Interlocking basket system
AssigneeTarget Brands, Inc.
InventorsAmelia Kennedy, Nathan Pennycuick, Fadde Ali
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Abstract
A storage container includes: a plurality of sidewalls; a bottom wall operably coupled to the plurality of sidewalls, together defining a storage cavity; at least one support bracket coupled to the bottom wall, movable between a first position wherein an outer surface of at least one support bracket is flush with a perimeter of the bottom wall, and a second position wherein the outer surface of the at least one support bracket extends beyond the perimeter; and a plurality of guide walls extending parallel to one another and formed adjacent to the at least one support bracket that guide the movement of the at least one support bracket between the first position and second the position.
Claims20
A storage container comprising:
- a plurality of sidewalls;
- a bottom wall operably coupled to the plurality of sidewalls, together defining a storage cavity;
- at least one support bracket coupled to the bottom wall, movable between a first position wherein an outer surface of at least one support bracket is flush with a perimeter of the bottom wall, and a second position wherein the outer surface of the at least one support bracket extends beyond the perimeter;
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- a plurality of guide walls extending parallel to one another and formed adjacent to the at least one support bracket that guide the movement of the at least one support bracket between the first position and the second position.
A storage system comprising:
- a first storage container including:
- a plurality of sidewalls;
- a bottom wall operably coupled to the plurality of sidewalls;
- a support bracket movable between a retracted position and a deployed position, wherein at least a portion of the support bracket is flush with a perimeter of the bottom wall in the retracted position and at least a portion of the support bracket extends beyond the perimeter in the deployed position;
- a plurality of guide walls extending parallel to one another and formed adjacent to the support bracket that guide the movement of the support bracket between the retracted position and the deployed position;
- a second storage container defining a storage cavity, wherein:
- when the support bracket is in the retracted position, the first storage container is nestable within the storage cavity of the second storage container;
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- when the support bracket is in the deployed position, the first storage container is stackable on the second storage container, positioning the first storage container above the storage cavity, wherein the support bracket engages a portion of the second storage container.
A stackable storage container comprising:
- a front wall, a rear wall, a left sidewall and a right sidewall, wherein the front wall is of a lower height than the rear wall, and the left and right sidewalls each include respective angled transition portions connecting to the front wall;
- a support bracket coupled to the bottom wall, movable between a first position where an outer surface of the support bracket is flush with a perimeter of the bottom wall, and a second position where the outer surface extends beyond the perimeter;
- a plurality of guide walls extending parallel to one another and formed adjacent to the support bracket that guide the movement of the support bracket between the first position and the second position, wherein the guide walls each include a respective lip, the respective lips extend at least partially over the support bracket and constrain at least one of a lateral or a vertical movement of the support bracket between the first position and the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.