Liberty Diversified Industries, Inc.

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

David J Martin

Bruce E Samuelson

Stanley R Thorud

Richard K Bergquist

Donald R Cooke

Stackable tray for paper stock and drawings

A stackable tray for paper stock, drawings sheets, or the like comprising a bottom panel, opposing side walls extending upwardly from the bottom panel along the side edges thereof, and front and walls extending upwardly from the bottom panel along the front and rear edges thereof. The front wall is comprised of a pair of spaced apart front wall segments defining an opening traversing substantially the length of the tray. The walls define a top ledge extending upwardly and a bottom ledge extending downwardly. The top and bottom ledges are sized and positioned so that the top ledge of one tray is received within and bounded by the bottom ledge of a like tray when the trays are stacked, or vice versa. The bottom panel defines a plurality of recesses aligned in rows and columns. A cross brace traverses each tray and is received within a recess formed in the underside of the bottom panel. The walls and bottom panel are molded to form inner and outer shell segments with a hollow cavity therebetween, with the lower shell segment of each square recess extending upwardly adjacent to the upper shell segment of the bottom panel. The trays may be stacked with the openings facing the same or opposing directions relative to one another. Each tray will support a large weight of paper stock without flexing or bending to obstruct the opening of a tray lower in the column, and without breaking or becoming dislodged.

Stackable and reversible trays for storing drawing sheets, paper stock,

Tape dispenser

A stand is designed for holding a computer printer and in particular mounts the printer at right angles to conventional practice so that the platen of the printer runs front to back on the stand rather than side to side. Such an arrangement allows easier access to the printer. The stand is provided with a shelf below the top surface for storage of paper which is to be printed, and provision is made for a slot in one or both side walls to feed the paper upwardly and outwardly into the printer. Each of the two side walls is generally planar and imperforate with the exception of the slots for the aforementioned paper feed. A basket may also be provided for reception of the paper after printing.

Printer stand

Growing community of inventors

Andover, MN, United States of America

David J Martin