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US 11,235,907 B2Granted
Modular storage container
OwnerJeanne Workmaninventor
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Abstract
A storage container having a base storage compartment configured to receive a divider by which the storage compartment is divided into two or more sub-compartments, wherein divider comprises one or more engagement features for selectively engaging with the storage container, the storage container further having a retainer lid configured to retain a divider within an engagement surface of the storage container.
Claims17
A storage container, comprising:
- a base having an interior floor surface comprising a plurality of grooves having a depth that extends below a plane of the interior floor surface;
- an exterior sidewall coupled to the base and enclosing the base, the exterior sidewall having an inner surface, an outer surface and a raised perimeter edge interposed therebetween and defining an opening of the container;
- a u-shaped engagement surface formed in the raised perimeter edge and having an opening formed in an upper edge of the raised perimeter edge and opening out through the upper edge, the u-shaped engagement surface and the opening providing a pathway through the raised perimeter edge such that the inner and outer surfaces of the exterior sidewall are in communication via the pathway and the opening, the u-shaped engagement surface in alignment with at least one of the plurality of grooves;
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- a divider having a bottom edge configured to engage one of the plurality of grooves, a top edge opposite the bottom edge, and a side edge extending therebetween, wherein a height of the side edge is greater than a distance between the interior floor surface and the upper edge of the raised perimeter edge, wherein the height of the side edge is less than a distance between a bottom surface of the u-shaped engagement surface and a lowest portion of the depth of the plurality of grooves.
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A storage system, comprising:
- a storage container, comprising:
- a base having an interior floor surface comprising a plurality of grooves having a depth that extends below a plane of the interior floor surface;
- an exterior sidewall coupled to the base and enclosing the base, the exterior sidewall having an inner surface, an outer surface and a raised perimeter edge interposed therebetween and defining an opening of the container;
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- a receptacle formed in the raised perimeter edge, the receptacle having an opening formed in an upper edge of the raised perimeter edge and opening out through the upper edge, the receptacle providing a pathway through the raised perimeter edge such that the inner and outer surfaces of the exterior sidewall are in communication via the opening and the pathway, an engagement surface of the receptacle in alignment with at least one of the plurality of grooves;
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- a divider having a bottom edge configured to engage one of the plurality of grooves, a top edge opposite the bottom edge, and a side edge extending therebetween, wherein a height of the side edge is greater than a distance between the interior floor surface and the upper edge of the raised perimeter edge, wherein the height of the side edge is less than a distance between a bottom surface of the receptacle and a lowest portion of the depth of the plurality of grooves.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.