Container systems and devices for personal care supplies

Abstract

A container system for carrying personal care supplies includes a container device. The container device includes a container base, a plurality of sidewalls coupled to the container base, and an internal storage chamber defined by the container base and the plurality of sidewalls. The system further includes a divider device carried in the internal storage chamber. The divider device includes a divider base configured to engage the plurality of sidewalls to inhibit relative lateral motion of the divider device relative to the container device. The divider device further includes a divider element. The divider element includes a base portion coupled to the divider base and a free end portion opposite the base portion.

The following is claimed: 
     
         1 . A container system for carrying personal care supplies, the container system comprising:
 a container device comprising:
 a container base; 
 a plurality of sidewalls coupled to the container base; 
 an internal storage chamber defined by the container base and the plurality of sidewalls; 
   a divider device carried in the internal storage chamber, the divider device comprising:
 a divider base configured to engage the plurality of sidewalls to inhibit relative lateral motion of the divider device relative to the container device; 
 a divider element comprising:
 a base portion coupled to the divider base; and 
 a free end portion opposite the base portion. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The container system of  claim 1 , wherein the divider element defines a height between the base portion and the free end portion, and a width of the divider element decreases along the height from the base portion to the free end portion. 
     
     
         3 . The container system of  claim 1 , wherein the divider element further comprises:
 a first diagonal wall extending from the base portion to the free end portion; and   a second diagonal wall opposite the first diagonal wall and extending from the base portion to the free end portion.   
     
     
         4 . The container system of  claim 3 , wherein the plurality of sidewalls comprise a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, and wherein the divider element further comprises:
 a first end wall extending from the base portion to the free end portion, the first end wall being proximate to and spaced apart from the first sidewall; and   a second end wall opposite the first end wall, the second sidewall extending from the base portion to the free end portion, and the second end wall being proximate to and spaced apart from the second sidewall.   
     
     
         5 . The container system of  claim 4 , wherein the container device further comprises a medial plane bisecting the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the container base, wherein the divider element further comprises a longitudinal axis extending between the first end wall and the second end wall, and the longitudinal axis is disposed at an acute angle relative to the medial plane. 
     
     
         6 . The container system of  claim 3 , wherein the base portion defines a base plane, the first diagonal wall is disposed at a first acute angle relative to the base plane, the second diagonal wall is disposed at a second acute angle relative to the base plane, and the second acute angle is different than the first acute angle. 
     
     
         7 . The container system of  claim 1 , wherein the divider element is a first divider element, and the divider device further comprises a second divider element coupled to the divider base. 
     
     
         8 . The container system of  claim 1 , wherein the container device is a first container device, the plurality of sidewalls are a first plurality of sidewalls, and the internal storage chamber is a first internal storage chamber, the first container device further comprising
 a first body comprising:
 the first plurality of sidewalls and the first internal storage chamber; 
 a first external surface extending between the first plurality of sidewalls of the first body and defining the first internal storage chamber with the first plurality of sidewalls of the first body; 
 a first attachment feature associated with the first external surface; 
   and the system further comprising a second container device comprising a second body, the second body comprising:
 a second plurality of sidewalls defining a second internal storage chamber; 
 a second external surface extending between the second plurality of sidewalls of the second body and defining the second internal storage chamber with the second plurality of sidewalls of the second body; and 
 a second attachment feature associated with the second external surface, the second attachment feature configured to selectively couple with the first attachment feature by being received within the first attachment feature to selectively immobilize the second container device relative to the first container device in a plane substantially parallel to the first external surface and the second external surface, at least one of the first and second attachment features including chamfered edges such that, upon sufficient sliding force between the first and second attachment features, the second attachment feature decouples from the first attachment feature by moving out from the first attachment feature in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane. 
   
     
     
         9 . The container system of  claim 8 , wherein the second attachment feature comprises a protrusion extending from the second external surface, and the first attachment feature comprises an indentation defined in the first external surface. 
     
     
         10 . The container system of  claim 9 , wherein the protrusion and the indentation comprise alphanumeric shapes. 
     
     
         11 . The container system of  claim 8 , wherein the first body has a first footprint, the second body has a second footprint, the second footprint being substantially equal to the first footprint. 
     
     
         12 . The container system of  claim 8 , wherein the first body has a first footprint, the second body has a second footprint, the second footprint being greater than the first footprint. 
     
     
         13 . The container system of  claim 12 , wherein the second footprint is substantially two times greater than the first footprint. 
     
     
         14 . The container system of  claim 12 , wherein the second footprint is substantially four times greater than the first footprint. 
     
     
         15 . The container system of  claim 8 , wherein the second attachment feature comprises a first protrusion and a second protrusion extending from the second external surface, the first protrusion and the second protrusion comprising shapes having apices, and the first attachment feature comprises an indentation defined in the first external surface. 
     
     
         16 . The container system of  claim 1 , wherein the container device is a first container device, the plurality of sidewalls are a first plurality of sidewalls, the internal storage chamber is a first internal storage chamber, and the container base is a first container base, the container system further comprising:
 a second container device comprising:
 a second container base; 
 a second plurality of sidewalls coupled to the second container base; 
 a second internal storage chamber defined by the second container base and the second plurality of sidewalls; 
   a carrier device carried in the second internal storage chamber, the carrier device comprising:
 a carrier base; 
 a plurality of carrier sidewalls coupled to the carrier base; 
 a support wall coupled to the plurality of carrier sidewalls, the support wall configured to engage the second plurality of sidewalls to inhibit relative lateral motion of the carrier device relative to the second container device; 
   a personal care supply package carried in the second internal storage chamber by the carrier device, the personal care supply package comprising:
 a main body; and 
 a plurality of support arms coupled to the main body, the plurality of support arms being movably supported by the support wall such that the personal care supply package is movably carried by the carrier device. 
   
     
     
         17 . The container system of  claim 16 , further comprising a plurality of personal care supply packages including the personal care supply package, each of the plurality of personal care supply packages comprising:
 a main body; and   a plurality of support arms coupled to the main body, the plurality of support arms being movably supported by the support wall such that each of the plurality of personal care supply packages is movably carried by the carrier device.   
     
     
         18 . The container system of  claim 16 , wherein the personal care supply package is reconfigurable from a folded configuration to an unfolded configuration and vice versa, in the folded configuration the plurality of support arms being movably supported by the support wall such that the personal care supply package is movably carried by the carrier device. 
     
     
         19 . The container system of  claim 16 , wherein the upper carrier base extends around a perimeter of the plurality of carrier sidewalls. 
     
     
         20 . The container system of  claim 16 , wherein the personal care supply package further comprises:
 a cover portion comprising a remedy chamber, the remedy chamber removably carrying a personal care supply item;   a spine portion; and   a fold coupling the spine portion to the cover portion, the fold facilitating folding the cover portion relative to the spine portion.