Patent ID: 7290661

Claim:
An apparatus for storing cutlery, the apparatus comprising: a) a housing having front wall and rear end, first and second side walls, a top, and a bottom wall defining an interior, said front wall and said first and second side walls each having an inner surface, b) a respective track on said inner surface of each of said first and second side walls having an upper track portion extending along said top from the front wall to said rear end, a rear track portion extending thence to said bottom wall, and a lower track portion extending thence along said bottom wall to the front wall; c) a roll-top cover having front and rear ends, on said housing, and movable in said track from a first position where said top of said housing is covered to a second position where said top of said housing is open, said roll-top cover upwardly closing said interior of said housing to permit the interior to remain sanitary when said cover is in said first position; d) a tensioner in said track and biasing said roll-top cover toward said first position; and e) a tray in said interior of said housing and having front, rear, and side walls adjacent the respective front, rear, and side walls of the housing and formed with an array of cavities for receiving cutlery.