Storage unit
OwnerRobert A. Turnerinventor
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Abstract
A cabinet includes a downturned arcuate top having an upstanding flange at the front edge and spaced apart upstanding support members at the rear edge. Elongate flexible items, such as sections of vacuum hose, are stored upon the top intermediate the flange and the support members. Cradles, carried by the support members, hold elongate rigid items, such as vacuum hose extensions and handle sections of various equipment. Cleaning heads and other attachments are engaged with and suspended from sockets formed in the bottom of the cabinet. Other items are held by hooks which depend from the cabinet. The cabinet is also provided with a shelf and lockable doors for storage of small items and toxic or poisonous materials.
Claims15
A storage unit for receiving, holding and displaying equipment including an elongate flexible member and an elongate substantially rigid member for convenient selection and removal, said unit comprising:
- (a) a cabinet including a front side, a rear side, first and second spaced lateral sides, and a top for supporting said flexible member thereon;
- (b) receiving means for receiving said flexible member, said receiving means including
- (i) first retention means projecting above the top front edge of said cabinet, and
- (ii) second retention means projecting above the top rear edge of said cabinet,
- said first retention means and said second retention means being spaced apart to receive said flexible member therebetween;
- (c) support means on said second retainer means for removably holding said rigid member;
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- (d) a plurality of hooks depending from said cabinet for supporting additional rigid members.
A storage unit for receiving, holding and displaying cleaning equipment for convenient selection and removal, the cleaning equipment including
- a flexible hose,
- a cleaning implement having an elongate, substantially rigid portion, and
- an accessory for attachment to said flexible hose, said accessory having a substantially rigid coupling portion with an outwardly biased detent element,
- said storage unit comprising:
- (a) a cabinet including a front side, a rear side, first and second spaced lateral sides, and a top for supporting said flexible hose thereon;
- (b) first and second spaced apart retention means upstanding from said cabinet for receiving said flexible hose therebetween;
- (c) support means for removably holding said rigid portion of said cleaning implement;
- (d) coupling means carried in said cabinet for receiving and engageably holding the coupling portion of said accessory;
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- (e) at least one hook depending from said cabinet for supporting at least one additional cleaning implement.
A storage unit for receiving, holding and displaying equipment including an elongate flexible member and an elongate substantially rigid member for convenient selection and removal, said unit comprising:
- (a) a cabinet including a front side, a rear side, first and second spaced lateral sides, and a top for supporting said flexible member thereon;
- (b) receiving means for receiving said flexible member, said receiving means including
- (i) first retention means projecting above the top front edge of said cabinet, and
- (ii) second retention means projecting above the top rear edge of said cabinet,
- said first retention means and said second retention means being spaced apart to receive said flexible member therebetween;
- (c) support means on said second retainer means for removably holding said rigid member;
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- (d) coupling means carried in said cabinet for receiving and engageably holding a downwardly projecting tubular attachment element having a substantially rigid coupling portion with an outwardly biased detent element.
A storage unit for receiving, holding and displaying cleaning equipment for convenient selection and removal, the cleaning equipment including
- a flexible hose,
- a cleaning implement having an elongate, substantially rigid portion, and
- an accessory for attachment to said flexible hose, said accessory having a substantially rigid coupling portion with an outwardly biased detent element,
- said storage unit comprising
- (a) a cabinet including a front side, a rear side, first and second spaced lateral sides, a top for supporting said flexible hose thereon, and a shelf having a topside and an underside;
- (b) first and second spaced apart retention means upstanding from said cabinet for receiving said flexible hose therebetween;
- (c) support means for removably holding said rigid portion of said cleaning implement;
- (d) coupling means carried in said cabinet for receiving and engagably holding the coupling portion of said accessory, said coupling means including an opening in said shelf for receiving the coupling portion of said attachment member therethrough with said detent element projecting over the topside of said shelf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.