IP Library Granted Patent US 7,281,476
Granted Patent B2
US 7,281,476 · App. 10/712,286 · Granted Oct 16, 2007

Book rack and pencil tray combination

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Patent No.
US 7,281,476
App. No.
10/712,286
Granted
Oct 16, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A book rack and pencil tray combination has a book rack and a pencil case attached to the bottom wall of the book rack. The pencil case is optionally attached to the bottom wall of the book rack by a pencil case attachment plate attached to the bottom wall of the pencil case. The pencil case attachment plate is typically attached to the bottom wall of the pencil case such that a portion of the bottom wall of the book rack is sandwiched between the pencil case attachment plate and the bottom wall of the pencil case.

Claims (14)

1. A book rack and pencil tray combination comprising:

(a) a wire mesh book rack having a bottom wall and a front opening;

(b) a pencil case having a first section with a bottom wall, a front wall and a rear wall, and a portion being sized to retain one or more of a ruler or a protractor within the walls of the first section, and a second section with a bottom wall, a front wall and a rear wall, the bottom wall of the second section being disposed in a generally horizontal plane at an elevation lower than the bottom wall of the first section; and

(c) a pencil case attachment plate attached to the bottom walls of the first section and the second section such that a portion of the bottom wall of the book rack is sandwiched between the pencil case attachment plate and the bottom wall of the first section.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein the pencil case defines a pair of separate compartments, a lower compartment and an upper compartment, and wherein the lower compartment is disposed outside the front opening of the book rack.

3. The combination of claim 2 wherein the bottom wall of the book rack is disposed in a generally horizontal first plane and the lower compartment of the pencil case is disposed in a second generally horizontal plane, the second plane being disposed at an elevation below the first plane.

4. A desk comprising:

(a) a desk top having a top surface and a bottom surface;

(b) a support structure for supporting the desk top at an elevation above floor level;

(c) a wire mesh book rack having a bottom wall and a front opening;

(d) a pencil case having a first section with a bottom wall, a front wall and a rear wall, and a portion being sized to retain one or more of a ruler or a protractor within the walls of the first section, and a second section with a bottom wall, a front wall and a rear wall, the bottom wall of the second section being disposed in a generally horizontal plane at an elevation lower than the bottom wall of the first section; and

(e) a pencil case attachment plate attached to the bottom walls of the first section and the second section such that a portion of the bottom wall of the book rack is sandwiched between the pencil case attachment plate and the bottom wall of the first section.

5. The combination of claim 4 wherein the pencil case defines a pair of separate compartments, a lower compartment and an upper compartment, and wherein the lower compartment is disposed outside the front opening of the book rack.

6. The combination of claim 5 wherein the bottom wall of the book rack is disposed in a generally horizontal first plane and the lower compartment of the pencil case is disposed in a second generally horizontal plane, the second plane being disposed at an elevation below the first plane.

Assignments (6)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 28, 2011
From: VIRCO MFG CORPORATION
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 027455/0346 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN PATENTS Recorded Dec 27, 2011
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: VIRCO MFG. CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027449/0622 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 20, 2011
From: VIRCO MFG. CORPORATION
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 026466/0420 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2010
From: VIRCO MGMT. CORPORATION
To: VIRCO MFG. CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023854/0675 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNEMNT TO CORRECT THE INCORRECT APPLICATION NUMBER FROM 29/712,286 TO 10/712,286. DOCUMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL 015544 FRAME 0872. Recorded Feb 2, 2005
From: MILLS, ROBERT J.; GLASS, PETER
To: VIRCO MGMT. CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016222/0939 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2004
From: MILLS, ROBERT J.; GLASS, PETER
To: VIRCO MGMT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015544/0872 →