Portable Modular Closet Insert And Method Of Using The Same

A method of using a closet insert for the temporary storage of clothing and the like at a remote location, comprising the steps of:

• transporting a closet insert to a first location, the closet insert including closet organizer hardware structured and arranged to enable clothing and the like to be hung and stored within the closet insert;
• inserting the closet insert into a closet enclosure at the first location so that the closet insert is situated in the closet enclosure in its entirety;
• hanging and storing clothing and the like in said closet insert while the closet insert is situated in said closet enclosure until it is desired to temporarily store the clothing and the like at a remote location;
• when it is desired to temporarily store the clothing and the like at a remote location, removing the closet insert from the closet enclosure and closing the closet unit, with the clothing and the like which has been hung therein still hanging and stored therein;
• transporting the closet insert, with the clothes and the like which have been hung and stored therein still hanging and stored therein, to the remote location;
• storing the closet insert at the remote location until the clothing and the like hung and stored in the closet insert is needed at the first location;
• when the clothing and the like in the closet insert is needed at the first location, transporting the closet insert, with the clothing and the like which has been hung and stored therein still hanging therein, to the first location, and opening the closet insert;
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• inserting the closet insert, with the clothing and the like which has been hung and stored therein still hanging and stored therein, into a closet enclosure so that the closet insert is situated in the closet enclosure in its entirety, with the clothing and the like which has been hung and stored therein still hanging and stored therein.

A method of installing and using a closet insert structured and arranged to be received within a closet enclosure in its entirety, comprising the steps of:

• selecting at least one closet insert module, each module including a back panel and top and floor panels extending therefrom, based upon the length of the closet enclosure into which the closet insert is to be inserted, the length of each closet module and the size of the closet entrance;
• connecting end panels to the back panels of the left and right insert modules, or in the case where only a single module is used, to left and right edge regions of the back panel of the single module;
• inserting each of the closet insert modules into the closet enclosure;
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• in the case where more than one insert module is selected and inserted into said closet enclosure, coupling said insert modules to each other.
• inserting each of said closet insert modules into said closet enclosure;
• coupling said closet insert modules to each other while situated in said closet enclosure;
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• situating clothing and the like in said closet insert.

A method of using closet inserts for maintaining a set of clothing and the like at a location remote from a first location, comprising the steps of:

• transporting a closet insert to a first location;
• hanging clothing and the like in the closet insert;
• transporting the closet insert with the clothing and the like which has been hung therein still hanging and stored therein to the remote location;
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• inserting the closet insert with the clothing and the like which has been hung and stored therein still hanging and stored therein in it's entirety into a closet enclosure at the remote location.

A closet insert for containing items of clothing and the like comprising a left insert module, a right insert module and left and right end panels, wherein

• said left and right insert modules each comprise a back panel situated in a substantially vertical back plane, a top panel extending from said back panel in a substantially horizontal top plane, a floor panel extending from said back panel and situated in a substantially horizontal floor plane;
• said left insert module situated laterally and to the left of said right insert module;
• said back panels of said left and right insert modules situated in substantially coplanar vertical planes, said top panels of said left and right insert modules situated in substantially coplanar horizontal planes, and said floor panels of said left and right insert modules situated in substantially coplanar horizontal planes;
• said closet insert further includes coupling devices comprising interlocking cam members mounted on mounting structures provided on each back panel, top panel and floor panel of said left and right insert modules, wherein the coupling devices on said top, back and floor panels of said left insert module matingly engage respective coupling devices on laterally adjacent top, back and floor panels of the said right insert module for coupling said top, back and floor panels of said left and right insert modules to each other, said coupling devices thereby coupling said left and right insert modules to each other;
• said left and right end panels are situated in spaced substantially vertical planes substantially perpendicular to said horizontal and vertical planes in which said back, top and floor panels of said of said left and right insert modules are situated extending from said back panels of said left and right insert modules, respectively, and wherein said left end panel extends from left edges of said back, top and floor panels of said left insert module and said right end panel extends from right edges of said back, top and floor panels of said right insert module.