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US 12,404,090 B2Granted
Storage system
OwnerSteven Clay Dowell, Jr., Steven Clay Dowell, Sr.inventors
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Abstract
A modular container storage system includes multiple container units configured to be assembled to one another in an indefinite expanded state for enabling sheltered access to the stored items through a corridor enclosure, and in a compacted state for convenient transport and/or reduced storage space.
Claims10
A storage system, comprising:
- a pair of container units;
- a pair of corridor panels;
- and
- a door,
- wherein the pair of container units, the pair of corridor panels, and the door are configured to switch between an expanded sate of assembly and a collapsed state of assembly,
- wherein each container unit in the pair of container units includes a casing providing an interior compartment with a front facing opening in each of the container units, each casing being formed from a top wall, a bottom wall opposite the top wall, a first side wall extending vertically between a first side of the top wall and a first side of the bottom wall, a second side wall extending vertically between a second side of the top wall and a second side of the bottom wall, and a rear wall extending vertically between a rear side of the top wall and a rear side of the bottom wall,
- wherein the pair of container units are positioned opposite one another such that the front facing opening in a first container unit of the pair of container units faces the front facing opening in a second container unit of the pair of container units,
- wherein in the expanded state of assembly the pair of container units are separated at a distance allowing for attachment of the pair of corridor panels between the pair of container units, and wherein:
- one of the pair of corridor panels is coupled between a front edge in the top wall of the first container unit and a front edge in the top wall of the second container unit to form a ceiling structure between pair of container units,
- the other one of the pair of corridor panels is coupled between a front edge in the bottom wall of the first container unit and a front edge in the bottom wall of the second container unit to form a floor structure between pair of container units, and
- the door is rotationally coupled proximate a front edge in the first side wall of the first container unit via interlocking hinge components, the door configured to shut against a front edge in the second side wall of the second container unit,
- wherein in the collapsed state of assembly, the pair of container units are adjoined to close said distance separating the container units in the expanded state, the adjoined container units having a top enclosure formed by the joinder of the top walls of the first container unit and the second container unit, a bottom enclosure opposite the top enclosure formed by the joinder of the bottom wall of the first container unit and the bottom wall of the second container unit, a first side enclosure formed by the joinder of the first side wall of the first container unit and the second side wall of the second container unit, a second side enclosure opposite the first side enclosure and formed by the joiner of the second side wall of the first container unit and the first side wall of the second container unit, a third side enclosure formed by the rear wall of the first container unit, and a fourth side enclosure opposite the third side enclosure and formed by the rear wall of the second container unit.
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