Compartmentalized box and knapsack incorporating same
OwnerVince Sciaccainventor
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Abstract
A compartmentized box (20) and a knapsack (10) incorporating same. The knapsack (10) has straps (16) allowing carrying of the compartmentized box (20) on a person's back. The compartmentized box (20) has columns (30) formed of a plurality of panels (23) for supporting a plurality of containers (32) and for allowing the containers (32) to be slid in and out of the compartmentized box (20). Edgewise adjacent ones of the panels (23) can be disconnected from each other and the panels rearranged to allow containers (32) of differing sizes to be slid into the compartmentized box (20) so that the knapsack (10) can be readily restocked with any desired arrangement of the containers (32).
Claims11
A compartmentalized box comprising:
- a receptacle formed of a top wall, a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls, one of the side walls being moveable to allow access into the receptacle;
- a plurality of containers removably locatable within the receptacle, each container being capable of containing items to be stored;
- and,
- a plurality of columns extending between the bottom wall and the top wall, the columns each being formed of a plurality of panels located one atop the other, each panel having a shoulder so that the shoulders of panels of adjacent columns align horizontally so that the containers can be slid in and out of the receptacle along the shoulders through the moveable side wall, the panels being able to be removed and rearranged to vary the location of the shoulders so that the plurality of containers can be rearranged in the receptacle and containers of differing sizes placed in the receptacle.
A knapsack having a compartmentalized box and a strap means, the compartmentalized box comprising:
- a receptacle formed of a top wall, a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls, one of the side walls being moveable to allow access into the receptacle;
- a plurality of containers removably locatable within the receptacle, each container being capable of containing items to be stored;
- a plurality of columns extending between the bottom wall and the top wall, the columns each being formed of a plurality of panels located one atop the other, each panel having a shoulder so that the shoulders of panels of adjacent columns align horizontally so that the containers can be slid in and out of the receptacle along the shoulders through the moveable side wall, the panels being able to be removed and rearranged to vary the location of the columns and the location of the shoulders so that the plurality of containers can be rearranged in the receptacle and containers of differing sizes placed in the receptacle;
- and,
- the strap means being coupled to the compartmentalized box for allowing carrying on a person's back.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.