Patent ID: 6216993
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A modular storage system comprising;one or more storage containers which form an array of storage containers for storing items, and which include four or more edges;one or more cantilevered hooks for attaching to a support rail and for supporting said one or more storage containers;a rigid frame with a top and bottom and left and right edges, which mounts on four edges of said one or more storage containers, for providing rigidity to said one or more storage containers, for supporting a door, and for attachment by straps to a top edge bracket and a top suspension handle;a transparent door which fits in said rigid frame which is removable or openable, and which allows easy access to contents of said one or more storage containers;a top edge bracket assembly for attachment to an edge of said rigid frame, formed of a top rectangular piece and a back rectangular piece joined along an edge normal to each other, a hanging loop attached to one of said rectangular pieces, a rail guide for orienting said top edge bracket assembly to said support rail, a first strap which attaches to said top rectangular piece and said top edge of said rigid frame, a second strap which attaches to said back rectangular piece and bottom edge of said one or more storage containers;a top suspension handle for attachment to a top side of said one or more storage containers and for lifting of said container, formed of a suspension loop for lifting and for hanging from one of said one or more cantilevered hooks, a strap which attaches to said suspension loop and which encircles said one or more storage containers, and a means of securing and adjusting said strap;one or more support rails for supporting a horizontally or vertically oriented array of said one or more storage containers, attached to a wall or ceiling, for supporting said one or more storage containers by use of said cantilevered hooks.