Kitchen Utensil Organizer

Abstract

Disclosed is a kitchen utensil organizing device that can be used to store and organize utensils and other articles in an upright orientation. The storage device includes a substantially rectangular container having a bottom, sidewalls, and an open upper end, defining an interior volume. Dividing walls can be removably inserted into the interior volume so as to form a plurality of compartments within the interior volume. The user can insert rectangular dividing walls so as to form a number of compartments of a desired size. The sidewalls of the container include channels thereon that are able to receive the sides of the dividing walls. Furthermore, the exterior of a pair of opposing sidewalls of the container include tracks on a lower portion thereof such that the container can be slidably installed in a cabinet. Thus, the present invention provides a customizable storage device for kitchen utensils.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A kitchen utensil organizing device, comprising:
 a rectangular container having a bottom, sidewalls, and an open upper end, defining an interior volume;   wherein said container comprises a first end opposite a second end, and a first side opposite a second side;   a plurality of dividing walls removably positioned within said interior volume so as to define a plurality of compartments therein.   
     
     
         2 . The kitchen utensil organizing device of  claim 1 , further comprising
 a plurality of vertical channels disposed on an interior surface of said sidewalls;   said plurality of vertical channels extending from said open upper end to said bottom of said container.   
     
     
         3 . The kitchen utensil organizing device of  claim 2 , wherein
 said plurality of vertical channels on said first end are aligned with said plurality of vertical channels on said second end;   wherein said plurality of vertical channels on said first side are aligned with said plurality of vertical channels on said second side.   
     
     
         4 . The kitchen utensil organizing device of  claim 2 , wherein
 said plurality of dividing walls comprise rectangular panels;   wherein each of said rectangular panels has a first side and a second side;   wherein each of said first side and second side of said rectangular panels is adapted to be inserted into said plurality of vertical channels.   
     
     
         5 . The kitchen utensil organizing device of  claim 1 , wherein
 said rectangular container further comprises a first rail on an exterior surface of said first side on a lower portion thereof, and a second rail on an exterior surface of said second side on a lower portion thereof.   
     
     
         6 . The kitchen utensil organizing device of  claim 1 , wherein
 said plurality of dividing walls comprise latitudinal dividing walls and longitudinal dividing walls;   each of said latitudinal dividing walls having a rectangular panel with a plurality of slots extending from an upper end of said panel toward a lower end of said panel;   each of said longitudinal dividing walls having a rectangular panel with a plurality of slots extending from a lower end of said panel toward an upper end of said panel.   
     
     
         7 . The kitchen utensil organizing device of  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of dividing walls comprise at least one latitudinal dividing wall and at least one longitudinal dividing wall;
 each of said latitudinal dividing wall and said longitudinal dividing wall having a rectangular panel with a plurality of slots separated at fixed intervals;   wherein said plurality of slots on said latitudinal dividing wall and said plurality of slots on said longitudinal dividing wall are adapted to interlock orthogonally.   
     
     
         8 . The kitchen utensil organizing device of  claim 7 , wherein
 said plurality of slots on said at least one latitudinal dividing wall extends from an upper end of said panel of said at least one latitudinal dividing wall to a lower end of said panel of said at least one latitudinal dividing wall;   said plurality of slots of said at least one longitudinal dividing wall extends from a lower end of said panel of said at least one longitudinal dividing wall to an upper end of said panel of said at least one longitudinal dividing wall.   
     
     
         9 . A kitchen utensil organizing device, comprising:
 a rectangular container having a bottom, sidewalls, and an open upper end, defining an interior volume;   wherein said container comprises a first end opposite a second end, and a first side opposite a second side;   a plurality of vertical channels disposed on an interior surface of said sidewalls;   said plurality of vertical channels extending from said open upper end to said bottom of said container;   wherein said vertical channels on said first end are aligned with said vertical channels on said second end, and wherein said vertical channels on said first side are aligned with said vertical channels on said second side;   a plurality of dividing walls removably positioned within said interior volume so as to define a plurality of compartments therein;   wherein said dividing walls comprise rectangular panels having a plurality of slots thereon, such that one of said slots on a first panel can be engaged with one of said slots on a second panel so that said first and second panels are adapted to interlock orthogonally.