# US 12,757,882 B2 · Storage box having storage structures for fishing equipment

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- Number: US 12,757,882 B2
- Document ID: US12757882B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/521,211
- Filed: 2023-11-28
- Published: 2025-05-29
- Granted: 2026-10-13
- Earliest claimed: 2023-11-28
- Assignees: Rapala VMC Oyj
- Applicants: Rapala VMC Oyj
- Inventors: Meng Da Liu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12757882B2

## CPC

- A01K 97/06: Containers or holders for hooks, lines, sinkers, flies or the like {(attached to a fishing rod A01K87/009)}
- B65D 1/34: Trays or like shallow containers {(B65D81/3813 takes precedence)}
- B65D 25/10: Devices to locate articles in containers {(for protecting articles from mechanical damage B65D81/02)}
- B65D 43/163: {the container and the lid being made separately (B65D43/161 takes precedence)}
- B65D 2543/00194: square or rectangular
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

## Abstract

A lure storage apparatus includes a main body that has a first surface and a second surface. A slot is defined in the main body and extends from an opening in one of first surface or the second surface towards the other of the first surface or the second surface to a closed end. The slot is partially defined by a first boundary surface and a second boundary surface. The main body includes a plurality of protrusions that each extend from a base at one of the first boundary surface or the second boundary surface towards the other of the first boundary surface or the second boundary surface to an end wall.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A storage box comprising:
a container defining an interior;
a lid coupled to the container;
a lure storage apparatus coupled to the container within the interior, the lure storage apparatus comprising:
a main body, extending from a first end to a second end, and extending from a base platform to a top platform, the main body including
a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface and the second surface converge towards one another as the first surface and the second surface extend from the base platform to the top platform,
a plurality of slots defined in the main body, wherein each of the plurality of slots extends from an opening in one of the first surface or the second surface towards the other of the first surface or the second surface to a respective closed end, each of the plurality of slots being partially defined by a closed end, and the plurality of slots are arranged in a first group and a second group, each slot in the first group of slots extending from an opening in the first surface towards the second surface to the closed end, each slot in the second group of slots extending from an opening in the second surface towards the first surface to the closed end,
a first boundary surface and a second boundary surface, wherein each of the slots of the first group are partially defined by a divider wall, and the divider wall of each of the slots of the first group also partially defines at least one of the slots of the second group, and wherein the divider wall comprises the first boundary surface of one of the plurality of slots of the first group and the second boundary surface of one of the plurality of slots of the second group,
a plurality of protrusions each extending into each of the plurality of slots from a base at one of the first boundary surface or the second boundary surface towards the other of the first boundary surface or the second boundary surface, and
wherein the plurality of protrusions extend from the opening in one of first surface or the second surface to the closed end.

### Claim 2

A lure storage apparatus comprising:
a main body, extending from a first end to a second end, and extending from a base platform to a top platform, the main body including
a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface and the second surface converge towards one another as the first surface and the second surface extend from the base platform to the top platform,
a plurality of slots defined in the main body, wherein each of the plurality of slots extends from an opening in one of the first surface or the second surface towards the other of the first surface or the second surface to a closed end, each of the plurality of slots being partially defined by a respective closed end, and the plurality of slots are arranged in a first group and a second group, each slot in the first group of slots extending from an opening in the first surface towards the second surface to the closed end, each slot in the second group of slots extending from an opening in the second surface towards the first surface to the closed end,
a first boundary surface and a second boundary surface, wherein each of the slots of the first group are partially defined by a divider wall, and the divider wall of each of the slots of the first group also partially defines at least one of the slots of the second group, and wherein the divider wall comprises the first boundary surface of one of the plurality of slots of the first group and the second boundary surface of one of the plurality of slots of the second group,
a plurality of protrusions each extending into each of the plurality of slots from a base at one of the first boundary surface or the second boundary surface towards the other of the first boundary surface or the second boundary surface, and
wherein the plurality of protrusions extend from the opening in one of first surface or the second surface to the closed end.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The lure storage apparatus as in claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of protrusions comprises an end wall that is spaced apart from the first boundary surface or the second boundary surface from which each of the plurality of protrusions extend.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The lure storage apparatus as in claim 3, wherein the plurality of protrusions include a first set of protrusions and a second set of protrusions, the first set of protrusions extending from the first boundary surface towards the second boundary surface, the second set of protrusions extending from the second boundary surface towards the first boundary surface.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The lure storage apparatus as in claim 4, wherein the first set of protrusions and the second set of protrusions are disposed in a staggered arrangement such that each protrusion in the first set of protrusions is spaced apart from at least one protrusion in the second set of protrusions.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The lure storage apparatus as in claim 5, wherein each protrusion of the plurality of protrusions defines a first width at the base and a second width at the end wall, wherein the second width is smaller than the first width.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The lure storage apparatus as in claim 6, wherein each protrusion of the plurality of protrusions includes a first slanted wall and a second slanted wall that converge towards one another from the base to the end wall.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The lure storage apparatus as in claim 7, wherein the lure storage apparatus is formed from an elastic polymer material.