Patent ID: 6305543
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A system for storing microscope slides, comprising:a plurality of microscope slides of rectangular shape, said microscope slides each having short sides and long sides and a given thickness, and a first one of said short sides bearing information pertaining to a specimen deposited on a respective one of said plurality of microscope slides; anda container comprising:a base having a bottom wall, front and rear walls and opposite sidewalls;a tray removably received on said bottom wall and contained within said front, rear and side walls; said tray including a pair of laterally spaced longitudinally extending slide retaining compartments; each slide retaining compartment including (a) a bottom wall and two opposite side walls and (b) a plurality of longitudinally spaced partitions; wherein two successive partitions in the plurality of longitudinally spaced partitions and the opposite side walls of one of said compartments define a space that is dimensioned to receive a second one of said short sides of one of said microscope slides; said space being greater than said thickness of said slide whereby said slide may be manually moved reciprocally between a rearwardly inclined position and a forwardly inclined position to allow said first short side of said slide to be more easily viewed.