Eric R Merz

US Patent:

40821900, Apr 4, 1978

Filed:

Aug 13, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/604427

Inventors:

Eric Robert Merz - Brookhaven NY

International Classification:

B42F 100
A47F 700

US Classification:

211 11

Abstract:

A desk-organizer for releasibly holding paper and the like for ready reference and retrievel, including a resilient paper-holderof transparent plastic or of wire, the paper-holder in the form of a bifurcate structure having at least a pair of extending members joined at a crotch in facing relationship, with a projecting member extending from the end of a first one of the extended members remote from the crotch to form with the second extended member an oriented-access, the oriented-access self-biased to urgedly engage sheet material inserted therein. Extending from the end of the second extended member remote from the crotch is a second projecting member which interacts with sheet material extending away from the crotch beyond the oriented-access to flex the sheet material into a non-planar configuration having improved structural stability. Various arrangements of at least one resilient paper-holder alone or in combination with a base can be used to provide functional substitutes for such desk accessories as the in-and-out box, the letter tray, the spindle, and the paperweight.