1. Field
This invention relates to cleaning organizers, and more particularly to an organizer system including a bag compartment.
2. Description of the Related Art
With a plethora of kitchen and bathroom products on the market, organization of these products is increasingly necessary. Further, with many large households, people duplicate products throughout the many rooms, including bathrooms, kitchen, playroom, etc. Without duplicate products, people must carry all the products to the different rooms where they may be needed.
Further, many people re-use plastic grocery or shopping bags for small trash bags. These bags can end up in drawers or separate storage devices that are stationary.
The problem then arises from having to carry many products and bags throughout a person's dwelling or business.
An organizer includes a front portion with a storage portion, a rear portion is connected to the front portion with a handle. A first side portion and a second portion are each connected to the front portion and the rear portion. The first side portion and the second side portion each include a number of slots. A bottom plate is connected to the front portion, the rear portion, the first side portion and the second side portion. The plurality of slots are each adapted to removably connect with a hook component.
Another embodiment presented is an organizer system including a front portion including a bag compartment, a rear portion is connected to the front portion with a hand grip and a first side portion and a second portion each connected to the front portion and the rear portion. The first side portion and the second side portion each including a number of slots each adapted to connect to a holder having a slide portion. The bag compartment includes an opening surrounded with a soft and flexible material.
The embodiments are illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the Figures of the accompanying drawings and in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements and in which:
The invention generally relates to an organizer system. Referring to the figures, exemplary embodiments of the invention will now be described. The exemplary embodiments are provided to illustrate the invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention.
In one embodiment, the over-molded portion of handle 150 includes a gripping portion. The gripping portion can be made with a ridge or raised texture throughout its length in order to accommodate a better gripping surface for a user. In another embodiment, the gripping portion includes a gripping material, such as rubber, foam rubber, silicon rubber, etc., that is coupled to the exterior surface of handle 150. The gripping material provides additional gripping ease to a user, even when the gripping material is wet or is used with a cleaning solvent, such as liquid detergent. In these embodiments, the gripping portion can be indented or contoured to ergonomically fit to a user's hand.
In one embodiment, rear wall 110 includes a holder 160. In one embodiment, holder 160 includes a number of channels or slots. Holder 160 is adapted to hold various items, such as sponges, soap, rags or dish cloths, etc. In one embodiment, holder 160 is integral with rear wall 110. The channels or slots allow air to enter/leave for freshness and drying purposes and allows water to drain out. In other embodiments, holder 160 is removable from rear wall 110. In embodiments where holder 160 is removable from rear wall 110, holder 160 can be snapped in place, slid onto rear wall 110 or fastened by other known techniques.
In one embodiment, rear wall 110 includes many openings 170 that allow organizer and storage unit 100 to be fixed or removably fixed to a fixture, such as a wall, door, furnishing, etc. Therefore, organizer and storage unit 100 can be fixed or portable.
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In one embodiment A method of assembling that allows the consumer to assemble organizer and storage unit 100 in a few steps. In this embodiment first handle sub-core and the Over-molded rubber handle 150 are positioned and secured into place via snap hook and pocket into the predetermined location onto rear wall 110. Next bottom 610 is positioned into a slot. The slot is located in a predetermined position and corresponds with the length, width and depth of an insertion tab on bottom 610 when attached.
Next the user places front portion 120 with compartment 140 and aligns handle 150 sub-core and the bottom 610 within similar receptacles as on the aforementioned bottom 610 to secure front portion 120. Then the user slides the side walls (130 and 310) into place engaging slide locks 900 (see
Next slide locks 900 are engaged, and the user then secures the side walls 130 and 310 by pushing them down towards bottom 610 and engaging the snap hooks that bind organizer and storage unit 100 together. Lastly, the user then places hook portions 210 in the available v-shaped slots 135 located on the side walls 130 and 310 to secure the hooks into the desired hook positions.
In one embodiment organizer and storage unit 100 is manufactured using injection molded plastic. In one embodiment, handle 150 and soft and smooth portion 145 are made with a combination of TPR (thermal plastic rubber). The TPR is introduced as a co-molded aspect of handle 150 and soft and smooth portion 145. In other embodiments, organizer and storage unit 100 is made of fiberglass, wood, metal, casting resin, epoxy resin, paper/cardboard, stone, concrete, ceramics.
Besides injection molding, in other embodiment organizer and storage unit 100 is made from other processes or techniques, such as lay-up molding (fiberglass), metal casting, metal machining, clay or ceramic casting (Slip casting), forging, high pressure paper or laminate forming, carving(wood), plastic sheet thermo-forming fabrication, resin casting (epoxy or urethane), injection molded plastic without TPR co-molded components, etc. The various components of organizer and storage unit 100 can each be made of different materials. It should also be noted that organizer and storage unit 100 can be made by hand, use robotics or a combination of both.
It should also be noted that organizer and storage unit 100 can be made in various sizes so that many different sized products may be stored in storage area 180, e.g., cleaning products, paper towels, etc. The size of organizer and storage unit 100 can be adapted depending on desired use organizer and storage unit 100. Organizer and storage unit 100 can also be sized to ergonomically fit users having a different hand or glove size, i.e. handle 150 can be varied in size.
Organizer and storage unit 100 can fit in an aesthetic environment with ease and be functional and immediately accessible. Organizer and storage unit 100 makes it easy to move multiple items typically stored in separate areas (e.g., kitchen, rooms, bathrooms, garage, etc.) so that duplicate items are unnecessary.
In the description above, numerous specific details are set forth. However, it is understood that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. For example, well-known equivalent components and elements may be substituted in place of those described herein, and similarly, well-known equivalent techniques may be substituted in place of the particular techniques disclosed. In other instances, well-known structures and techniques have not been shown in detail to avoid obscuring the understanding of this description.
Reference in the specification to “an embodiment,” “one embodiment,” “some embodiments,” or “other embodiments” means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiments is included in at least some embodiments, but not necessarily all embodiments. The various appearances of “an embodiment,” “one embodiment,” or “some embodiments” are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiments. If the specification states a component, feature, structure, or characteristic “may”, “might”, or “could” be included, that particular component, feature, structure, or characteristic is not required to be included. If the specification or claim refers to “a” or “an” element, that does not mean there is only one of the element. If the specification or claims refer to “an additional” element, that does not preclude there being more than one of the additional element.
While certain exemplary embodiments have been described and shown in the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that such embodiments are merely illustrative of and not restrictive on the broad invention, and that this invention not be limited to the specific constructions and arrangements shown and described, since various other modifications may occur to those ordinarily skilled in the art.
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