Freestanding organizer
First Claim
1. An organizer rack for use on a desk surface, said rack having a pair of parallel spaced legs;
- a rigid beam secured to both of said legs and holding them in spaced parallel vertical position extending generally normal to said beam;
said beam having a plurality of upwardly opening pockets for securing and supporting accessory elements;
said beam having an anchor bracket at each end, each of said anchor brackets having front and rear vertical portions which portions are seated around an end portion of the beam;
each of said legs having a vertical member, said vertical member having an offset portion extending lengthwise of the beam and telescoped into the end portion of the beam enclosed by an anchor bracket, means for compressing the front and rear vertical portions of each anchor bracket toward each other to clamp said offset portion of said vertical member therebetween.
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Abstract
An organizer rack for use on a desk surface, having a pair of parallel spaced legs, a rigid beam secured to both of the legs and holding them in spaced parallel vertical position extending generally normal to the beam, the beam having a plurality of upwardly opening pockets for securing and supporting accessory elements and having an anchor bracket at each end. Each of the legs has a vertical member with an offset portion extending lengthwise of the beam and telescoped into the end portion of the beam enclosed by an anchor bracket. The front and rear vertical portions of each anchor bracket are compressed toward each other to clamp the offset portion of the vertical member therebetween.
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8 Claims
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1. An organizer rack for use on a desk surface, said rack having a pair of parallel spaced legs;
- a rigid beam secured to both of said legs and holding them in spaced parallel vertical position extending generally normal to said beam;
said beam having a plurality of upwardly opening pockets for securing and supporting accessory elements;
said beam having an anchor bracket at each end, each of said anchor brackets having front and rear vertical portions which portions are seated around an end portion of the beam;
each of said legs having a vertical member, said vertical member having an offset portion extending lengthwise of the beam and telescoped into the end portion of the beam enclosed by an anchor bracket, means for compressing the front and rear vertical portions of each anchor bracket toward each other to clamp said offset portion of said vertical member therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (2)
- a rigid beam secured to both of said legs and holding them in spaced parallel vertical position extending generally normal to said beam;
- 3. An organizer rack for use on a desk surface, said rack having a back member and a pair of legs of a length suitable for supporting said rack on a desk surface with said back member above and spaced from said surface, said legs being secured to said back member, one at each end thereof and extending forwardly therefrom, said back member having a vertically elongated longitudinally extending slot in each end, said legs each having attachment means thereon extending normal to the plane of the leg seated in said slot, a generally U-shaped anchor bracket having legs seated around the portion of said back member into which said attachment means is seated, fastener means for squeezing the legs of said bracket together to clamp said attachment means to said back member.
- 7. In combination an elongated organizer rack for use on a desk surface and at least one article holder, said article holder having a single means for detachably engaging said rack and supporting said article holder cantilevered out over the desk surface, said article holder having a one-piece rectangular peripheral frame entirely surrounding said article holder, said frame having an inverted V-shaped first end member at one end and a V-shaped second end member at the other end, said end members being connected by straight parallel side portions between said first and second end members, a plurality of upstanding inverted V-shaped article supports secured to and extending between said side portions of said frame, said article supports being parallel and spaced apart at different spacings to provide support for articles of different thicknesses placed between them.
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