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US 8,807,355 B2Granted
Expandible container
OwnerThomas B. Mereyinventor
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Abstract
A rectangular expandible container has lateral compartments each of which being composed of inner and outer panels which slide relative to each other for lengthening and shortening the effective length of the compartments. The container also has front and back compartments defined by sliding panels for lengthening the effective width of the front and back compartments. A middle compartment is surrounded by the lateral compartments and the front and back compartments. The walls of the middle compartment are all slidable for lengthening both the width and the length of the latter compartment. The front and back compartment may contain partitions which separate the interior of those compartments into a number of sub-compartment of differing sizes for accommodating articles of varying sizes both in length and in width.
Claims15
An expandible container for use as an adjustable drawer organizer for segregating articles within a drawer including:
- (i) a rectangular perimeter composed of a pair of substantially parallel first lateral walls and substantially parallel first front and first back walls, the effective length of each said first lateral wall and said first front and back walls being adjustable;
- (ii) a pair of lateral rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each having an adjustable length;
- (iii) front and back rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each having an adjustable width;
- and (iv) a middle rectangular compartment having an adjustable length and width, said middle compartment being within and entirely surrounded by said lateral compartments and said front and back compartments.
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An expandible container for use as an adjustable drawer organizer for segregating articles within a drawer including:
- (i) a rectangular perimeter composed of a pair of substantially parallel first lateral walls and by substantially parallel first front and first back walls, the effective length of each said first lateral wall and said first front and back walls being adjustable;
- (ii) a pair of lateral rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each bounded at a side by a separate said first lateral wall and at an opposite side by a second lateral wall, the effective length of said second lateral wall being adjustable with resulting adjustability of the length of said lateral compartments;
- (iii) front and back rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each bounded at opposite sides by side walls and at the front and back, by a segment of said first front wall and a segment of said first back wall, respectively, the lengths of said segments being adjustable said front compartment being bounded at the back by a third front wall parallel with said first front wall, the effective width of which being adjustable with resulting adjustability of the width of said front compartment, said back compartment being bounded at the front by a third back wall parallel to said first back wall, the effective width of which being adjustable with resulting adjustability of the width of said back compartment;
- and (iv) a middle rectangular compartment within and entirely surrounded by said lateral compartments and said front and back compartments, said middle compartment being bounded at each side by an adjustable portion of said second lateral wall, at the front by said third front wall and at the back by said third back wall such that the effective length and width of said middle compartment are adjustable.
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An expandible container for use as an adjustable drawer organizer for segregating articles within a drawer including:
- (i) a rectangular perimeter composed of a pair of substantially parallel first lateral walls and substantially parallel first front and first back walls, the effective length of each said first lateral wall and said first front and back walls being adjustable, (ii) a pair of lateral rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each having an adjustable length;
- (iii) front and back rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each having an adjustable width;
- (iv) a middle rectangular compartment disposed within said lateral compartments and said front and back compartments, said middle compartment having an adjustable length and width;
- and (v) a front sliding divider disposed within said front compartment and composed of fourth forward and fourth rear panels disposed adjacent to said first and third front walls, respectively, said sliding divider including a partition extending between said forward and rear fourth panels, said sliding divider being slidable laterally with resulting adjustment in the distance between said partition and said side walls of said front compartment.
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An expandible container for use as an adjustable drawer organizer for segregating articles within a drawer including:
- (i) a rectangular perimeter composed of a pair of substantially parallel first lateral walls and substantially parallel first front and first back walls, the effective length of each said first lateral wall and said first front and back walls being adjustable, (ii) a pair of lateral rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each having an adjustable length;
- (iii) front and back rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each having an adjustable width;
- (iv) a middle rectangular compartment disposed within said lateral compartments and said front and back compartments, said middle compartment having an adjustable length and width;
- and (v) a back sliding divider disposed within said back compartment and composed of fourth forward and fourth rear panels disposed adjacent to said first and third back walls, respectively, said back sliding divider including a plurality of partitions extending between said forward and rear fourth panels, said sliding divider being slidable laterally with resulting alteration in the distance between said partitions and said side walls of said back compartment.
