Patent ID: 6062471
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: B07B

Abstract:
A device for assisting a person to select one or more articles from a plurality of articles, the device havinga frame supported by leg members;an upper sorting surface formed from a pair of adjacent trays, the trays being mounted for pivotable movement to said frame between a horizontal closed position and an open position in which the adjacent edges of the trays are spaced apart to define an opening therebetween; andan inverted u-shaped member pivotable between an upstanding position in which the inverted u-shaped member supports the trays in the horizontal closed position and an inclined position which allows the trays to pivot towards the open position,such that in use articles are placed on the sorting surface when the trays are in the closed position to enable one or more articles to be selected therefrom and when the trays are pivoted to the open position, unselected articles are able to pass through the opening.