Patent Publication Number: US-9902526-B2

Title: Storage assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to storage devices and more particularly pertains to a new storage device for storing and organizing crayons according to color. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a first disk that may be positioned on a support surface. A storage array is provided and the storage array may contain a plurality of objects. The storage array has a plurality of bins and the objects may be positioned in the bins. The storage array is rotatably positioned on the first disk. A cover is removably coupled to the storage array. A handle is removably coupled to the storage array and the handle be manipulated thereby facilitating the storage array to be carried. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a top perspective view of a storage assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a right side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a top view of a storage array of an embodiment of the disclosure in a closed position. 
         FIG. 5  is a top view of a storage array of an embodiment of the disclosure in an open position. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new storage device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the storage assembly  10  generally comprises a first disk  12  that may be positioned on a support surface  14  and the first disk  12  has a top side  16 . The support surface  14  may be a table or the like. A storage array  18  is provided and the storage array  18  may contain a plurality of objects  20 . The storage array  18  has a plurality of bins  22  and each of the bins  22  may have the objects  20  positioned therein. The storage array  18  is rotatably positioned on the first disk  12 . The objects  20  may be crayons or the like. 
     The storage array  18  comprises a second disk  24  that has an upper side  26 , a lower side  28  and a peripheral edge  30  extending therebetween. The upper side  26  is recessed along the peripheral edge  30  to define a ledge  32  on the second disk  24 . The ledge  32  has a bounding surface  34 . The second disk  24  is rotatably positioned on the first disk  12  having the lower side  28  abutting the top side  16 . 
     Each of the bins  22  comprises a bottom wall  36  and an exterior wall  38  extending upwardly from the bottom wall  36 . The exterior wall  38  has a plurality of intersecting sides  40  such that each of the bins  22  has a trapezoidal shape. The plurality of intersecting sides  40  includes a first side  42  being spaced from a second side  44 . The exterior wall  38  has a distal edge  46  with respect to the bottom wall  36 . 
     Each of the bins  22  is removably positioned on the second disk  24  having the bottom wall  36  abutting the upper side  26 . The bins  22  are arranged to define a ring extending around the second disk  24 . The first side  30  of each bin  22  is aligned with the bounding surface  34  of the ledge  32 . Moreover, the exterior wall  26  corresponding to each bin  22  is comprised of a translucent material. Thus, the objects  20  are visible through the exterior wall  26  when the objects  20  are contained in the bins  22 . 
     Each of the bins  22  includes a lid  48 . The lid  48  is hingedly coupled to the distal edge  46  corresponding to the second side  44 . The lid  48  has a top surface  50  and a bottom surface  52 . Indicia  54  are printed on the top surface  50  and the bottom surface  52 . The indicia  54  comprise a name of color. The lid  48  corresponding to each bin  22  has unique name of a color with respect to each other. 
     A tab  56  is coupled to and extends upwardly from the top surface  50  of the lid  48 . The tab  56  corresponding to each of the bins  22  has a unique geometric shape with respect to each other. Moreover, the tab  56  corresponding to each of the bins  22  has a unique color with respect to each other. The color of the tab  56  on each bin  22  corresponds to the name of the color printed on the corresponding lid  48 . The geometric shapes may include a cube, a cuboid, a square based pyramid, a cone, a triangular prism, a triangular base pyramid, a cylinder and sphere. 
     A color wheel  58  is positioned on the upper side  26  of the second disk  24 . The color wheel  58  is centrally positioned on the second disk  24 . Thus, the ring defined by the bins  22  surrounds the color wheel  58 . The color wheel  58  has a visible surface  60  and a plurality of color bars  62  are printed on the visible surface  60 . Each of the color bars  62  has a color corresponding to the name of the color printed on the lid  48  corresponding to each bin  22 . The color wheel  58  is positioned such that each of the color bars  62  is aligned with the corresponding name of the color on each bin  22 . 
     A cover  64  is removably coupled to the storage array  18 . The cover  64  has a topmost wall  66  and a perimeter wall  68  extending downwardly from the topmost wall  66 . The perimeter wall  68  is continuous such that the cover  64  has a circular shape. The topmost wall  66  is comprised of a translucent material. Thus, the storage array  18  is visible when the cover  64  is positioned on the storage array  18 . The perimeter wall  68  has a plurality of colors printed thereon. The plurality of colors on the perimeter wall  68  may include green, orange, purple, red, brown, blue, black and yellow. 
     The perimeter wall  68  has a distal edge  70  with respect to the topmost wall  66 . The distal edge  70  frictionally engages the ledge  32  on the second disk  24  when the cover  64  is positioned on the storage array  18 . The topmost wall  66  has a slot  72  extending therethrough. The slot  72  is centrally positioned on the topmost wall  66 . 
     A pair of clips  74  is provided. Each of the clips  74  is coupled to the cover  64  and each of the clips  74  may be manipulated. Each of the clips  74  is positioned on the perimeter wall  68 . Each of the clips  74  selectively engages the peripheral edge  30  of the second disk  24 . Thus, the cover  64  is removably retained on the second disk  24 . Each of the clips  74  may comprise a lever that is movably coupled to the cover  64  and a hook that is movably coupled to the handle. The hook may engage the second disk  24 . 
     A handle  76  is removably coupled to the storage array  18  and the handle  76  may be manipulated thereby facilitating the storage array  18  to be carried. The handle  76  has a head  78  and a shaft  80  that is coupled to the head  78 . The shaft  80  has a distal end  82  with respect to the head  78  and the shaft  80  is threaded adjacent to the distal end  82 . The shaft  80  comprises a lower portion  84  that is slidably coupled to an upper portion  86 . Thus, the shaft  80  has a telescopically adjustable length. 
     The handle  76  extends through the slot  86  when the cover  64  is positioned on the second disk  24 . The shaft  80  extends through the second disk  24  and the distal end  82  of the shaft  80  threadably engages the first disk  12 . Thus, the second disk  24  may be urged to rotate about the shaft  80 . The head  78  is positioned in an extended position. Thus, the head  78  extends outwardly from the slot  86  thereby facilitating the head  78  to be gripped. The head  78  is positioned in a retracted position having the head  78  being recessed in the slot  86 . 
     In use, the crayons are positioned in each of the bins  22 . The crayons are arranged to correspond to the color of the tab  56  and the name of the color of the corresponding bin  22 . The lid  48  corresponding to each of the bins  22  is closed and the cover  64  is positioned on the storage array  18 . The clips  74  are manipulated to engage the second disk  24  to retain the cover  64  on the storage array  18 . The handle  76  is extended through the slot  86  and the handle  76  threadably engages the first disk  12 . The head  78  is positioned in the extended position to carry the storage array  18 . 
     The cover  64  is removed and the lid  48  corresponding to each bin  22  is opened to access the crayons in the corresponding bin  22 . The storage array  18  is employed in an educational environment such as an elementary school or the like. The storage array  18  facilitates the crayons to be organized and to be arranged by color. The storage array  18  is manipulated to spin on the first disk  12  thereby facilitating a user to remove crayons from selected bins  22 . The user verbalizes the geometric shape of the tab  56  on each bin  22  when the user opens each bin  22 . The color wheel  58 , the name of the color printed on each bin  22  and the color of the tab  56  corresponding to each bin  22  facilitates learning colors of the crayons. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.