Flexible compartment system

Abstract

A flexible compartment system including tensionable or suspendable flexible webs ( 1, 1′, 1″, 1′″ ) which can be tensioned between or suspended from frame elements, wherein intermediate portions ( 2, 2′, 2″, 2′″, 2′″″ ), which also comprise flexible web material, are connected to the tensionable or suspendable webs ( 1, 1′, 1″, 1′″ ) in such a way as to afford a partitioning arrangement with a plurality of compartments ( 3, 3′, 3″, 3′″, 3′″″ ), wherein a compartment system has a number of compartments ( 3, 3′, 3″, 3′″, 3′″″ ) composed of a plurality of assembled together base elements ( 4, 4′, 4″, 4′″, 21, 21′, 21″, 21′″ ) each of which has a respective portion of the total number of compartments.

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         10 . A flexible compartment system which comprises tensionable or suspendable flexible webs ( 1 ,  1 ′,  1 ″,  1 ′″) which can be tensioned between or suspended from frame elements, wherein intermediate portions ( 2 ,  2 ′,  2 ″,  2 ′″,  2 ′″″), which also comprise flexible web material, are connected to the tensionable or suspendable webs ( 1 ,  1 ′,  1 ″,  1 ′″) in such a way as to afford a partitioning arrangement with a plurality of compartments ( 3 ,  3 ′,  3 ″,  3 ′″,  3 ′″″), wherein a compartment system has a number of compartments ( 3 ,  3 ′,  3 ″,  3 ′″,  3 ′″″) composed of a plurality of assembled together base elements ( 4 ,  4 ′,  4 ″,  4 ′″,  21 ,  21 ′,  21 ″,  21 ′″) each of which has a respective portion of the total number of compartments  
     
     
         11 . The flexible compartment system of  claim 10  wherein the base elements ( 4 ,  4 ′,  4 ″,  4 ′″,  4 ″″,  21 ,  21 ′,  21 ″,  21 ′″,  21 ″″) are assembled together along the openings to the compartments.  
     
     
         12 . The flexible compartment system of  claim 11  where the base are assembled together-by sewing, by means of a hook-and-loop fastener ( 13 ′,  13 ′″) or by means of a double-sided adhesive tape.  
     
     
         13 . A flexible compartment system as set forth in claim  1  where the base elements ( 4 ,  4 ′,  4 ″,  21 ,  21 ′,  21 ″) are each made up of four respective compartments ( 3 ,  3 ′,  3 ″).  
     
     
         14 . A flexible compartment system as set forth in  claim 10  wherein assembled base elements ( 4 ,  4 ′,  4 ″,  4 ′″,  21 ,  21 ′,  21 ″,  21 ′″) are identical.  
     
     
         15 . A flexible compartment system as set forth in claim  1  wherein at least two base elements ( 4 ′,  4 ″,  4 ′″,  21 ′,  21 ″,  21 ′″) are arranged in mutually superposed relationship and a lowermost flexible web ( 16 ′,  16 ″,  16 ′″) of the respective upper base element is not fixed to the frame.  
     
     
         16 . A flexible compartment system as set forth in claim  1  wherein base elements ( 4 ′″,  21 ′″) are assembled together along the fixing to the frame by sewing or by means of a hook-and-loop fastener.  
     
     
         17 . A flexible compartment system as set forth in claim  1  wherein the flexible webs ( 1 ,  1 ′,  1 ″,  1 ′″,  1 ″″,  1 ′″″) of the base elements ( 4 ,  4 ′,  4 ″,  4 ′″,  4 ′″″,  21 ,  21 ′,  21 ″,  21 ′″) are sewn at the sides to form loops ( 18 ,  18 ′,  18 ″,  18 ′″,  18 ″″,  18 ′″″), through which are passed tensioning rods ( 6 ,  6 ′,  6 ″) for fixing to the frame.  
     
     
         18 . A flexible compartment system as set forth in  claim 17  wherein two mutually superposed base elements ( 4 ″,  21 ″) each have only one respective loop half ( 7 ″,  8 ″) which are sewn so that they form a full loop.  
     
     
         19 . A flexible compartment system as set forth in  claim 17  wherein complete loops ( 18 ,  18 ′,  18 ″,  18 ′″,  18 ″″,  18 ′″″) of two mutually superposed base elements ( 4 ″,  21 ″) are sewn together so that they form a full loop.  
     
     
         20 . A flexible compartment system as set forth in claim  1  wherein respective lowermost ( 16 ′″″) and uppermost webs of a compartment system are provided with eyes ( 11 ′″″) through which are passed tensioning rods ( 6 ′″″) for fixing to the frame ( 12 ′″″).