Patent ID: 7506771
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: A47B,B25H

Abstract:
1. A container compartment apparatus for permanent securement to a vertically-studded wall surface comprising: a pair of spaced-apart vertically extending rails; a wood or plastic storage rack of given thickness having a front face plate, a rear plate, and a void space therebetween; means for securing both said front plate and said rear plate of said rack to said rails and to said vertically-studded wall surface; a plurality of substantially circular apertures cut in said rack, individual ones being colinearly cut through said front face plate, said void space, and said rear plate; a plurality of cylindrical can containers closed at a first end and sized to fit through said apertures; a plurality of openable snap-on plastic closure lids sized to fit said can containers at a second opposite open end thereof; a written identification on each of said closure lids of any contents placed within each of said can containers; means for securing said pair of vertically extending rails to adjacent studs of said wall surface in aligning a major axis of each of said can containers when inserted within said apertures at an upward tilt from said rear plate to said front face plate at an angle between 6° and 15°; with the diameters of said plurality of can containers when inserted within said apertures being less than the diameter of its associated substantially circular aperture in providing a loose fit therebetween; and with groupings of individual ones of screws, nuts, washers, bolts, springs, dowels, nails, knobs, anchors and caps of different sizes, compositions and types being stored as contents within each cylindrical can container corresponding to its individually written identification on each of its said snap-on closure lids.