Storage bin organizer
Abstract
A storage bin organizer device formed with a flexible inner wall with an upper margin defining a substantially rectangular opening into the organizer device. The storage bin organizer device also includes flexible outer walls each joined to the upper margin of the inner wall on opposite sides of the opening and being spaced apart at either end of the rectangular opening. A flexible floor is joined to a lower margin of the inner wall. A flexible belt interconnects the outer walls. Also, several pockets are formed on the interior surface of the inner wall, each of the pockets having a mouth opening thereinto on the interior surface of the inner wall.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modified1 . A storage bin organizer device, comprising:
a flexible inner wall having an upper margin and a lower margin with an interior surface therebetween, the upper margin defining an opening thereinto; first and second flexible outer walls each having an upper margin and a lower margin, the upper margin of the first and second outer walls being joined to the upper margin of the inner wall on opposite sides of the opening; a flexible floor having an edge margin that is joined to the lower margin of the inner wall; a flexible belt interconnecting the lower margins of the first and second outer walls; and a plurality of pockets formed on the interior surface of the inner wall, each of the one or more of the pockets further comprises a mouth opening thereinto positioned between the upper and lower margins of the interior surface of the inner wall and substantially aligned therewith.
2 . The device of claim 1 wherein the opening further comprising a substantially rectangular opening.
3 . The device of claim 1 wherein each of the first and second outer walls further comprises respective first and second edge margins intervening between the upper and lower margins, the first and second edge margins being spaced apart.
4 . The device of claim 3 wherein the belt is further coupled to the first and second outer walls between both the spaced apart first and second edge margins of the first and second outer walls.
5 . The device of claim 4 wherein the belt further comprises a pair of cooperating belts each coupled to a respective one of the first and second spaced apart first edge margins of the first and second outer walls; and
a belt coupler operable between the pair of cooperating belts.
6 . The device of claim 1 wherein one or more of the pockets further comprises an elasticized opening thereinto.
7 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising closure mechanism structured for closing an opening into one or more of the pockets.
8 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising a movable flap closure adjacent to an opening into one or more of the pockets.
9 . The device of claim 8 , further comprising a fastener between the movable flap closure and a surface of the pocket adjacent to the opening thereinto.
10 . The device of claim 9 wherein the fastener further comprises one of. a button-and-hole fastener, a snap fastener, a belt-and-buckle fastener, and a fabric hook-and-loop fastener.
11 . A storage bin organizer device, comprising:
a liner, comprising:
a substantially continuous downwardly depending flexible inner fabric wall having an upper margin and a lower margin with a substantially continuous interior surface therebetween, the upper margin defining a substantially continuous opening between opposing portions of the interior surface of the inner wall;
first and second substantially continuous downwardly depending flexible outer fabric walls each having an upper margin and a lower margin and first and second edge margins intervening therebetween, the upper margin of the first and second outer walls being connected in a substantially continuous manner to the upper margin of the inner wall on opposite sides of the opening, the respective first edge margins being spaced apart along the upper edge margin, and the respective second edge margins being spaced apart along the upper edge margin;
a substantially continuous flexible fabric floor having a continuous edge margin that is connected in a substantially continuous manner to the lower margin of the inner wall; and
a fabric belt connected to the lower margins of the first and second outer walls, the belt interconnecting the respective spaced apart first edge margins of the first and second outer walls, and interconnecting the respective spaced apart second edge margins of the first and second outer walls; and
a plurality of fabric pockets provided on an interior of the liner, each pocket comprising a substantially continuous flexible fabric panel connected to the interior surface of the inner wall and extending between the upper and lower margins thereof with an opening thereinto positioned between the upper and lower margins of the interior surface of the inner wall and substantially aligned therewith.
12 . The device of claim 11 wherein the opening between opposing portions of the interior surface of the inner wall further comprising a substantially rectangular opening.
13 . The device of claim 11 wherein the opening between opposing portions of the interior surface of the inner wall further comprising a substantially circular opening.
