Multi-Purpose Storage Basket
A multi-purpose storage basket is composed of a main body that is integrally formed from a metal or plastic material and a storage sack that are detachably combined by connecting components for storing articles at a preset site. When the connecting components are removed, the main body and the storage sack can be separated and used independently.
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to storage apparatuses and, more particularly, to a storage apparatus primarily composed of a main body and a storage sack that are detachably combined by connecting components.
2. Description of Related Art
A conventional storage basket typically has a main body made of plastic as an integral. Handles may be additionally affixed to the main body or settled against holes formed at opposite sides of the main body. Alternatively, the main body may be formed by welding metal sticks. In this case, the main body without a handle may be attached by wheels or the main body may be additionally affixed with handles. The main body is generally placed on a contacting surface without a proper interval between a bearing surface at a bottom thereof and the contacting surface. Such conventional storage basket is disadvantageous by its undue size and bulkiness, and is unfavorable for being carried when loaded with articles therein.
Generally, housewives or boarders keep their dirty clothes in laundry baskets for facilitating transporting the laundry to laundries nearby. In such perspective, the conventional storage basket integrally formed by plastic or metal materials is not feasible for being used as a portable hamper or a portable storage apparatus due to its undue size and bulkiness.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention has been accomplished under these circumstances in view. It is one objective of the present invention to provide a multi-purpose storage basket composed of a main body that is integrally formed from a metal or plastic material and a storage sack. The main body and the storage sack are detachably combined by connecting components for storing articles at a preset site while present an esthetic appearance and provide safe use. At this time, a bearing surface at a bottom of the main body is properly separated from an external contacting surface so as to prevent water, humidity, and grime on the contacting surface from damping or contaminating articles accommodated in the storage basket. When the connecting components are removed, the main body and the storage sack can be separated and used independently so that a user can easily carry the storage sack and the articles contained therein and be free form burdens originating in the weight and volume of the main body. At this time, the storage sack functions as a beauteous, convenient, handy, and environment-oriented portable storage apparatus.
It is another objective of the present invention to provide a multi-purpose storage basket composed of a main body that is integrally formed from a metal or plastic material and a storage sack wherein the main body and the storage sack are detachably combined by connecting components. Therein, the storage sack has a three-dimensional figure matches that of the main body, so that an entire inner space of the main body can be fully provided through the storage sack for storing purposes. The storage sack may be equipped with a liftable upper cover for shielding and protecting articles stored in the storage basket.
To achieve these and other objectives of the present invention, the multi-purpose storage basket is constructed from the main body made of metal or plastic and the storage sack that detachably combined by the connecting components. The bearing surface at the bottom of the storage basket is properly separated from a contact surface where it is placed so as to provide a function of preventing water, humidity, and grime from damping or contaminating articles accommodated in the storage basket. Besides, the storage sack can be separated from the main body and used independently.
The invention as well as a preferred mode of use, further objectives and advantages thereof, will best be understood by reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
While preferred embodiments are provided herein with accompany drawings for illustrating the concept of the present invention as described above, it is to be understood that the components in these drawings are made for better explanation and need not to be made in scale.
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When the main body 20 and the storage sack 40 are combined via the connecting components, the main body 20 and the storage sack 40 jointly receive articles at preset sites while present an esthetic appearance and provide safe use. Furthermore, the bearing surface at the bottom of the main body is properly separated from the external contacting surface so as to prevent water, humidity, and grime on the contacting surface from damping or contaminating articles accommodated in the storage basket. When the connecting components 44 are released, the storage sack 40 can be separated from the main body 20 and used independently so as to permit a user to carry the articles therein conveniently without bearing the weight and volume of the main body 20, thereby realizing a beauteous, convenient, handy, and environment-oriented portable storage apparatus.
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Although a particular embodiment of the invention has been described in detail for purposes of illustration, it will be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that numerous variations will be possible to the disclosed embodiments without going outside the scope of the invention as disclosed in the claims.
Claims
1. A multi-purpose storage basket, comprising:
- at least one main body, formed as a storage basket;
- at least one handle, provided on the main body;
- at least one jacket, provided on the handle;
- at least one storage sack, settled in the main body;
- at least one holding strip;
- at least one connecting component, connecting the storage sack with the main body;
- at least one upper cover, provided on the storage sack; and
- at least one pad, provided at a bottom of the main body.
2. The multi-purpose storage basket of claim 1, wherein a bearing surface at a bottom of the main body is properly separated from an external contacting surface so as to prevent water, humidity, and grime on the contacting surface from damping or contaminating articles accommodated in the storage basket.
3. The multi-purpose storage basket of claim 1, wherein the storage sack, which has a shape mating a shape of the main body for being settled in the main body, and is equipped with the holding strip, the upper cover, plural binding belts, a zipper or the connecting components, is provided with fastening tapes or other connecting components.
4. The multi-purpose storage basket of claim 1, wherein the holding strip facilitates carrying the multi-purpose storage basket.
5. The multi-purpose storage basket of claim 1, wherein plural fastening tapes or other connecting components are connected with the main body.
6. The multi-purpose storage basket of claim 1, wherein the upper cover has an opening being closed by any of fastening tapes, binding belts, a zipper or connecting components for covering and protecting articles accommodated in the storage basket.
7. The multi-purpose storage basket of claim 1, wherein the bottom of the main body can be equipped with any number of said pad so as to enhance stability and prevent from rubbing against an external contacting surface
8. The multi-purpose storage basket of claim 1, wherein the main body is made of any material in any form, any size, any, pattern, and the main body is integrally formed, assembled or constructed.
9. The multi-purpose storage basket of claim 1, wherein the handle is made of any material in any form, any size, and the holding strip is provided in any number.
10. The multi-purpose storage basket of claim 1, wherein the jacket is made of any material in any form, any size, any color, any pattern, and the jacket is provided in any number.
11. The multi-purpose storage basket of claim 1, wherein the holding strip is made of any material in any form, any size, any color, any pattern, and the holding strip is provided in any number.
12. The multi-purpose storage basket of claim 1, wherein the storage sack is made of any material in any form, any size, any color and any pattern.
13. The multi-purpose storage basket of claim 1, wherein the connecting component is made of any material in any form, any size, any color, any pattern, and the connecting component is provided in any number.
14. The multi-purpose storage basket of claim 6, wherein the upper cover, the bending belt, or the zipper is made of any material in any form, any size, any color, any pattern, and the upper cover, the bending belt, or the zipper is provided in any number.
15. The multi-purpose storage basket of claim 1, wherein the pad is made of any material in any form, any size, any color, any pattern, and the pad is provided in any number.
Type: Application
Filed: Apr 2, 2008
Publication Date: Oct 8, 2009
Inventor: Chin-Chuan Chang (Taipei)
Application Number: 12/060,877
International Classification: B65D 25/00 (20060101); B65D 25/28 (20060101);