Patent ID: 7147120

Claim:
An expandable organizer for use within a rectangular space to fully conform to the space within the space, said organizer comprising: a first element containing raised edges surrounding a bottom surface, the raised edges being attached, to one another so as to form a fixed continuous peripheral edge defining a fixed area there within; a plurality of substantially fixed upwardly raised dividers situated within the fixed area created by the peripheral edge, a portion of which dividers are attached to at least a portion of the peripheral edge and a portion of which dividers are attached to each other, so as to form a plurality of spaces within said fixed area, and wherein said dividers are in substantially fixed position relative to each other and relative to the peripheral edge; at least one second element comprising three raised edges and a bottom surface and a substantially flat fourth edge that is in the plane of the bottom surface and wherein said second element is adapted to be slidingly nested with the first element so as to vary the length of the first element when the second element is moved closer to and away from the first element; and at least one third element comprising two raised edges and a bottom surface and two substantially flat edges that are in the plane of the bottom surface and wherein said third element is adapted to underlie and be slidably nested with the first and second elements so as to vary the width of the first and second elements when the third element is moved closer to and away from the first and second element; and wherein the bottom surfaces of each of the first, second and third elements form a contiguous bottom surface and the second and third elements may be moved substantially simultaneously to reduce or enlarge the width and length of the organizer the organizer further including mating serrated teeth formed along the raised edges of the respective first element, second element and third element for releasably coupling the first, second and third elements and a guide slot formed on one of said adjacent elements engaged and dimensioned to capture a guide rib formed on the other of said adjacent elements, wherein the guide slot and guide rib include said mating serrated teeth, said mating serrated teeth allow the length and width of the organizer to be adjusted by sliding between sequential, interlocked positions.