Patent ID: 8459489
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: A45C,B65D

Abstract:
1. Organizer container comprising: fabric body movable into: an expanded configuration, wherein the body defines a bottom and above the bottom a parallelepiped-shaped enclosure divided into first, second, and third compartments by first and second parallelepiped-shaped divider panels spaced from each other and perpendicularly oriented relative to the bottom, a first partially expanded configuration, wherein only two parallelepiped-shaped compartments are established, the first divider panel being held substantially flush against a first end wall of the body by a first holding mechanism; a second partially expanded configuration, wherein one and only one parallelepiped-shaped compartment is established, the first divider panel being held substantially flush against the first end wall by the first holding mechanism and the second divider panel being held substantially flush against a second end wall of the body by a second holding mechanism; a collapsed configuration, wherein the end walls and divider panels are held substantially together by a third holding mechanism; and at least first, second, and third axially rigid stiffener members disposed in the respective first, second, and third compartments and pivotably coupled within the enclosure for movement in a horizontal plane between an expanded orientation, wherein the first or third stiffener member is sandwiched lengthwise between a divider panel and an end wall of the body in contact with both the divider panel and the end wall of the body, and the second stiffener member is sandwiched lengthwise between two divider panels in contact with both divider panels, and a collapse orientation in which a stiffener member is substantially orthogonal to the expanded orientation, the stiffener members being narrower in a top-to-bottom dimension defined by the container than the divider panels and end walls of the container.