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US 5,810,192 AGranted
Elongated suspended storage device
OwnerGail L. Cruzinventor
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Abstract
A device for storing empty soda pop cans or the like includes an elongated assembly defined by a plurality of interlocking and interconnectable sections which may be suspended from a stairway banister or the like. A flap or cover closes off each end of the device to prevent unwanted ejection of any containers stored therewithin. The container may include a locking member for interconnecting the device to a similar type of device in a depending manner therefrom.
Claims10
A storage device for removably storing items therewithin, comprising:
- a first elongated tubular member comprising:
- (a) at least a pair of hollow interior interconnectable sections cooperating to define a passage therethrough, each of the sections having a free open end and an opposed connecting open end;
- (b) means for interconnecting the sections at the connecting open ends thereof to define the first elongated tubular member, the free open ends of the sections defining free open ends of the first elongated tubular member;
- (c) first means for suspending the first elongated tubular member from a support;
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- (d) second means for suspending a second elongated tubular member from the first elongated tubular member.
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In combination:
- (a) a storage device for removably storing items therewithin, the storage device comprising:
- a first elongated tubular member comprising:
- (1) at least a pair of hollow interior interconnectable sections, each of the sections having a free open end and an opposed connecting open end;
- (2) means for interconnecting the sections at the connecting open ends thereof to define the first elongated tubular member, the free open ends of the sections defining free open ends of the first elongated tubular member;
- (3) first means for suspending the first elongated tubular member from a support;
- (4) second means for suspending a second elongated tubular member from the first elongated tubular member;
- (b) a rail banister adapted to be mounted to a wall;
- and
- wherein the rail banister is the support, the storage device being disposed substantially parallel thereto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.