US 11,667,455 B2Granted

Configurable container

AssigneeOtter Products, LLC

InventorsGrady E. Barfoot, Joshua R. Cornish, W. Travis Smith, Alan V. Morine

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Abstract

A configurable container includes a first divider and a container body. The divider has a divider body and a first projection extending from the divider body, wherein the first projection has a length having a first dimension and a width having a second dimension different than the first dimension. The container body includes a first wall that includes a first groove facing inward toward the internal cavity, wherein the first groove has a width configured to receive the width of the first projection of the first divider in a first orientation. At least one of the first wall and a second wall includes a second groove also facing inward toward the internal cavity, wherein the second groove has a width configured to receive the length of the first projection in a second orientation, wherein the width of the second groove is different than the width of the first groove.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A configurable storage container for storing items, the configurable storage container comprising:

a first divider having a divider body and a first projection extending from the divider body, wherein the first projection has a length having a first dimension and a width having a second dimension that is different than the first dimension;
an insulated container body having an internal cavity configured for receiving the items, wherein the internal cavity is at least partially bounded by a bottom, a first wall, and a second wall opposite the first wall, wherein the first wall includes a first groove facing inward toward the internal cavity, wherein the first groove has a width configured to receive the width of the first projection of the first divider in a first orientation, wherein at least one of the first wall and the second wall includes a second groove also facing inward toward the internal cavity, wherein the second groove has a width configured to receive the length of the first projection in a second orientation, wherein the width of the second groove is different than the width of the first groove;
and
a lid configured to engage the insulated container body to close the internal cavity.

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A configurable container for transporting one or more items, the configurable container comprising:

a first divider having a divider body and a first projection extending from the divider body, wherein the first projection has a length having a first dimension and a width having a second dimension different than the first dimension;
and
a container body having an internal cavity configured for receiving the one or more items, wherein the internal cavity is at least partially bounded by a bottom, a first wall, and a second wall opposite the first wall, wherein the first wall includes a first groove facing inward toward the internal cavity, wherein the first groove has a width configured to receive the width of the first projection of the first divider in a first orientation, wherein at least one of the first wall and the second wall includes a second groove also facing inward toward the internal cavity, wherein the second groove has a width configured to receive the length of the first projection in a second orientation, wherein the width of the second groove is different than the width of the first groove.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/070,691Filed 29 Nov 2022 · continuation
Priority: 21 Aug 2019
Published: US 2023/0089527 A123 Mar 2023
Granted: 6 Jun 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

B65D 81/2076
In a special atmosphere: in an at least partially rigid container
B65D 5/48024
Partitions: inserted
B65D 11/1833
Collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected: whereby all side walls are hingedly connected to the base panel
B65D 81/2092
In a flexible container: with one or several rigid inserts

Family

Application62/889,808Us provisional application · filed 21 Aug 2019
Application16/995,948Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 18 Aug 2020
Application17/022,961Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Sep 2020
Application17/586,091Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Jan 2022
US 11,242,175 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 8 Feb 2022
US 11,267,637 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Mar 2022
US 2023/0089527 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Mar 2023
US 11,542,088 B2Parent of this continuation
Application17/022,961Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2021/0053725 A1Published application
US 2021/0053741 A1Published application
US 2022/0144527 A1Published application
US 11,667,455 B2This patent

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