Patent ID: 6189705
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: B42F

Abstract:
A stackable tray arrangement for use on a worksurface top for permitting storage of documents, the tray arrangement including a plurality of identical upwardly-opening shallow trays which each define an upwardly-opening storage compartment for deposit of papers and/or documents therein, each said tray comprising: a one-piece structure having a horizontally enlarged and substantially planar bottom wall of substantially rectangular shape having end edges and side edges, a pair of side walls projecting upwardly from opposite side edges of said bottom wall, said side walls being angled relative to the vertical so as to diverge with respect to one another as they project upwardly and terminate at upper edges, a substantially horizontally projecting top flange fixed to the upper edge of each said side wall and projecting horizontally outwardly from the side wall in a direction away from the bottom wall so as to terminate in a free edge, a width as measured between the free edges of the top flanges being at least approximately equal to a length of the bottom wall as defined between opposite end edges thereof, said bottom wall having projections fixed to and extending downwardly from a bottom surface thereof, said projections being spaced apart in the lengthwise extent of the bottom wall by a distance which approximately corresponds to the perpendicular spacing between inner upper edges of the side walls, whereby two said trays can be vertically stacked on top of one another in crossing relationship so that the bottom wall of an upper tray supportingly engages the top flanges of the lower tray, and the projections on the bottom wall of the upper tray nest generally between the side walls of the lower tray to prevent slidable displacement of the upper tray in its lengthwise direction.