Systems, devices, and methods for organizing, transporting, and storing items

A method of holding items, comprising:

• a user holding and balancing a plurality of items across a cross-piece extending generally straight and horizontally across an item holder, and arranged to hold one or more items thereacross;
• releasably attaching the cross-piece to a support bar on a first base sized and arranged to support the item holder;
• transporting items on the cross-piece by hand from a first base at one location to a second base at another location;
• disposing one or more partitions along the cross-piece from a near cross-piece end to a far cross-piece end with one divider projecting and another divider, both extending upwardly from a floor of the cross-piece;
• disposing the plurality of items in the one or more partitions along the cross-piece from the one divider to the another divider,
• wherein a first partition of the one or more partitions has:
• a first divider with at least one portion of the first divider having a first selected height, the first divider extending upwardly from an upper surface of the cross-piece, and
• a second divider with at least one portion of the second divider having a second selected height and extending upwardly from the upper surface a selected partition width apart on the upper surface from the first divider,
• with the cross-piece having a mid-section between the first divider and the second divider and extending upwardly from the floor of the cross-piece a third selected height that is less than the first selected height and the second selected height;
• and
• wherein said disposing further comprises releasably securing a first item into the first partition between the first divider and the second divider;
• sizing the first partition to contain at least one of the plurality of items therewithin;
• attaching the cross-piece to or resting the cross-piece in the first base;
• removing the cross-piece from the first base and hand-carrying the cross-piece to the second base;
• and
• attaching the cross-piece to or resting the cross-piece in the second base.

An item holder comprising:

• a cross-piece extending generally straight and horizontally across the item holder,
• wherein the cross-piece has a length from a near cross-piece end to a far cross-piece end, and one or more partitions disposed along the cross-piece length from the near cross-piece end to the far cross-piece end,
• wherein the cross-piece has a first partition with:
• a first divider extending upwardly from a floor of the cross-piece, at least one portion of the first divider having a first selected height, and
• a second divider extending upwardly from the floor of the cross-piece, at least one portion of the second divider having a second selected height, and spaced a selected width on the cross-piece from the first divider;
• wherein the cross-piece has one divider extending upwardly from the floor of the cross-piece at the near cross-piece end, and another divider extending upwardly from the floor of the cross-piece at the far cross-piece end;
• a handle connectable to the cross-piece, the handle with a far end, a near end that is attachable to the cross-piece, and a hand-graspable section between the far end and the near end;
• and
• a connection member between the cross-piece and the handle,
• the connection member arranged to attach the near end of the handle to the cross-piece and to allow rotation of the handle around a vertical axis extending through the cross-piece,
• wherein the connection member further comprises:
• a series of flexible, flanged fingers extending downwardly into the cross-piece,
• wherein a selected finger has an outwardly extending flange at a bottom of the finger, and
• wherein the retaining element has a protrusion formed on the outwardly facing surface of the finger above the flange, and
• a complementarily shaped recess in the cross-piece sized to receive the series of flexible, flanged fingers, wherein the fingers are arranged to flex into the recess and to expand therein and the retaining elements are arranged to press into the cross-piece to fit the connection member snugly and rotatably into the cross-piece to allow the handle to rotate around a vertical axis extending through the cross-piece when the connection member is pushed into the cross-piece.

An item holder comprising:

• a cross-piece extending generally straight and horizontally across the item holder,
• wherein the cross-piece has a length from a near cross-piece end to a far cross-piece end, and one or more partitions disposed along the cross-piece length from the near cross-piece end to the far cross-piece end,
• wherein the cross-piece has a first partition with:
• a first divider extending upwardly from a floor of the cross-piece, at least one portion of the first divider having a first selected height, and
• a second divider extending upwardly from the floor of the cross-piece, at least one portion of the second divider having a second selected height, and spaced a selected width on the cross-piece from the first divider;
• wherein the cross-piece has one divider extending upwardly from the floor of the cross-piece at the near cross-piece end, and another divider extending upwardly from the floor of the cross-piece at the far cross-piece end;
• a handle connectable to the cross-piece, the handle with a far end, a near end that is attachable to the cross-piece, and a hand-graspable section between the far end and the near end;
• and
• a connection member between the cross-piece and the handle,
• the connection member arranged to attach the near end of the handle to the cross-piece and to allow rotation of the handle around a vertical axis extending through the cross-piece,
• wherein the connection member between the cross-piece and the handle is arranged to attach the near end of the handle to the cross-piece through an aperture extending vertically through at least a portion of the cross-piece or through at least a portion of the near end of the handle, and to allow rotation of the handle around a vertical axis extending through the aperture;
• and
• further comprising a retaining element arranged to hold the handle snugly and rotatably onto the cross-piece when the handle and cross-piece are connected by connection member through the aperture
• wherein the aperture extends vertically through the at least a portion of the cross-piece;
• and
• wherein the cross-piece has a second complementarily shaped recess in the inwardly facing surface of the aperture, the second complementarily shaped recess sized and positioned to receive the retaining element.