Patent ID: 6926137

Claim:
A storage unit for storing a utensil having a handle portion and head portion, said storage unit comprising: a container having a bottom wall and sidewalls connected to said bottom wall to define a chamber; a pair of opposed container closure units pivotally connected to said container sidewalls for movement between an open position exposing said chamber and a closed position closing said chamber from the outside environment; a utensil holder sized to receive the head portion of the utensil; a support platform for connection to said utensil holder, said support platform being movably positioned in said chamber between a first position away from said bottom wall and a second position towards said bottom wall; and spaced platform support units connected between said platform and said container closure units to suspend said platform from said container closure units, said platform support units being connected to pivot said container closure units toward the closed position when said platform is moved toward said bottom wall and to move said platform away from said bottom wall when said container closure units are pivoted toward the open position to open said container.