Patent ID: 6957739

Claim:
A container system for storing and presenting craft materials for use, comprising: a plurality of bead containers having a substantially uniform size of approximately 14 mm by approximately 60 mm: a housing having a front and a rear, said housing comprising a bottom wall and a perimeter wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said housing defining an interior space; a plurality of lateral dividers positioned in said housing, each one of said lateral dividers having an inclined orientation such that a bottom edge of each of said lateral dividers is positioned closer to the front of said housing and a top edge of each of said lateral dividers is positioned closer to the rear of said housing so that said divider walls are inclined away from a user positioned at the front of said housing during use, each of said lateral dividers being for supporting a bead container; and a lid pivotally mounted on said housing at the rear of said housing such that said lid pivots toward the front of said housing to close the interior space of said housing and pivots away from the front of said housing to expose said interior space, said lid having an open position characterized by said lid being located rearwardly of said housing; wherein said housing and said lid are transparent to permit viewing of items positioned in said interior space when said lid is in a closed position; wherein said housing is rectangular, said housing having a length of approximately 12 inches, said housing having a width of approximately 8 inches, said housing having a height of approximately 3 inches, said length, width, and height being selected for storing up to seventy-two plastic bead containers having a uniform size of approximately 14 mm by approximately 60 mm.