Patent ID: 8100258
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An organizer for items utilized by fisherman, hobbyists, and tradesman, comprising: first and second opposed side panels, a bottom panel, a top panel and a back panel attached together at their contiguous edges to form a compartment, said first side panel having a first interior surface, said second side panel having a second interior surface, said top panel having a top interior surface, said bottom panel having a bottom interior surface, and said back panel having a back interior surface, said interior surfaces delineating a compartment width, a compartment height, and a compartment depth; said first, second, bottom and top interior surfaces further defining an unobstructed compartment front opening; a plurality of removable trays each having a tray height and being positioned in a vertical stack within said compartment with one of said plurality of trays resting upon said bottom interior surface and the remaining of said plurality of trays stacked vertically along said compartment height with adjacent of said plurality of trays being in direct contact with one another such that any one of said plurality of trays can individually be inserted into and removed from a position in said stack of trays through said compartment front opening; a plurality of first cord attachment elements spaced vertically along said compartment height on said first side panel adjacent to said compartment front opening; a plurality of second cord attachment elements spaced vertically along said compartment height on said second side panel adjacent to said compartment front opening, said plurality of second cord attachment elements being oppositely aligned with said plurality of first cord attachment elements; and a plurality of elastic cords, each of said plurality of elastic cords comprising a first cord end attached to one of said plurality of first cord attachment elements and a second cord end attached to one of said plurality of second cord attachment elements such that each of said plurality of said elastic cords spans said compartment front opening and is oriented substantially parallel to said bottom interior surface, said elastic cords being so located with respect to said chamber height at said compartment front opening as to intersect each said tray at a point along said tray height, whereby each of said trays is prevented from sliding out of said compartment through said front opening by the presence of one of said cords, and whereby each of said trays can individually be inserted into or removed from said compartment and from said stack by vertically displacing the said elastic cord intersecting said tray from its substantially parallel orientation without detachment from said first and said second cord attachment elements.