US 12,258,176 B1
Container with adjustable storage space
Edward Cornelius Linehan, Wakefield, MA (US)
Filed by Edward Cornelius Linehan, Wakefield, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/769,169.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/596,512, filed on Nov. 6, 2023.
Int. Cl. B65D 21/08 (2006.01); B65D 41/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 21/086 (2013.01) [B65D 41/04 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container with adjustable storage space comprising:
a lid assembly;
a tubular shell;
an end cap;
a raisable platform;
a gearing system;
the tubular shell comprising an open shell end and a closed shell end;
the gearing system comprising an internal spline, a sun gear, a plurality of planetary gears, and a plurality of lifting screws;
the lid assembly, the tubular shell, the raisable platform, the end cap, and the sun gear being axially positioned with each other;
the raisable platform being slidably positioned within the tubular shell;
the end cap being positioned external to the tubular shell;
the end cap being rotatably mounted onto the closed shell end;
the sun gear being rotatably mounted onto the end cap;
the internal spline being peripherally distributed around the end cap;
the internal spline being connected onto the end cap;
the plurality of planetary gears being radially distributed around the sun gear;
each of the plurality of planetary gears being engaged in between the sun gear and the internal spline;
each of the plurality of planetary gears being terminally connected to a corresponding lifting screw from the plurality of lifting screws;
each of the plurality of lifting screws being positioned axially with a corresponding planetary gear from the plurality of planetary gears;
each of the plurality of lifting screws being rotatably positioned through the closed shell end;
each of the plurality of lifting screws being threadably engaged to the raisable platform; and
the lid assembly being mounted onto the open shell end.