US 12,077,369 B2
Sanitization storage apparatus
Christopher Dean, Okemos, MI (US); Daren Baker, Lansing, MI (US); James Prang, Williamston, MI (US); Scott Somerville, Mason, MI (US); and Steven McGeorge, Lansing, MI (US)
Assigned to Dean Transportation, Inc., Lansing, MI (US)
Filed by Dean Transportation, Inc., Lansing, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/475,564.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/079,647, filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0081199 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 85/00 (2006.01); B65D 71/02 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/70 (2013.01) [B65D 71/02 (2013.01); F16M 13/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage device configured to be coupled to a fixed substrate, the storage device comprising:
a body extending from a first end to a second end and having a first side and a second side, the body defining an interior void extending between the first end and the second end, wherein the second end defines an upper body opening and the first end defines a lower body opening, the body further comprising:
an upper storage portion comprising:
a platform, wherein the upper storage portion extends from the platform to the second end; and
an upper storage portion access opening disposed between the platform and the second end;
a lower storage portion extending from the first end to the platform, the lower storage portion comprising:
a lower storage portion containment feature having a lower storage containment feature upper boundary and extending from the first end to the lower storage portion containment feature upper boundary;
a lower storage portion access opening disposed between the lower storage portion containment feature upper boundary and an access opening upper boundary, wherein the access opening upper boundary is disposed between the lower storage containment feature upper boundary and the platform;
a mounting component having a base comprising a bottom and at least one sidewall extending from the bottom, wherein the least one sidewall is configured to extend into the interior void of the body at the lower body opening;
wherein the upper storage portion is configured to receive a first container, such that the first container is disposed upon the platform and extends through the upper opening; and
wherein the lower storage portion is configured to receive a second container, such that the second container is disposed within the interior void at the first end and extends above the lower storage portion containment feature upper boundary and into the lower storage access opening.