US 12,145,766 B2
Compact wall panel deck box kit
Torrence Anderson, Overland Park, KS (US); and Stephen Whitehead, Elgin, IL (US)
Assigned to Suncast Technologies, LLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by Suncast Technologies, LLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/411,194.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067173 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 6/24 (2006.01); B65D 6/34 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 11/1873 (2013.01) [B65D 11/28 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deck storage box comprising:
a bottom wall formed from two panels having an interconnecting edge, each said panel having a top surface, a bottom surface and four closed edges;
a left side wall formed from a single panel having a lower edge securable to one said closed edge of said bottom wall, said left side wall having an inner surface and an outer surface and four side edges;
a right side wall formed from a single panel having a lower edge securable to one said closed edge of said bottom wall, said right side panel having an inner surface and an outer surface and four edges;
a rear wall formed from two panels having an interconnecting edge, said two panels defining a first panel and a second panel each having an inner surface and an outer surface defined by a lower edge secured to one side closed edge of said bottom wall, a left edge of one said panel securable to a left side wall edge, a right edge of a second panel securable to a right side wall edge, and a bottom edge of each said panel securable to said bottom wall;
a rear steel reinforcement bar secured to said rear wall bridging said interconnecting edges of said first panel of said rear wall and said second panel of said rear wall, wherein said rear steel reinforcement bar provides rigidity between said first panel of said rear wall and said second panel of said rear wall;
a front wall formed from two panels defining a first panel and a second panel having an interconnecting edge, said front wall having a right edge securable to a right side wall edge, a left edge securable to a left side wall edge, and a bottom edge securable to said bottom wall;
a front steel reinforcement bar secured to said front wall bridging said interconnecting edges of said first panel of said front wall and said second panel of said front wall, wherein said front steel reinforcement bar provides rigidity between said first panel of said front wall and said second panel of said front wall; and
a cover for enclosing and overlapping a cavity formed by said walls, said cover formed from a left panel having a front edge, a rear edge, a side edge, and a first interconnecting edge with a lower extension tab and a right panel having a front edge, a rear edge, a side edge, and a second interconnecting edge with an upper extension tab, said lower extension tab constructed and arranged to allow both said left panel and said right panel to be raised simultaneously to provide access to said cavity or said right cover panel to be raised independent of said left cover panel to provide access to said cavity, said lower extension tab and said upper extension tab forming a continuous U-shaped track from said front edge to said rear edge constructed and arranged to divert rain water from entering said cavity;
whereby said panels that form said front wall, said rear wall, said bottom wall and said cover are approximately the same dimension as said left side wall and said right side wall to allow stacking of said panels, wherein said deck storage box can be shipped in a disassembled state in a substantially square package and assembled at a desired site.