Frameless storage enclosure

Abstract

A frameless storage enclosure having opposed pairs of integrally interconnected walls to provide a pod forming a sealed storage compartment for receiving articles. The front wall has an access opening being connected to a door being moveable from a position closing said access opening to an upper secured position to provide access through the access opening. The weight of the articles in the storage compartment is substantially carried on the support surface on which the enclosure rests during use. The configuration of the storage container is established by suspension cords connected between an upper portion of the storage enclosure and structural elements above the enclosure. An air ventilation compartment receives a removable filter to provide ventilation into the storage compartment.

1 . A frameless storage enclosure for being supported on a support surface beneath upper structural elements comprising 
 a plurality of integrally connected collapsible walls,    said walls being capable of assuming an erected configuration to create a shell to define an interior storage compartment for receiving articles,    said plurality of integrally connected walls having a lower surface for resting on the support surface for sole support of the articles, and    said plurality of integrally connected walls further having suspension means attached to the structural element for creating said erected configuration.    
   
   
       2 . The frameless storage enclosure according to  claim 1  wherein the suspension means includes a plurality of cords attached to at least one of said same of said plurality of integrally connected walls.  
   
   
       3 . The frameless storage enclosure according to  claim 2  wherein said plurality of integrally connected collapsible walls includes three pairs of opposed walls.  
   
   
       4 . The frameless storage enclosure according to  claim 3  wherein said three pairs of opposed walls form a bottom wall forming said lower surface, a top wall, a pair of side panels, a front panel and a rear panel.  
   
   
       5 . The frameless storage enclosure according to  claim 4  wherein said suspension means includes a plurality of flaps attached to an upper portion of said three pairs of opposed walls.  
   
   
       6 . The frameless storage enclosure according to  claim 5  wherein said cords are attached to selected ones of said plurality of flaps.  
   
   
       7 . The frameless storage enclosure according to  claim 5  wherein said front panel includes an access opening, said access opening having a door being releasably attached to said front panel to cover said access opening.  
   
   
       8 . The frameless storage enclosure according to  claim 2  wherein said front door includes opposed edges, a lower edge and an upper portion, said door being releasably affixed to said front panel at said lower edge and to said side edges.  
   
   
       9 . The frameless storage enclosure according to  claim 8  wherein said door is fixedly attached to said upper edge, said door being moveable to a open position adjacent to said upper edge, securement means positioned adjacent to said upper edge to retain said door above said access opening in an opened configuration of said door.  
   
   
       10 . The frameless storage enclosure according to  claim 7  wherein said door is releasably connected to a portion of said front panel at a lower edge above the support surface, said lower portion of said front panel having an elevated configuration beneath said lower edge for preventing an introduction of liquid of a predetermined height on the support surface into said storage compartment.  
   
   
       11 . The frameless storage enclosure according to  claim 1  wherein a portion of said plurality of walls include an air ventilation opening.  
   
   
       12 . The frameless storage enclosure according to  claim 11  wherein a respective air ventilation means is positioned adjacent to said ventilation opening, said air ventilation means having filter means for permitting the flow of air into said storage compartment, said filter further preventing the passage of dust and insects.  
   
   
       13 . The frameless storage enclosure according to  claim 12  wherein said air ventilation means includes a filter compartment for receiving said filter in alignment with said ventilation opening, said air ventilation means includes a filter opening for inserting and removing said filters from said filter compartment.  
   
   
       14 . The frameless storage enclosure according to  claim 13  wherein said air ventilation means further includes flap means for selectively closing and opening said filter opening.  
   
   
       15 . The frameless storage enclosure according to  claim 1  wherein said suspension means includes means of the shape of said erected configuration.