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US 5,690,217 AGranted
Movable compartmentalized laundry storage unit
OwnerSara A. Fridayinventor
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Abstract
A movable laundry storage unit is provided which generally comprised of a rigid body member having a closed bottom and an open top end and defining a clothing and article storage area. A pair of wheel members are preferably attached to the bottom of the body member and handle member is attached to the back portion of the body member. The storage unit can be provided with one or more dividers for sectioning the storage area into two or more compartments. A cover member is also provided to prevent any stored clothing or articles from falling out of the storage area while the storage unit is in transit.
Claims11
A movable laundry storage unit comprising:
- a relatively rigid body member, having a closed bottom and an open top end, said body member defining a clothing and article storage area;
- a pair of wheel members attached to a back bottom area of said body member;
- a handle member attached to a back portion of said body member;
- a handle housing attached to the back portion of said body member;
- a portion of said handle member being disposed within said handle housing;
- one or more removable dividers positioned either vertical or horizontal within said storage area as desired by a user to section the storage area of said body member into two or more compartments, inner surfaces of said body member being provided with a plurality of protrusions which define pathways for the receipt and support of said dividers in their horizontal or vertical positions, said dividers creating a substantially sealed relationship between adjacent compartments;
- a door member for accessing a lower storage area of said body member, said door member disposed at a lower portion of said body member and hingedly connected to the bottom end of said body member;
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- cover means for preventing clothing and other articles disposed within said body member from falling out of said body member while said body member is in transit, said cover means also providing an additional storage area;
- wherein said handle member is moved outward from the handle housing to an extended position when moving said body member and is in a retracted position with respect to the handle housing when said body member is in a stationery position;
- wherein said cover member also concealing said handle member, at least in its retracted position, when viewing said body member from a front area;
- wherein said storage unit can be utilized as either a hamper or laundry basket.
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A movable laundry storage unit comprising:
- a relatively rigid body member having a closed bottom and an open top end, said body member defining a clothing and article storage area;
- at least one wheel member attached to the closed bottom end of said body member;
- a handle member attached to a back portion of said body member;
- one or more removable dividers positioned either vertical or horizontal within said storage area as desired by a user to section the storage area of said body member into two or more compartments;
- cover means for preventing clothing and other articles disposed within said body member from falling out of said body member while said body member is in transit;
- wherein a portion of said handle member is disposed within a handle housing attached to the back portion of said body member;
- wherein said handle member is moved outward from the handle housing to an extended position when moving said body member and is in a retracted position with respect to the handle housing when said body member is in a stationery position;
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- further including means for preventing inadvertent extension of said handle member out of said handle housing.
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A movable laundry storage unit comprising:
- relatively rigid body member having a closed bottom and an open top end, said body member defining a clothing and article storage area;
- at least one wheel member attached to the closed bottom end of said body member;
- a handle member attached to a back portion of said body member;
- one or more removable dividers positioned either vertical or horizontal within said storage area as desired by a user to section the storage area of said body member into two or more compartments;
- cover means for preventing clothing and other articles disposed within said body member from falling out of said body member while said body member is in transit;
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- further including means for preventing inadvertent extension of said handle member out of said handle housing;
- wherein a portion of said handle member is disposed within a handle housing attached to the back portion of said body member;
- wherein said handle member can be moved outward from the handle housing to an extended position when moving said body member and can be in a retracted position with respect to the handle housing when said body member is in a stationery position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.