Can Stacking Device

Abstract

A can stacking device for optimizing storage space in pantries, cupboards, etc. The can stacking device includes an obround shaped frame having an outer wall and one or more inner walls, wherein the inner walls interconnect with the outer wall to define one or more ring-shaped sub-divisions. Each sub division further including a planar partition disposed between the top and bottom ends of the frame. Furthermore, each partition is configured to rest evenly on the top end of a can inserted from below while supporting the bottom end of another can inserted from above, such that cans are separated and securely stacked one on top of the other.

I claim: 
     
         1 ) A can stacking device, comprising:
 a frame configured to circumscribe one or more cans;   the frame having an outer wall and one or more inner walls disposed between a top end and a bottom end;   wherein the one or more inner interconnect with the outer wall to define one or more sub-divisions, each sub-division configured to receive an end of a can inserted from either the top end and the bottom end of the frame;   each sub-division further including a partition disposed between the top end and the bottom end of the frame, the partition having a first side facing the top end and a second side facing the bottom end, wherein the first side of the partition is configured to receive and support a first can thereon and the second side of the partition is configured to engage and receive a second can in a stacked configuration, wherein the first can and the second can are arranged in vertical alignment through the sub-division.   
     
     
         2 ) The can stacking device of  claim 1  wherein the frame is obround shaped. 
     
     
         3 ) The can stacking device of  claim 2 , wherein the obround shaped frame is configured to circumscribe one or more cylindrical cans. 
     
     
         4 ) The can stacking device of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more inner walls interconnect with the outer wall to define the one or more sub-divisions each having a ring-shape and each sub-division configured to receive one or more cans. 
     
     
         5 ) The can stacking device of  claim 4 , wherein the one or more inner walls defining each sub-division are tapered inward from the partition, such that the walls are thickest at the partition and gradually decrease in thickness as the walls extend toward the top end and the bottom end of the frame respectively. 
     
     
         6 ) The can stacking device of  claim 5 , wherein the partition of each sub-division comprises a protruding inner lip that extends radically inward to create a flat surface along an inner circumference, the inner circumference defining a circular opening extending between the top end and the bottom end of the frame. 
     
     
         7 ) The can stacking device of  claim 5 , wherein the partition of each sub-division comprises a continuous disc covering an entire area of each sub-division. 
     
     
         8 ) The can stacking device of  claim 5 , wherein the frame includes two ring-shaped sub-divisions. 
     
     
         9 ) The can stacking device of  claim 5 , wherein the frame includes three ring-shaped sub-divisions. 
     
     
         10 ) The can stacking device of  claim 5 , wherein the sub-divisions form a contiguous row of circles. 
     
     
         11 ) The can stacking device of  claim 1 , wherein a pair of adjacent sub-divisions of the one or more sub-divisions are joined at a shared portion of the one or more inner walls. 
     
     
         12 ) The can stacking device of  claim 1 , wherein the frame includes a plurality of apertures created by the void space between the one or more inner walls of two contiguous sub divisions and the outer wall of are frame. 
     
     
         13 ) The can stacking device of  claim 12 , wherein the apertures created by the void space between the one or more inner walls of two contiguous sub-divisions and the outer wall of the frame are triangular in shape. 
     
     
         14 ) The can stacking device of  claim 1 , wherein the outer wall and the one or more inner walls are monolithic. 
     
     
         15 ) A can stacking device, comprising:
 a frame one or more inner wails disposed between a top end and a bottom end;   wherein the one or more inner walls define one or more sub-divisions, each sub-division configured to receive an end of a can;   each sub-division further including a partition disposed between the top end and the bottom end of the frame, the partition having a first side facing the top end and a second side facing the bottom end, wherein the first side of the partition is configured to receive and support a first can thereon and the second side of the partition is configured to engage and receive a second can in a stacked configuration.