Quarter-turn locking attachment for a storage device
OwnerDominic P. Ismertinventor
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Abstract
Implementations disclosed and claimed herein provide a customized storage system. In one implementation, a folding crate movable between a storage position and a collapsed position is provided. One or more customizable and modular attachments to the storage crates may be provided to attaching to or otherwise mating with a side of a crate. The modular attachments may include a universal connector that connects to an opening in any side of a storage crate and one or more accessories that mate with the universal connector, with each of the accessories having a specific use or utility, such as a cup holder accessory, a handle accessory, a tool holder accessory, and the like.
Claims15
A modular attachment system for a storage device, the modular attachment system comprising:
- a connector portion configured to be inserted into an opening of a side panel of the storage device in a first position and locked into the opening of the side panel in a second position, wherein the side panel of the storage device comprises a plurality of intersecting spines defining the opening of the side panel, the connector portion comprising:
- a tubular connector body comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the connector body further comprising an outer surface extending between the first end and the second end;
- a plurality of stopping tabs extending outwardly from the outer surface, each of the plurality of stopping tabs comprising a substantially vertical surface abutting a corresponding one of the plurality of intersecting spines of the side panel of the storage device as the tubular connector body is inserted into the opening of the side panel, the insertion of the tubular connector body into the opening of the side panel corresponding to the first position;
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- a plurality of locking grooves extending into the outer surface, each of the plurality of locking grooves receiving one of the plurality of intersecting spines defining the opening of the side panel of the storage device when the connector body is rotated from the first position to the second position, wherein the position of the plurality of intersecting spines within the plurality of locking grooves locks the connector portion within the opening of the side panel;
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- an attachment portion mated with and extending from the first end of the connector body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.