Storage devices
AssigneeAlpen Storage, Inc.
InventorEric Pearson
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Abstract
This invention relates to storage devices, particularly to storage devices for storing and protecting vehicles, and more particularly to storage devices for storing and protecting bicycles and/or motorcycles. In one aspect of the present invention, a storage device may include an enclosure which may be sealed and/or closed off to the outside environment, and may further include a compact, at least partially nesting structure. In an exemplary embodiment, the nesting structure may include a plurality of segments that may form the enclosure, where some of the segments may nest into another to open the enclosure while maintaining the compact form-factor of the structure.
Claims13
A storage device for a wheeled vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of segments joined at a common pivot, each of said segments forming a portion of a semi-circular enclosure having an internal compartment sized to accommodate at least one wheeled vehicle;
- wherein said plurality of segments pivot on said common pivot to nest together to open and de-nest to close said semi-circular enclosure.
A storage device comprising:
- a base portion forming a walled container in a substantially semi-circular shape with a common pivot and an opening which forms a truncation of said substantially semi-circular shape;
- a first segment which pivots on said common pivot and fits over said base portion, said first segment being shaped to partially fill in said truncation;
- a second segment which pivots on said common pivot and fits over said base portion and is sized to nest in said first segment, said second segment being shaped to fill in a remainder of said truncation;
- wherein said first and second segments pivot on said common pivot to nest together to open and de-nest to close said opening.
A storage device comprising:
- a base portion forming a walled container in a substantially semi-circular shape with a common pivot and an opening which forms a truncation of said substantially semi-circular shape;
- a first segment which pivots on said common pivot and fits over said base portion, said first segment being shaped to partially fill in said truncation;
- a second segment which pivots on said common pivot and fits over said base portion and shaped to abut first segment, said second segment being shaped to partially fill in a remainder of said truncation;
- a third segment which pivots on said common pivot and fits over said base portion and is sized to nest in said second segment, said third segment being shaped to fill in the remainder of said truncation;
- wherein said first, second and third segments pivot on said common pivot to nest together to open and de-nest to close said opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.