US 6,601,700 B1 · Plunger storage unit

Abstract

A plunger storage unit includes a plunger head container having opposed sidewalls and a bottom wall to define an open ended enclosure. The open end of the enclosure is opened and closed by two opposed closure units pivotally mounted on opposed sidewalls of the plunger head container. A plunger support platform is suspended from the opposed closure units by spring arm platform supports which permit the platform to move toward the container bottom to close the closure units across the open end of the container in a closed position and away from the container bottom to open the closure units in an open position. The spring arm platform supports are formed to bias the closure units toward the closed position and to bias the closure units toward the open position before the platform reaches the extent of its travel toward or away from the bottom of the container.

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Dependent claims

A plunger storage unit comprising:

a container having container sidewalls and a container bottom wall,
first and second opposed container closure units pivotally mounted on said container sidewalls in spaced relation to said container bottom wall to open and close said container,
a plunger support platform positioned in said container for movement toward and away from said container bottom wall,
and spaced platform support units connected between said platform and said first and second opposed container closure units to suspend said platform from said two opposed container closure units, said platform support units being connected to pivot said opposed container closure units toward a closed position when said platform is moved toward said container bottom wall and to move said platform away from said container bottom wall when said container closure units are pivoted toward an open position to open said container.

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A plunger storage unit comprising:

a container having a container bottom wall and container sidewalls extending from said bottom wall to define a container open end spaced above said container bottom wall,
first and second opposed container closure units pivotally mounted on said container sidewalls to extend across selectively open or close said container open end,
each of said first and second opposed container closure limits including a top wall having a rear edge and a forward edge, a rear wall extending across said top wall substantially parallel to the forward edge of the top wall, and first and second spaced, opposed sidewalls extending substantially perpendicularly from the top wall and from the rear wall to a front sidewall edge adjacent to the forward edge of the top wall, the rear wall of each of said first and second container closure units being pivotally connected to a container sidewall,
a plunger support platform positioned in said container for movement toward and away from said container bottom wall, and
spaced platform support units connected between said platform and said first and second opposed container closure units to suspend said platform from said first and second opposed container closure closure units so as to pivot said first and second opposed container closure units toward a closed position when said platform is moved toward said container bottom wall and to move said container away from said platform bottom wall when said first and second container closure units are pivoted toward an open position to open said container, each of said platform support units including a first leg connected between said platform and a sidewall of said first container closure unit adjacent to the front edge of said sidewall of said first container closure unit and
a second leg connected between said platform and a sidewall of said second container closure unit adjacent to but spaced from the front edge of said sidewall of said second container closure unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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