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An expandible container for use as an adjustable drawer organizer for segregating articles within a drawer including:
- (i) a rectangular perimeter composed of a pair of substantially parallel first lateral walls and substantially parallel first front and first back walls, the effective length of each said first lateral wall and said first front and back walls being adjustable, (ii) a pair of lateral rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each having an adjustable length;
- (iii) front and back rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each having an adjustable width;
- (iv) a middle rectangular compartment disposed within said lateral compartments and said front and back compartments, said middle compartment having an adjustable length and width;
- and (v) a pair of second basal segments formed in said middle compartment, each said second basal segment extending between said third front wall and said third back wall.
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An expandible container for use as an adjustable drawer organizer for segregating articles within a drawer including:
- (i) a rectangular perimeter composed of a pair of substantially parallel first lateral walls and substantially parallel first front and first back walls, the effective length of each said first lateral wall and said first front and back walls being adjustable, (ii) a pair of lateral rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each having an adjustable length;
- (iii) front and back rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each having an adjustable width;
- (iv) a middle rectangular compartment disposed within said lateral compartments and said front and back compartments, said middle compartment having an adjustable length and width;
- and (v) a pair of third basal segments formed in each of said front and back compartments, one pair of said third basal segments extending between said first and third front walls and the other pair of said third basal segments extending between said first and third back walls.
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An expandible container for use as an adjustable drawer organizer for segregating articles within a drawer including:
- (i) a rectangular perimeter composed of a pair of substantially parallel first lateral walls and substantially parallel first front and first back walls, the effective length of each said first lateral wall and said first front and back walls being adjustable;
- (ii) a pair of lateral rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each bounded at a side by a separate said first lateral wall and at an opposite side by a second lateral wall, the effective length of said second lateral wall being adjustable with resulting adjustability of the length of said lateral compartments;
- (iii) front and back rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each bounded at opposite sides by side walls and at the front and back, by a segment of said first front wall and a segment of said first back wall, respectively, the lengths of said segments being adjustable, said front compartment being bounded at the back by a third front wall parallel with said first front wall, the effective width of which being adjustable with resulting adjustability of the width of said front compartment, said back compartment being bounded at the front by a third back wall parallel to said first back wall, the effective width of which being adjustable with resulting adjustability of the width of said back compartment;
- (iv) a middle rectangular compartment disposed adjacent to said lateral compartments and said front and back compartments, said middle compartment being bounded at each side by an adjustable portion of said second lateral wall, at the front by said third front wall and at the back by said third back wall such that the effective length and width of said middle compartment are adjustable;
- and (v) a pair of first basal segments formed in each said lateral compartment, each said first basal segment extending between each of said first and second lateral walls which face one another in each one of said lateral compartments, said first basal segments in each said lateral compartment slidable relative to one another.
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An expandible container for use as an adjustable drawer organizer for segregating articles within a drawer including:
- (i) a rectangular perimeter composed of a pair of substantially parallel first lateral walls and substantially parallel first front and first back walls, the effective length of each said first lateral wall and said first front and back walls being adjustable;
- (ii) a pair of lateral rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each bounded at a side by a separate said first lateral wall and at an opposite side by a second lateral wall, the effective length of said second lateral wall being adjustable with resulting adjustability of the length of said lateral compartments;
- (iii) front and back rectangular compartments disposed within said perimeter and each bounded at opposite sides by side walls and at the front and back, by a segment of said first front wall and a segment of said first back wall, respectively the lengths of said segments being adjustable, said front compartment being bounded at the back by a third front wall parallel with said first front wall, the effective width of which being adjustable with resulting adjustability of the width of said front compartment, said back compartment being bounded at the front by a third back wall parallel to said first back wall, the effective width of which being adjustable with resulting adjustability of the width of said back compartment;
- (iv) a middle rectangular compartment being bounded at each side by an adjustable portion of said second lateral wall, at the front by said third front wall and at the back by said third back wall such that the effective length and width of said middle compartment are adjustable;
- (v) a pair of first basal segments formed in each said lateral compartment, each said first basal segment extending between each of said first and second lateral walls which face one another in each one of said lateral compartments, said first basal segments in each said lateral compartment slidable relative to one another;
- and (vi) a pair of third basal segments formed in each said front and back compartments, each said third pair being slidable relative to one another and each having means for selectively preventing adjacent said third basal segments from sliding relative to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.