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US 12,097,995 B2Granted
Customizable caddy for tilt bins
AssigneeDeflecto, LLC
InventorsRob Wolff, Craig R. Malmloff, Matt Dawson
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Abstract
A customizable storage system includes at least one removable storage container and a container caddy. The at least one removeable storage container includes a container shell and a tilt bin located in the container shell and configured to tilt relative to the container shell. The container caddy includes a container support frame having first and second container docks that each define first and second container-receiving spaces the receive the at least one storage container and a carrying handle coupled to and extending away from the container support frame.
Claims20
A customizable storage system comprising a storage unit, the storage unit comprising
- at least one removable storage container including a container shell and a tilt bin located in the container shell and formed to include an aperture arranged to open into a storage space formed in the tilt bin, and the tilt bin configured to tilt relative to the container shell between a retracted storage position in which the container shell blocks access to the storage space of the tilt bin through the aperture and an extended use position in which the tilt bin has tilted away from the container shell to allow access to the storage space through the aperture,
- a container caddy including a container support frame having a first container dock that defines a first container-receiving space configured to receive the at least one removable storage container, a second container dock spaced apart from the first container dock that defines a second container-receiving space configured to receive the at least one removable storage container, and a handle foundation that extends between and interconnects the first container dock and the second container dock and a carrying handle coupled to and extending away from the handle foundation of the container support frame, and
- at least one container rotary lock configured rotate between an unlocked position in which the tilt bin of the at least one removable storage container is free to change between the retracted storage position and the extended use position and a locked position in which the tilt bin is blocked from tilting relative to the container shell from the retracted storage position to the extended use position to prevent unwanted access to the storage space of the tilt bin through the aperture and the at least one removable storage container is blocked from moving relative to the container caddy from a stored position on the container caddy to prevent unwanted removal of the at least one removable storage container from one of the first container-receiving space formed in the first container dock and the second container-receiving space formed in the second container dock.
A customizable storage unit comprising
- at least one storage container including a container shell and a tilt bin located in the container shell and formed to include an aperture arranged to open into a storage space formed in the tilt bin, and the tilt bin configured to tilt relative to the container shell between a retracted storage position in which the container shell blocks access to the storage space of the tilt bin through the aperture and an extended use position in which the tilt bin has tilted away from the container shell to allow access to the storage space through the aperture,
- a container caddy including a container support frame having a first container dock that defines a first container-receiving space configured to receive the at least one storage container, a second container dock spaced apart from the first container dock that defines a second container-receiving space configured to receive the at least one storage container, and a handle foundation that extends between and interconnects the first container dock and the second container dock and a carrying handle coupled to and extending away from the handle foundation of the container support frame, and
- at least one container rotary lock configured rotate between an unlocked position in which the tilt bin of the at least one storage container is free to change between the retracted storage position and the extended use position and a locked position in which the tilt bin is blocked from tilting relative to the container shell from the retracted storage position to the extended use position to prevent unwanted access to the storage space of the tilt bin through the aperture.
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