Animal resistant container system and method
AssigneeAnhinga Co.
InventorsTracy J. Twist, Jordan R. Twist
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Abstract
An animal resistant container system is contemplated in which two separate storage volumes, each including its own connector portion that defines the opening into the interior of that storage volume, may be simultaneously connected to opposed interconnector portions of a single interconnector, with the interconnector including a cross-sectional structure that may serve to at least partially occlude the opening into the interior of either or both storage volume when that storage volume is connected to the interconnector. In this fashion, two separate interior volumes may be utilized in a modular way, which permits the simultaneous use of different types or sizes of storage volumes with a single interconnector portion.
Claims21
An animal resistant container system, comprising:
- a first storage container, the first storage container including a first connector portion that defines a first aperture permitting access into an interior of the first storage container, the first storage container being generally cylindrical;
- a second storage container, the second storage container including a second connector portion that defines a second aperture permitting access into an interior of the second storage container, the second storage container being generally cylindrical;
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- an interconnector comprising a pair of opposed interconnection portions engageable respectively with the first and second connector portions.
An animal resistant container system, comprising:
- a first storage container, the first storage container including a first connector portion that defines a first aperture permitting access into an interior of the first storage container;
- a second storage container, the second storage container including a second connector portion that defines a second aperture permitting access into an interior of the second storage container;
- a third storage container, the third storage container including a third connector portion that defines a third aperture permitting access into an interior of the third storage container, the second and third storage containers being differently shaped;
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- an interconnector that is usable in a first configuration of the animal resistant container system and in a second configuration of the animal resistant container system, the interconnector comprising a pair of opposed interconnection portions that are engageable respectively with the first and second connector portions to define the first configuration and engageable respectively with the first and third connector portions to define the second configuration.
An animal resistant container system, comprising:
- a first storage container, the first storage container including a first connector portion that defines a first aperture permitting access into an interior of the first storage container;
- a second storage container, the second storage container including a second connector portion that defines a second aperture permitting access into an interior of the second storage container;
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- a third storage container, the third storage container including a third connector portion that defines a third aperture permitting access into an interior of the third storage container, the second and third storage containers being differently shaped and at least one of the first, second, and third storage containers being generally cylindrical, the first connector being engageable with the second connector to define a first configuration of the animal resistant container system and engageable with the third connector to define a second configuration of the animal resistant container system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.