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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1979
Harold H Ford, Claremont, CA (US);
Acme General Corporation, San Dimas, CA (US);
Abstract
A readily assembled tray for storing articles under a bed or the like is formed from a flat, elastically bendable rectangular sheet (12) which is bent near each edge and corner for forming integral bottom and sides of the tray without creasing the sheet. Each corner of the sheet is notched to permit such bending. Four rigid side rails (13) are detachably connectable along edges of the sheet for collectively forming a rigid rim for the tray. Four corner connectors (14) secure edges of the notches together at the corners and secure the rails on the edges of the sheet. Preferably each of the corner connectors is an integral plastic molding in the form of a concave clamshell mating with an outside of a corner and a convex clamshell mating with an inside of the corner and connected to the outer clamshell by a membrane of plastic serving as a hinge line running diagonally across the corner. Elastic tangs (37) latch the two moieties of each corner connector to each other and to the sheet.