Patent ID: 8522969
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: A45D,B25H

Abstract:
1. An appliance storage and organizer device, the device comprising: a housing comprising a plurality of walls, the plurality of walls forming an enclosure, the enclosure having a hollow interior; at least one wall of the plurality of walls includes a plurality of holes defined therethrough, the plurality of holes being sizably configured for receiving an electrical appliance; a means for organizing an electrical cord of an electrical appliance; a plurality of hoods, each hood of the plurality of hoods is associated with a respective one of the plurality of holes; and a plurality of retaining posts, the plurality of retaining posts are provided in pairs, each pair of the plurality of retaining posts is suitably mounted to a lower surface of the at least one wall, each pair of the plurality of retaining posts are spaced in linear alignment and flank a perimeter, respectively, of each hole of the plurality of holes from opposing sides of the perimeter, and wherein each post of each pair of the plurality of retaining posts defines an incurvate configuration being flexibly-resilient, each pair of the plurality of retaining posts extends downwardly appositional from the lower surface of the at least one wall, each pair of the plurality of retaining posts is each configured to frictionally engage an electrical appliance housing portion of an electrical appliance as the electrical appliance housing portion is inserted through a respective selected hole of the plurality of holes, whereupon each pair of the plurality retaining posts undergoes outward flexion, thereby causing a compression force to be applied by each the pair of the plurality of retaining posts about an external circumferential sidewall of the electrical appliance housing portion, and thereby securably retaining the electrical appliance within the respective selected hole of the plurality of holes.