US 12,492,067 B2
Storage device for lens filters and related methods
Ryan Avery, Los Alamitos, CA (US); Van Wampler, Glenwood Springs, CO (US); and Colton Crandell, Centennial, CO (US)
Assigned to Avery Optics LLC, Rossmoor, CA (US)
Filed by Avery Optics LLC, Rossmoor, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/613,226.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/491,788, filed on Mar. 23, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0317484 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 85/48 (2006.01); B65D 6/00 (2006.01); B65D 43/16 (2006.01); B65D 43/22 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/48 (2013.01) [B65D 11/10 (2013.01); B65D 43/163 (2013.01); B65D 43/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage device for a cinematography lens filter, comprising:
a casing made from a first material having a two-part body including a first casing enclosure and a second casing enclosure joined together along a parting line and defining a first storage slot, the two-part body having a latch receiver near an angled top opening of the two-part body, the angled top opening inclining upwards towards the latch receiver;
a lid attached to the casing and having a two-part body including a first lid section and a second lid section joined together along a parting line and defining a second storage slot, the lid having a latch on a lid side edge and an angled bottom opening that inclines upward towards the latch;
a first strip located in the first storage slot and a second strip located in the second storage slot; and
wherein the first strip is made from a second material having a hardness value that is lower than a hardness value of the first material.