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US 12,577,019 B2Granted
Storage bin and lid
AssigneeYum Connect, LLC
InventorsEric Matthew Walton, Shelby Alexis Stanfield, Peter Gerald Graham
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Abstract
A storage system is provided that includes a stadium shaped bin having a bottom and an outer wall adjacent and extending from an outer edge of the bottom. The bottom and the outer wall defining an inner storage area. The bin having a plurality of legs located on a lower side of the bottom of the bin. The storage system further includes a lid having a raised top-hat portion about an upper surface and a skirt about an outer edge of the lid. The lid sized such that the skirt extends over the outer wall of the bin when the lid is placed on the bin, wherein the legs of the bin and raised top-hat portion of the lid are sized so that the legs nest about the raised top-hat portion of the lid when the bin is placed on the lid.
Claims20
A storage system, comprising:
- a bin having a pair of opposing semicircular ends connected by a pair of substantially parallel elongated edges and having a bottom and an outer wall adjacent and extending from an outer edge of the bottom, the bottom and the outer wall defining an inner storage area, the bin having a plurality of legs located on a lower side of the bottom of the bin, with a first pair of the plurality of legs positioned at opposite ends of a central longitudinal axis of the bin and a second pair of the plurality of legs positioned at opposite ends of a lateral axis of the bin;
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- a lid having:
- a substantially flat portion defining an outer edge of the lid;
- a raised top-hat portion having a raised edge leading to a raised central portion, the raised top-hat portion positioned within a perimeter of the substantially flat portion and extending upward relative to an upper surface of the lid, and
- a skirt extending outward and downward from the outer edge of the lid, the lid sized such that the skirt extends over the outer wall of the bin when the lid is placed on the bin,
- wherein the plurality of legs of the bin are configured to engage with another lid disposed beneath the bin and the legs, the another lid having a substantially flat portion defining an outer edge of the another lid and a raised top-hat portion having a raised edge leading to a raised central portion, the plurality of legs positioned on the lower side of the bottom of the bin such that the plurality of legs at least partially surround the raised edge of the raised top-hat portion of the another lid such that a bottom surface of the plurality of legs of the bin rest on the flat portion of the another lid and a side surface of the plurality of legs of the bin abut the raised edge of the raised top-hat portion of the another lid when the bin is placed on the another lid;
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- wherein the plurality of legs of the bin are sized such that the raised top-hat portion of the another lid and the lower side of the bottom of the bin are spaced apart when the bin is placed on the another lid, thereby allowing air to circulate underneath the bin.
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A system, comprising:
- a plurality of storage systems including at least a first storage system and a second storage system, each of the plurality of storage systems including:
- a bin having a pair of opposing semicircular ends connected by a pair of substantially parallel elongated edges and having a bottom and an outer wall adjacent and extending from an outer edge of the bottom, the bottom and the outer wall defining an inner storage area, the bin having a plurality of legs located on a lower side of the bottom of the bin, with a first pair of the plurality of legs positioned at opposite ends of a central longitudinal axis of the bin and a second pair of the plurality of legs positioned at opposite ends of a lateral axis of the bin;
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- a lid having:
- a substantially flat portion defining an outer edge of the lid;
- a raised top-hat portion having a raised edge leading to a raised central portion, the raised top-hat portion positioned within a perimeter of the substantially flat portion and extending upward relative to an upper surface of the lid;
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- a skirt extending outward and downward from the outer edge of the lid, the lid sized such that the skirt extends over the outer wall of the bin when the lid is placed on the bin,
- wherein the plurality of legs of the bin are positioned on the lower side of the bottom of the bin such that the plurality of legs of either the first storage system or the second storage system at least partially surround the raised edge of the raised top-hat portion of the lid of the other of the first storage system or the second storage system such that a bottom surface of the plurality of legs of either the first storage system or the second storage system rest on the flat portion of the other of the first storage system or the second storage system and a side surface of the plurality of legs of either the first storage system or the second storage system abut the raised edge of the raised top-hat portion of the other of the first storage system or the second storage system when the first storage system or the second storage system is on top of the lid of the other of the first storage system or the second storage system, and
- wherein the plurality of legs of the bin are sized such that the raised top-hat portion of the lid of the other of the first storage system or the second storage system and the lower side of the bottom of the bin of the first storage system or the second storage system are spaced apart to allow air to circulate between the first storage system and the second storage system.
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A tempering system for one or more objects, comprising:
- a bin having:
- a pair of opposing semicircular ends connected by a pair of substantially parallel elongated edges;
- a bottom;
- an outer wall adjacent to and extending from an outer edge of the bottom, the bottom and the outer wall defining an inner storage area;
- a plurality of legs located on a lower side of the bottom of the bin, with first a pair of the plurality of legs positioned at opposite ends of a central longitudinal axis of the bin and a second pair of the plurality of legs positioned at opposite ends of a lateral axis of the bin;
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- one or more openings configured to allow air to flow into the inner storage area, thereby promoting a tempering of at least one object stored therein;
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- a lid having:
- a substantially flat portion defining an outer edge of the lid;
- a raised portion having a raised edge leading to a raised central portion, the raised portion positioned within a perimeter of the substantially flat portion and extending upward relative to an upper surface of the lid;
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- a skirt extending outward and downward from the outer edge of the lid, the lid sized such that the skirt extends at least partly over the outer wall of the bin when the lid is placed on the bin;
- wherein the plurality of legs of the bin are configured to engage with another lid disposed beneath the bin and the legs, the another lid having a substantially flat portion defining an outer edge of the another lid and a raised portion, the plurality of legs positioned on the lower side of the bottom of the bin such that the plurality of legs at least partially surround the raised edge of the raised portion of the another lid disposed beneath the bin such that a bottom surface of the plurality of legs of the bin rest on the flat portion of the another lid and a side surface of the plurality of legs of the bin abut the raised edge of the raised portion of the another lid when the bin is placed on the another lid;
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- wherein the plurality of legs are sized such that the raised portion of the another lid and the lower side of the bottom of the bin are spaced apart to allow air to circulate underneath the bin, thereby promoting heat transfer through the bin and the tempering of the at least one object stored therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.