Patent ID: 7434509

Claim:
A guide system comprising a plurality of guide members, where each guide member comprises: an exposed surface; a first end portion comprising at least one detent member, where the at least one detent member defines a detent projection and is deformable; a second end portion defining at least first, second, and third detent edges, where the detent edges define a detent opening; an intermediate portion arranged between the first and second end portions such that each guide member defines a longitudinal axis; where the guide system operates in a storage configuration in which the at least one detent member of a first guide member of the plurality of guide members extends through the detent opening of a second guide member of the plurality of guide members such that the detent projection defined by the at least one detent member of the first guide member engages the first detent edge defined by the second guide member, the at least one detent member of the second guide member extends through the detent opening of the second guide member such that the detent projection defined by the at least one detent member of the first guide member engages the first detent edge defined by the second guide member, and the exposed faces of the first and second guide members substantially abut each other; a first use configuration in which the at least one detent member of the first guide member extends through the detent opening of the second guide member such that the detent projection defined by the at least one detent member of the first guide member engages the second detent edge defined by the second guide member, the longitudinal axes of the first and second guide members are substantially co-linear, and the exposed faces of the first and second guide members are substantially coplanar; and a second use configuration in which the at least one detent member of the first guide member extends through the detent opening of the second guide member such that the detent projection defined by the at least one detent member of the first guide member engages the third detent edge defined by the second guide member, the longitudinal axes of the first and second guide members are substantially perpendicular, and the exposed faces of the first and second guide members are substantially coplanar.