting tray and card carrying and storage box comprising:
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a) a pair of card sorting tray sections each fabricated from an initially flat cut-out board piece having wall defining fold lines and formed so as to include an outside wall, a bottom wall and end walls; b) hinge means connecting said pair of tray sections whereby during card sorting operations said tray sections may be positioned end-to-end to form a card sorting tray assembly; c) a sorting bin divider unit for each of said tray sections, each of said bin divider units being fabricated from an elongated and initially flat cut-out board piece having divider wall panels and separator back panels defined by fold lines and formed for insertion into a tray section with the separator back panels interfacing the outside wall of said tray section and the divider wall panels extending vertically from the bottom wall of said tray section and forwardly from said back panels at spaced intervals along the length of said tray section to form five card sorting bins therein whereby when said tray sections are positioned end-to-end during card sorting operations said card sorting tray assembly has ten aligned card sorting bins, the bottom wall of each tray section including five extended portions folded back to the lower edge of the outside wall of said tray section in a downwardly sloping orientation between the divider wall panels of the sorting bin divider unit within said tray section to provide a sloping floor within each bin whereby cards placed within the bins are stacked in a slightly tilted rearward fashion such that they will not slip out of said bins; and d) closure means for said tray sections whereby during card storage and carrying operations said tray sections are secured together with the inside of said tray sections mating in fact-to-face alignment to close said bins. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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