Supports: racks – Special article – Platelike
Patent
1985-11-22
1987-09-01
Britts, Ramon S.
Supports: racks
Special article
Platelike
2484411, 2484422, A47G 1908
Patent
active
046902856
ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a receptacle for storing and dispensing flat tools and utensils, particularly drafting instruments such as templates, shields, compasses, dividers, pencils, pens, etc. The receptacle comprises a U-shaped box having a base with opposite sidewalls coextensive its side edges, a plurality of cross slots extending through said box sidewalls; and an elastomeric retainer member received in said U-shaped box, substantially filling the box between its sidewalls, with a like plurality of cross slits aligned with said plurality of cross slots. The drafting instruments are received in the cross slots and are snuggly captured by the slits in the elastomeric retainer member. In its preferred embodiment, the receptacle is mounted on the side of a rack having a back and an integral tray dependent from its lower forward edge, and most preferably, a pair of such receptacles are mounted, one at each side of the rack, and the rack is mounted to a drafting table with a balanced arm that is cantilevered from a upright standard.
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Britts Ramon S.
Eley Sarah A. Lechok
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