The disclosure relates to storage systems and more particularly pertains to a new storage system for hingedly attaching to a door to provide storage space behind the door.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a container having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall coupled to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The perimeter wall includes a front wall, a rear wall, a first lateral wall and a second lateral wall. The front and rear walls are coupled to and extend between the first and second lateral walls. A door is provided. The door has a door hinge attached to a first side edge of the door. A plurality of knuckles is coupled to the container and each is vertically aligned with respect to each other. Each of the knuckles is couplable to the door hinge for supporting the container on the door hinge.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A lid 29 may be pivotally coupled to the top perimeter edge 26 to close the access opening 27. The lid 29 may include a planar section 35 and a projecting section 37 coupled to and extending downwardly from a front end 39 of the planar section 35. A locking mechanism 31 releasably secures the lid 29 to the top perimeter edge 26. The locking mechanism 31 is generally conventional and may include a slot 33 configured to receive a key therein for locking and unlocking the locking mechanism 31.
The container 12 may have a plurality of openings 34 positioned in the perimeter wall 16 wherein the openings 34 are configured to provide ventilation to items 28 stored in the container 12. This is particularly useful when items 28 that may be damp, such as clothing or the like, are placed within the container 12. Each of the openings 34 may be elongated and may have an oval shape. In particular, the openings 34 may have a length between approximately 4.0 cm and 8.0 cm as measured from a top 36 to a bottom 38 of each opening 34. The openings 34 may have a width between approximately 2.0 cm and 4.0 as measured between opposite sides 40, 42 of each opening 34. Alternatively, as shown in
A plurality of knuckles 44 is coupled to the container 12 and each is vertically aligned with respect to each other. Each of the knuckles 44 may be integrally coupled to the container 12 through injection molding or other methods conventionally known in the art. Alternatively, the knuckles 44 may be attached to an associated plate 46, 48 that is coupled to the container 12 wherein the knuckles 44 are coupled to and extend outwardly from an associated side 51, 53 of the associated plate 46, 48. The knuckles 44 are attached to a single one of the front wall 18 and the rear wall 20 and may be positioned adjacent to the second lateral wall 24 such that each of the knuckles 44 extends outwardly beyond the second lateral wall 24. Whether the knuckles 44 are attached to the front wall 18 or the rear wall 20 determines whether the knuckles 44 are attachable to a door 58 that is right-handed or left-handed. Each of the knuckles 44 has a channel 50 extending therein between a respective top end 52 and bottom end 54 of the associated knuckle 44. Each of the channels 50 is vertically aligned with respect to each other. A plurality of fasteners 56 may be provided and each is attached to an associated one of the plates 46, 48 for securing the knuckles 44 to the container 12.
The door 58 may be of a generally conventional design. The door 58 has a door hinge 60 attached to a first side edge 62 of the door 58 for supporting the door 58 within a door frame. Each of the knuckles 44 is couplable to the door hinge 60 for supporting the container 12 on the door hinge 60. A hinge pin 64 is insertable into the door hinge 60 and into each of the channels 50 to couple the container 12 to the door hinge 60. Due to the size of the container 12, the hinge pin 64 has a greater length than the hinge pin conventionally used on a door hinge 60.
Unless otherwise described or mutually exclusive, the embodiment shown in
In use, as stated above and shown in the Figures, a conventional hinge pin that is typically used with a door hinge 60 on a door 58 is removed from the door 58. The container 12 is attached to the door hinge 60 using lengthened hinge pin 64. Objects can be hung from hooks 25, while items can be stored within the container 12. In this manner, the system 10 provides for a container 12 mounted to the door 58 that utilizes the dead space typically found behind such doors 58.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
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