14 . The device of claim 11 wherein the belt further comprises a cooperating pair of belts each having a first portion coupled to a respective one of the spaced apart first edge margins of the first and second outer walls, and a second portion coupled to a respective one of the spaced apart second edge margins of the first and second outer walls; and
further comprising a first belt coupler operable between the first portions of the belts, and a second belt coupler operable between the second portions of the belts.
15 . The device of claim 11 wherein one or more of the pockets further comprises an elasticized opening thereinto.
16 . The device of claim 11 , further comprising a movable fabric flap closure adjacent to an opening into one or more of the pockets, and a closure means for closing movable flap over the opening into one or more of the pockets.
17 . A storage bin organizer device, comprising:
a plurality of substantially unitary fabric inner wall panels each having spaced apart upper and lower margins with substantially continuous interior and exterior surfaces therebetween, the inner wall panels being joined together in a substantially continuous manner along respective edges between the upper and lower margins into a substantially continuous downwardly depending flexible inner wall having a substantially continuous upper margin and a substantially continuous lower margin with substantially continuous interior surfaces therebetween and substantially continuous exterior surfaces external thereof, the substantially continuous upper margin defining a substantially rectangular opening between opposing interior surfaces of opposing inner wall panels; a pair of substantially unitary fabric outer wall panels each having spaced apart upper margin and lower margins connected by spaced apart edge margins with substantially continuous interior and exterior surfaces therebetween, the upper margin of each of the outer walls being connected in a substantially continuous manner to the upper margin of the inner wall on opposite sides of the rectangular opening and forming a fold between each of the outer walls and the upper margin of the inner wall along the interconnected upper margin of each of the outer walls and the upper margin of the inner wall with the interior surface of each outer wall panel facing the exterior surface of one of the inner wall panels, the respective first edge margins of the pair of outer walls forming a first space therebetween along the upper edge margin, and the respective second edge margins forming a second space therebetween along the upper edge margin; a substantially unitary fabric floor having a continuous edge margin that is connected in a substantially continuous manner to the lower margin of the inner wall; and first and second fabric belts each joined in a substantially continuous manner to the lower margins of first and second outer walls respectively, respective first end portions of the belts extending between the respective spaced apart first edge margins of the first and second outer walls, and respective second end portions of the belts extending between the respective spaced apart second edge margins of the first and second outer walls; a first belt coupler coupled between the respective first end portions of the first and second belts; a second belt coupler coupled between the respective second end portions of the first and second belts; and a plurality of substantially unitary fabric pockets, each pocket being connected in a substantially continuous manner to the interior surface of one of the inner walls and extending between the upper and lower margins thereof with an opening thereinto positioned between the upper and lower margins of the interior surface of the inner wall and substantially aligned therewith.
18 . The device of claim 17 wherein one or more of the pockets further comprises an elasticized opening thereinto.
19 . The device of claim 17 , further comprising a movable flap closure adjacent to an opening into one or more of the pockets, the flap closure comprising a substantially unitary fabric panel having a folding edge joined to the interior surface of one of the inner wall panels adjacent to a top edge of the pocket panel; and
a closure means for closing movable flap over the opening into one or more of the pockets.
20 . The device of claim 17 , further comprising a storage bin having four substantially planar walls formed in a closed rectangle shape and a substantially rectangular floor formed along bottom edges of the walls, top edges of the walls forming a rim surrounding a substantially rectangular opening into a cavity formed between the floor and the four walls, and first and second handles formed in an opposing pair of the walls; and
the fabric floor substantially conforming to the floor of the storage bin; the exterior surfaces of each of the inner wall panels substantially conforming to a different one of the four storage bin walls; the fold between each of the outer walls and the upper margin of the inner wall being fit over the rim surrounding the rectangular opening into the storage bin, the upper margin of each of the outer walls and the upper margin of the inner wall substantially conforming to the top edges of the walls forming the rim, and the first and second spaces between the respective first and second edge margins of the pair of outer walls exposing the first and second handles formed in the opposing pair of the storage bin walls; the first end portions of the belts being coupled by the first belt coupler adjacent the first one of the handles formed in the storage bin walls; and the second end portions of the belts being coupled by the second belt coupler adjacent the second one of the handles formed in the storage bin walls.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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