US 12,012,269 B2
Stain and paint can storage system and method
Nathan Sperlik, Statham, GA (US)
Assigned to SOPHISTICATED SOLUTIONS, LLC, Orlando, FL (US)
Filed by SOPHISTICATED SOLUTIONS, LLC, Orlando, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/680,613.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/153,518, filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0267070 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 21/02 (2006.01); B65D 71/70 (2006.01); B44D 3/12 (2006.01); B44D 3/14 (2006.01); B65D 1/24 (2006.01); B65D 25/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 71/70 (2013.01) [B65D 21/02 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage device, comprising:
a body including one or more retention means, each retention means configured to accept and support a plurality of differently sized containers, each retention means includes a first recess,
wherein the body further includes a top surface disposed on a first plane, the first recess having a bottom surface disposed on a second plane at a first distance beneath the first plane, and the first plane and the second plane are parallel,
wherein the first recess is elongated and oriented on a primary axis and defined by a first curved wall, a second curved wall, a first flat wall, a second flat wall, and two pairs of connecting walls extending from the bottom surface, the first curved wall disposed opposite the second curved wall, the first flat wall disposed opposite the second flat wall, and each of the first curved wall and the second curved wall connected to each of the first flat wall and the second flat wall with one of the two pairs of connecting walls, the first flat wall and the second flat wall disposed substantially perpendicular to the primary axis, the first curved wall and the second curved wall extending above the top surface, and whereby the first recess is configured to engage and securely hold a first container and position the first container atop the second plane regardless of the first container being a substantially cylindrical container or a substantially cuboid container.