Patent ID: 8096426

Claim:
A freestanding modular inclined paper tray assembly comprising a plurality of multi-compartment paper tray modules, each multi-compartment paper tray module comprising: a plurality of rectangular slots formed by a plurality of spaced parallel side walls, each side wall having a top and bottom end, with adjoining slots sharing common walls, such that each slot has a first and second parallel side wall, with said second parallel side wall being the first parallel side wall of a respective adjacent slot; a slot top and a slot bottom extending normally between the first and second spaced parallel side walls of each slot to join the parallel side walls of each slot together in an integral parallel spaced relationship; each slot bottom extending normally from the bottom of its respective second spaced parallel side wall to a line on the opposing, respective, first spaced parallel side wall, spaced from the bottom of the opposing, respective, first spaced parallel side wall, so that when the bottom of a paper tray assembly is supported on a horizontal planar surface, the parallel side walls of the slots are inclined at an angle to the vertical; the outer side of one of the first spaced parallel side walls forming a first end of the multi-compartment paper tray module including a top flange extending parallel to and adjacent to the top edge of such spaced parallel wall, such flange extending downwardly parallel to such spaced parallel side wall, and a corresponding bottom flange extending parallel to and adjacent the bottom edge of such spaced parallel side wall and extending upwardly parallel to such spaced parallel side wall, the outer side of one of the second parallel side walls forming a second end of the multi-compartment paper tray module and including dovetail slots extending across the top and the bottom of such spaced parallel side wall, respectively, wherein the flanges of the multi-compartment paper tray module are adapted to engage said dovetail slots of another multi-compartment paper tray module so as to join a pair of multi-compartment paper tray modules together along an inclined plane.