US 12,589,920 B2Granted

Portable storage container

OwnerLuke Chenginventor

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Abstract

Aspects relate to a portable storage container. The portable storage container may be detachably attached to a portable item, such as a mobile phone. The portable storage container includes an engaging component configured to detachably engage with a coupling component coupled to a portable item. The portable storage container further includes a storage component attached to the engaging component, the storage component including a first storage component part with the engaging component attached to one side of the first storage component part, the first storage component part being configured to be detachably coupled to the coupling component via the engaging component, and a second storage component part configured to detachably couple to the first storage component part. Another aspect relates to a portable storage container unit, which may include the portable storage container and a coupling component configured to be coupled to the portable item.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A portable storage container unit, comprising:

a coupling component configured to be coupled to a portable item;
and
a portable storage container comprising:
an engaging component configured to detachably engage with a coupling component coupled to a portable item;
and
a storage component attached to the engaging component, the storage component comprising:
a first storage component part with the engaging component attached to one side of the first storage component part, the first storage component part being configured to be detachably coupled to the coupling component via the engaging component, and
a second storage component part configured to detachably couple to the first storage component part,
wherein:
the coupling component comprises a magnet, and at least one of the engaging component or the first storage component part comprises at least one magnet or a ferromagnetic material to detachably engage with the coupling component via magnetic force of the magnet when the engaging component contacts the coupling component, or
the coupling component comprises a ferromagnetic material, and at least one of the engaging component or the first storage component part comprises the at least one magnet to detachably engage with the coupling component via magnetic force of the at least one magnet when the engaging component contacts the coupling component, and
wherein a shape of an engaging portion of the engaging component configured to couple to the coupling component corresponds to a shape of the coupling component to prevent a lateral movement when the engaging component is coupled to the coupling component via the magnetic force of the magnet or the magnetic force of the at least one magnet applied in a vertical direction substantially perpendicular to the lateral movement.

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A portable storage container unit, comprising:

a coupling component configured to be coupled to a portable item;
and
a portable storage container comprising:
an engaging component configured to detachably engage with the coupling component;
and
a storage component attached to the engaging component, the storage component comprising:
a first storage component part with the engaging component attached to one side of the first storage component part, the first storage component part being configured to detachably coupled to the coupling component via the engaging component, and
a second storage component part configured to detachably couple to the first storage component part,
wherein the engaging component comprises a magnet and the coupling component comprises at least one magnet or a ferromagnetic material to detachably engage with the engaging component via magnetic force of the magnet when the engaging component contacts the coupling component, and
wherein the first storage component part comprises a threaded recess portion that is threaded with a third thread and the coupling component comprises a threaded protrusion portion that is threaded with a fourth thread that corresponds to the third thread to enable the first storage component part and the coupling component to be screwed together via the threaded recess portion and the threaded protrusion portion, to guide the engaging component toward the at least one magnet or a ferromagnetic material of the coupling component to engage with the coupling component via the magnetic force.

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A portable storage container unit, comprising:

a coupling component configured to be coupled to a portable item;
and
a portable storage container comprising:
an engaging component configured to detachably engage with the coupling component;
and
a storage component attached to the engaging component, the storage component comprising:
a first storage component part with the engaging component attached to one side of the first storage component part, the first storage component part being configured to detachably coupled to the coupling component via the engaging component, and
a second storage component part configured to detachably couple to the first storage component part,
wherein the coupling component includes one or more lock components that fit into one or more lock grooves of the first storage component part, and wherein the first storage component part is rotated in a first direction to lock the first storage component part and the coupling component in a locked state and is rotated in a second direction opposite of the first direction to place the first storage component part and the coupling component in an unlocked state to detach the first storage component part from the coupling component, and
wherein the engaging component comprises a magnet and the coupling component comprises at least one magnet or a ferromagnetic material to detachably engage with the engaging component via magnetic force of the magnet when the engaging component contacts the coupling component.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/399,344Filed 28 Dec 2023 · us provisional application
Priority: 3 Jan 2023
Published: US 2024/0217710 A14 Jul 2024
Granted: 31 Mar 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

B65D 43/0231
Secured by rotation: only on the outside, or a part turned to the outside, of the mouth of the container
G06F 1/1626
For portable computers: with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
A61J 1/03
Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes: for pills or tablets
B65D 2313/04
Connecting or fastening means: of magnetic type