A storage bin such as a silo or the like having a plurality of sections adapted to be superimposed one on the other. The respective sections increasing stepwise in external dimension, in axial succession from bottom to top of said bin, and being telescopingly nested together between a collapsed and an extended position.

A storage system comprising at least one panel member which may be in the form of a hingedly mounted door or the like and including a pair of spaced parallel mounting sections on one side of the door, a plurality of storage containers adapted to be mounted on the panel at selected vertical locations thereon and mounting elements extending between the containers and the panel for removably connecting the containers thereto; the panel may comprise one of a plurality of coplanar doors or partitions...

A storage system in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention includes a support member formed with a first leg providing a track surface and a second leg extending at a generally right angle thereto and providing a guide surface. The second leg member is formed with a plurality of connecting means, one at each end of the support member, for securing the support member to adjacent support posts. The connecting means includes a hook member formed on the second leg and a tab member...

A modular compact storage assembly includes storage cabinets containing a number of storage panels each equipped with means for supporting a number of articles therein. The storage panel assemblies are hung from tracks and guided at the bottom so as to permit them to be moved between stored and withdrawn positions. In the withdrawn position, the storage panels may be substantially entirely outside of their associated cabinet while a portion protrudes into the cabinet to inhibit the panel from sw...

A storage facility preferably for palletized loads includes an elongate aisle along which a pallet-carrying vehicle is adapted to move. A plurality of multi-level pallet storage bays are located side-by-side along the aisle and extend laterally from the aisle for use in storing palletized loads. The levels of each storage bay are vertically aligned and are separated from each other by pallet-supporting floor sections; each bay being separated from its adjacent bay by a set of laterally spaced-ap...

A storage container having a housing with an open front and a door for closing the open front of the housing. The housing has spaced parallel sidewalls, a top wall, a rear wall and a bottom wall, and a movable slide is located within the housing above the bottom wall. The door is pivotally connected to the bottom wall and the slide is pivotally connected to the door. The pivotal connection between the slide and the door is located above the pivotal connection between the door and the bottom wall...

A storage hammock usable for a variety of purposes, including the safe and effective storage of toys in a child's room, consists of an isosceles right triangular body of netting bound along its edges so that when suspended by its corners a pouch is formed thereby in which objects may be stored. Rings for hanging the hammock from a room corner are placed at each of the apices of the triangular body member.

An externally mounted storage compartment for a vehicle adapted to allow access into the interior of the storage compartment from the interior of the vehicle. Access openings are provided through the body of the storage compartment and the body of the vehicle. The storage compartment is then attached to the exterior of the vehicle with the access openings substantially aligned with one another to allow access from the interior of the vehicle into the interior of the storage compartment.

A storage bumper 10 having a compartment assembly 16 with a lid 12 pivotally mounted thereto. Compartment assembly 16 is constructed with upright walls 24 connected to or formed with bottom wall 42 and mounted to base plate 18. Lid 12 is constructed with a seal 26 and reinforcing flanges 20 attached to the underside. Additionally, lid 12 is formed with wings 38 on each longitudinal end to limit opening and catches 30 and 32 for engagement within releasable latches 34 and 36 mounted on wall 24. R...

A storage system which comprises a first storage unit such as an optical disk incapable of rewriting; a second storage unit such as a magnetic disk capable of rewriting; a control table for registering addresses of the first storage unit in which data are desired to be rewritten and addresses of the second storage unit in which the write-in data are temporarily stored; and a control unit for controlling the second storage unit in accordance with this control table such that the data desird to be...