Tray and drawer system

Abstract

A storage device is described herein having a tray, a drawer and a lid. The tray includes a bottom panel, and a tray rear wall extending upwardly near a back edge of the tray bottom panel. Additionally, the tray has a pair of opposed tray side walls, each extending generally upwardly relative to a respective side edges of the tray bottom panel. A pair of lateral extensions, each formed near the forward edge of the tray bottom panel extend outwardly beyond the side edges of the tray bottom panel are included on the tray bottom panel. The drawer includes a bottom panel with two opposed drawer side walls attached to respective side edges of the drawer bottom panel, a drawer rear wall attached to a rear edge of the drawer bottom panel and disposed between the drawer side walls, and a drawer front faceplate removably attached to the drawer side walls and generally opposed to the drawer rear wall. The lid includes a panel and a raised inverted gutter extending outward from the front edge, the rear edge and the side edges of the panel forming an inverted channel adapted to receive the upper edges of the tray side walls and an upper edge of the tray rear wall.

1 . A storage device comprising: 
 a tray comprising: 
 a tray bottom panel having a rear edge, a forward edge, and a pair of opposed side edges;  
 a tray rear wall extending upwardly from the rear edge of the tray bottom panel;  
 a pair of opposed tray side walls, each extending upwardly from respective side edges of the tray bottom panel;  
 a storage space defined above the tray bottom panel, forward of the tray rear wall, and between the tray side walls; and  
 a pair of lateral extensions each formed near the forward edge of the tray bottom panel extending outwardly beyond the tray side walls;  
   a drawer comprising: 
 a drawer bottom panel having two opposed drawer side walls attached to respective side edges of the drawer bottom panel, a drawer rear wall attached to a rear edge of the drawer bottom panel and disposed between the drawer side walls, and a drawer front faceplate disposed at a front of each of the drawer side walls and generally opposed to the drawer rear wall,  
 wherein the drawer front faceplate extends outward beyond the drawer side walls at least as far as the lateral extensions of the tray extend beyond the tray side walls; and  
   a lid comprising: 
 a lid panel having a front edge, a back edge, two opposed side edges; and  
 a raised inverted gutter extending outward from the front edge, the rear edge and the side edges of the lid panel forming an inverted channel adapted to receive upper edges of the tray side walls and an upper edge of the tray rear wall.  
   
   
   
       2 . The storage device of  claim 1 , wherein a window is located on at least one of the tray side walls and the tray rear wall.  
   
   
       3 . The storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the tray rear wall leans slightly creating an acute angle between the tray bottom panel and the tray rear wall.  
   
   
       4 . The storage device of  claim 3 , wherein the acute angle is in the range of approximately 83° to approximately 89°.  
   
   
       5 . The storage device of  claim 1 , wherein a rim extends outwardly from top edges of the rear tray wall and the tray side walls.  
   
   
       6 . The storage device of  claim 5 , further including a receptacle in the rim proximate the front edge of each tray side wall.  
   
   
       7 . The storage device of  claim 6 , wherein the front edge of the tray bottom panel terminates in a downwardly protruding lip.  
   
   
       8 . The storage device of  claim 7 , wherein the downwardly protruding lip includes a notch.  
   
   
       9 . The storage device of  claim 5 , wherein the receptacle includes a ridge sized to engage the notch of a like document storage device when two or more like document storage devices are stacked with one another.  
   
   
       10 . The storage device of  claim 5 , further including a pair of receptacles on the rim and at least a downwardly depending rib disposed on the tray bottom panel proximate bottom edges of the tray side walls, wherein the a lip cooperates with the receptacles when two or more like document storage devices are stacked with one another.  
   
   
       11 . The storage device of  claim 5 , further including a rear receptacle disposed on the rim above the tray rear wall and a rear leg extending generally downward from a bottom surface of the tray bottom panel.  
   
   
       12 . The storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the tray bottom panel includes a cut out portion.  
   
   
       13 . The storage device of  claim 12 , wherein the cut out portion includes an enlarged corner proximate the tray rear wall.  
   
   
       14 . The storage device of  claim 13 , wherein the drawer bottom panel includes at least one foot extending from a bottom surface thereof.  
   
   
       15 . The storage device of  claim 14 , wherein the enlarged corner is adapted to receive the at least one foot.  
   
   
       16 . The storage device of  claim 15 , wherein the at least one leg includes an upper portion and a lower portion extending outwardly from the upper portion toward the drawer side wall generally forming an “L” shape.  
   
   
       17 . The document storage device of  claim 16 , wherein the lower leg portion and the bottom surface of the drawer bottom panel define a guide area.  
   
   
       18 . The storage device of  claim 17 , wherein a portion of the tray bottom panel is partially received within the guide area, and wherein the guide area restricts lateral and vertical movement of the drawer relative to the tray while allowing the drawer to freely move parallel to the bottom tray panel and towards and away from the tray rear wall.  
   
   
       19 . The storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the drawer front faceplate includes a slotted rib and a post and wherein each of the drawer side walls includes a finger having a through-bore that receives the post in a snap-fit arrangement.  
   
   
       20 . The storage device of  claim 19 , wherein the projection extends downward from the continuous lip and includes a bore sized to receive the post.  
   
   
       21 . The document storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the drawer side walls diverge away from one another from proximate the drawer base panel to proximate top edges, of the drawer side walls.  
   
   
       22 . The document storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the faceplate is removably attached to the front of each of the drawer sidewalls.  
   
   
       23 . A stackable storage system comprising: 
 a plurality of tray members, each including 
 a tray bottom panel having a rear edge, a forward edge, and a pair of opposed side edges;  
 a tray rear wall extending upwardly from the rear edge of the tray bottom panel; and  
 a pair of opposed tray side walls extending upward from respective side edges of the tray bottom panel;  
   a plurality of lid panels, each adapted to be received on an upper edge of each of the tray side walls and of the tray rear wall of one of the plurality of tray members; and    a plurality of drawers, each adapted to be received in a storage space defined between one of the plurality of tray members and one of the plurality of lid panels,    each of the plurality of tray members being nestable with another such that the tray bottom panel of one of the tray members is in close proximity to the tray bottom panel of another of the tray members when stacked in the absence of any intervening drawer members and lid panels.    
   
   
       24 . The stackable storage system of  claim 23 , wherein one of the plurality of tray members is received on one of the plurality of lid panels received on the upper edge of each of the tray sidewalls and of the tray rear wall of another of the plurality of tray members.