Expandable drawer organizer

Abstract

Embodiments of an expandable drawer organizer for segregating articles within a drawer are disclosed. Each embodiment utilizes at least one tray maintained in slidable agreement with another a tray, providing for the expandable drawer organizer to be varied to approximate the dimensional constraints of the subject drawer. Each embodiment further employs a locking mechanism for securing the associated trays in a user dictated predetermined position. Additional embodiments utilizing various arrangements of an expandable partition that may be arranged in unique configurations within the various trays is also disclosed. Several embodiments having retainers for further limiting the movement of the expandable drawer organizer within the drawer are also presented. Several embodiments are also disclosed and claimed that seek to more exactly retain various utensils i.e. cutlery, in one such embodiment additional storage is provided in a hidden compartment.

1 . An expandable drawer organizer comprising:
 a base tray having a front side panel and a rear side panel substantially parallel with each other connected with a first side panel and a second side panel substantially parallel with each other, wherein at least one of the front side panel, a rear side panel, a first side panel and the second side panel comprises at least one recess; and   a first nesting sized to receive the base tray, wherein the first nesting tray comprises at least one protuberance, wherein the protuberance engages the recess under substantially constant force.   
   
   
       2 . An expandable drawer organizer comprising:
 a base tray having a front side panel and a rear side panel substantially parallel with each other connected with a first side panel and a second side panel substantially parallel with each other, wherein at least one of the front side panel, a rear side panel, a first side panel and the second side panel comprises at least one protuberance; and   a first nesting tray having a bottom panel having a width slightly greater than a distance between the first side panel and second side panel, that will permit the base tray to be slidably received in spaced relationship, wherein the first nesting tray comprises at least one recess, wherein the protuberance engages the recess under substantially constant force.   
   
   
       3 . An expandable drawer organizer comprising:
 a base tray including a recess;   a first nesting tray including a protuberance, the protuberance engaging the recess under a substantially constant force.   
   
   
       4 . The organizer of  claim 3  wherein the base tray includes at least a first partition. 
   
   
       5 . The organizer of  claim 4  wherein the first nesting tray includes at least a first partition. 
   
   
       6 . The organizer of  claim 3  wherein the first nesting tray includes at least a first partition. 
   
   
       7 . The organizer of  claim 3  wherein the base tray includes at least a first channel and wherein the first nesting tray includes at least a second protuberance to mate with the first channel. 
   
   
       8 . The organizer of  claim 7  wherein the base tray includes at least a first partition. 
   
   
       9 . The organizer of  claim 8  wherein the first nesting tray includes at least a first partition. 
   
   
       10 . The organizer of  claim 7  wherein the first nesting tray includes at least a first partition. 
   
   
       11 . The organizer of  claim 3  wherein the first nesting tray includes at least a first channel and wherein the base tray includes at least a second protuberance to mate with the first channel. 
   
   
       12 . The organizer of  claim 11  wherein the base tray includes at least a first partition. 
   
   
       13 . The organizer of  claim 12  wherein the first nesting tray includes at least a first partition. 
   
   
       14 . The organizer of  claim 11  wherein the first nesting tray includes at least a first partition.