Stationery pedestal

Claim 1

A STATIONARY PEDESTAL FOR STORING OFFICE SUPPLIES AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A BODY HAVING A GENERALLY VERTICALLY ARRANGED FRONT OPENING THEREIN AND A PAIR OF REARWARDLY EXTENDING SIDE WALLS, A PAIR OF GUIDES DISPOSED WITHIN SAID BODY AND RESPECTIVELY MOUNTED UPON SAID SIDE WALLS IN GENERAL ALIGNMENT, A SET OF STATIONARY TRAYS SUPPORTED UPON SAID GUIDES FOR LONGITUDINAL SLIDING MOVEMENT THEREON BETWEEN A STORAGE POSITION AND EXTENDED POSITIONS, ALL BUT THE TOPMOST ONE OF SAID SET OF TRAYS HAVING AN INTURNED FLANGE ON AT LEAST ONE SIDE THEREOF CARRYING AN ABUTMENT SHOULDER THEREON, AND ALL BUT THE BOTTOMMOST ONE OF SAID SET OF TRAYS HAVING A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING ARM DISPOSED IN FRONT OF AND IN LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE ABUTMENT SHOULDER OF THE NEXT LOWER ONE OF SAID TRAYS, EACH OF SAID ARMS BEING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED FROM THE ASSOCIATED ONE OF SAID ABUTMENT SHOULDERS A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE WHEN SAID TRAYS ARE IN THE STORAGE POSITION THEREOF, WHEREBY WHEN ONE OF THE LOWER ONES OF SAID TRAYS IS MOVED FROM THE STORAGE POSITION THEREOF TO AN EXTENDED POSITION THEREOF THE TRAYS DISPOSED THEREABOVE ARE MOVED FROM THE STORAGE POSITION THEREOF TO AN EXTENDED POSITION THEREOF WHEREIN THE NEXT LOWER ONE OF SAID TRAYS IS DISPOSED OUTWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO THE NEXT HIGHER ONE OF SAID TRAYS BY SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE.