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US 12,564,281 B2Granted
Stackable space saving system and method of use
OwnerJames Richard Platt, Rebecca Lynn Nesbittinventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides a plurality of stackable, space saving system of bowls which may form a three-or four-tiered tower of bowls that are stably locked upright in place using a twist and lock mechanism located on each of the bowls. The bowls are stackable due to having sdifferent-sized, molded, elongated elliptical members that telescopically fit one into the other so that the tower is collapsible into a compact, space-saving configuration. In addition, each of the plurality of bowls may be used singly with an accompanying airtight lid.
Claims20
A stackable space saving system, comprising:
- a plurality of bowls, said plurality of bowls comprising:
- a foundation bowl having a front side, a back side, and a foundation elongated elliptical member having a top end and a bottom end, said foundation elongated elliptical member permanently attached to and positioned through a foundation center elliptical opening of the foundation bowl, wherein the foundation elongated elliptical member is smaller in circumference than a center elliptical opening circumference located in another one of the plurality of bowls;
- a plurality of middle bowls having smaller diameters than the foundation bowl and each of the middle bowls having a different diameter from one another, each of the middle bowls having a front side, a back side, and an elongated elliptical member having a top end and a bottom end, each of said elongated elliptical members permanently attached to and positioned through a center elliptical opening of a respective one of the plurality of middle bowls, and an elliptical recessed area located on the back side of each of the plurality of middle bowls and bisecting the center elliptical opening along its short axis, wherein each of the elongated elliptical members has a circumference that is smaller than the center elliptical opening circumference of an adjacent middle bowl so that the elongated elliptical member may be inserted therein, wherein each middle bowl has a central elliptical opening and an elliptical recess area having identical shapes and circumferences on their respective bodies;
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- a sectional bowl having a front side, a back side, a plurality of walls dividing up the front side into a plurality of sections, a sectional elliptical central opening, and a sectional elliptical recessed area located on the back side of the sectional bowl and bisecting the sectional elliptical central opening along its short axis, wherein the sectional elliptical central opening has a circumference that is larger than the elongated elliptical member of one of the plurality of middle bowls located underneath and adjacent to the sectional bowl so that it may be inserted into the sectional elliptical central opening, wherein the sectional elliptical central opening and the sectional elliptical recessed area have identical elliptical shapes and circumferences,
- wherein each of the bowls has a different diameter, wherein each of the elongated elliptical members has a different circumference, and wherein each of the center elliptical openings has a different circumference.
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