Storage and organization system and components thereof

US7866769B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TARGET BRANDS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Dirk Ahlgrim · Cambridge, US
• Douglas C. Dayton · Harvard, US
• Angie Kim · Cambridge, US
• Monica Kuznik · Padova, IT
• Samuel Palmer · Arlington, US
• David Weissburg · Lexington, US
• Gretchen Wustrack · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 6, 2007
• Grant date: Jan 11, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 24, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49959
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A storage system includes a shell having a plurality of walls and a plurality of rails. The plurality of walls are coupled to one another to form a storage chamber therebetween and to define a plurality of intersection edges. Each of the plurality of intersection edges is formed at a corresponding boundary of two adjacent ones of the plurality of walls. The plurality of rails each extend outwardly from a corresponding one of the plurality of intersection edges with an angled orientation relative to each of the two adjacent ones of the plurality of walls. A cross-sectional thickness of each of the plurality of rails increases as each of the plurality of rails extends away from one of the plurality of intersection edges. Related storage and organization systems, pillows, accessories and methods are also disclosed and provide additional advantages.