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US 2003/0193274 A1Published application
Snap together modular storage
OwnerDarren Saravisinventor
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Abstract
A modular storage rack, display or cube system formed by snap together panels with alignment guides, which may also support wheels, shelves, drawers and doors. The system is assemble-in-place and may shipped and displayed for sale in a flat pack.
Claims35
A snap together construction system comprising:
- a plurality of interchangeable panels each with four edges, four corners, a front side and a back side;
- alternating plastic latches and catches, each catch with deformable slot walls and each latch with a projecting enlarged head extending near each corner on the front side of each panel to engage a corresponding latch of an interchangeable panel, whereby panels are attached when the enlarged head of one panel snaps into a catch of another panel by displacing the slot walls;
- and,
- at least one alignment stop at each corner to align the panels by prohibiting sliding movement of an attached panel along the length of the slot walls.
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The system of claim 3 further comprising a raised grid support formed along the grid.
An snap together construction system comprising:
- a plurality of interchangeable panels each with four edges, four corners, a front side and a back side;
- a plastic cover mounted over each of the corner of each panel, with alternating latches and catches supported thereon extending towards the front side of each panel, each catch with a deformable slot wall and each latch with a projecting enlarged head, whereby panels are attached when the enlarged head of a latch on panel snaps into a catch of another panel by displacing the slot walls;
- and,
- at least one alignment stop formed as part of each corner to align the panels by inhibiting sliding movement along the length of the slot walls.
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A snap together storage system comprising:
- a plurality of substantially square interchangeable plastic panels each with four edges, four corners, a front side and a back side;
- alternating plastic latches and catches, each catch with deformable slot walls and each latch with a projecting enlarged head formed near the corners on the front side of each panel, whereby an enlarged head on one panel can snap into a catch of another panel by displacing the slot walls;
- at least one alignment stop formed substantially at each corner, whereby siding movement of attached panels along the length of the slot walls is inhibited;
- and,
- a corner buttress with a support edge formed at each corner, whereby connection of any two or more panels places the support edges of adjacent corner buttresses in contact with each other to form a larger corner support.
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A method of constructing a snap together storage box comprising the steps of:
- snapping the latches and catches of a first side panel, with alternating latches and catches extending from its edges, into the latches or catches of an interchangeable second side panel;
- snapping the latches and catches of a third interchangeable side panel, with alternating latches and catches extending from its edges, into the latches or catches of the third and the first side panels forming a box open at the top and bottom.
A snap together structure comprising:
- a plurality of four sided interchangeable panels with alternating snap together plastic catches and latches extending from the front and back sides of each panel;
- at least one box formed of at least four panels snapped together;
- and,
- at least one panel extended from the at least one box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.