Storage device for outdoors

• US 8,888,199 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2010
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jens Armbruster, Markus Scholz, Thomas Vogl
• Original Assignee: Jens Armbruster
• Inventors: Scholz, Markus, Armbrster, Jens, Vogl, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilbert, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): AKBASLI, ALP A
• Application Number:
  US13/582,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20130047527A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,429 Days
• Field of Search: 312/310, 52/791, 52/792, 52/793, 52/797, 521/06, 522/364, 522/367
• US Class Current: 312/310
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 1/1205 Small buildings erected in the open air E04H1/1272 takes precedence

Abstract

In order to store equipment and tools in the smallest space with at the same time improved access possibilities and orderliness in outdoor areas, a storage means is described for outdoor areas comprising: at least two holding compartments (11), each of which has one or a plurality of closable opening sections (13), wherein the one opening section (13) or the plurality of opening sections (13) jointly, which belong to the same holding compartment (11), have a surface that essentially corresponds to a surface of an outer side of this holding compartment (11), and wherein the opening sections (13) are arranged on at least two adjacent sides of the storage means.

Claims

1. A tool shed for outdoor areas for storing tools and objects, the tool shed having a rectangular or square floor area surrounded by four outer sides, the tool shed comprising:

at least three holding compartments, each holding compartment has at least one closable opening section directed to one of the outer sides of the tool shed;

wherein the at least one opening section of a first and a second holding compartment of the at least three holding compartments and the at least one opening section of the second and a third holding compartment of the at least three holding compartments are arranged on adjacent outer sides of tool shed being rectangular to each other, respectively; and

wherein the at least one opening section belonging to the same holding compartment of each of the three holding compartments has a surface that essentially corresponds to a surface of the outer side of this holding compartment,

the at least one opening section of the first and the third holding compartment are arranged on opposing outer sides of the tool shed, wherein at least one holding compartment is accessible from separate opening sections on two non-adjacent outer sides of the tool shed,

wherein all objects in a holding compartments are reachable from outside and access to all objects stored in the holding compartments is possible from outside the outer sides of the tool shed,

wherein a width and height of one holding compartment is larger than the depth of this holding compartment.

2. A tool shed for outdoor areas for storing tools and objects, the tool shed having a rectangular or square floor area surrounded by four outer sides the tool shed comprising;

at least three holding compartments, each holding compartment has at least one closable opening section directed to one of the outer sides of the tool shed;

wherein the at least one opening section of a first and a second holding compartment of the at least three holding compartments and the at least one opening section of the second and a third holding compartment of the at least three holding compartments are arranged on adjacent outer sides of tool shed being rectangular to each other, respectively; and

wherein the at least one opening section belonging to the same holding compartment of each of the three holding compartments has a surface that essentially corresponds to a surface of the outer side of this holding compartment,

wherein the at least one opening section belonging to the same holding compartment of each of the three holding compartments and having a surface that essentially corresponds to the surface of the outer side of this holding compartment have one or more closing elements and can be opened by the one or more closing elements for storing and removing of objects,

wherein said one or more closing elements belonging to the same holding compartment of each of the three holding compartments cover the entire surface of the outer side of this holding compartment,

the at least one opening section of the first and third holding compartment, respectively, are arranged on opposing outer sides of the tool shed, wherein at least one holding compartment is accessible from separate opening sections on two non-adjacent outer sides of the tool shed,

wherein all objects stored in the holding compartments are reachable from outside and access to all the objects stored in the holding compartments is possible from outside the outer sides of the tool shed,

wherein at least one of the holding compartments s has opening sections on two different outer sides of the tool shed.

3. The tool shed according to claim 2, wherein horizontal elongations of the holding compartments parallel to an outer side of the tool shed basically correspond to a length of this outer side.

4. The tool shed according to claim 2, wherein the floor areas of the holding compartments of a horizontal intersecting plane together generally correspond to the floor area of the tool shed.

5. The tool shed according to claim 2, wherein the holding compartments of the tool shed generally fill completely the inner volume of the tool shed.

6. The tool shed according to claim 2, wherein at least two holding compartments positioned above each other and whose opening sections are arranged on the same outer side of the tool shed have different floor areas.

7. The tool shed according to claim 2, wherein a width and/or height of at least one holding compartment is larger than a depth of the at least one holding compartment.

8. The tool shed according to claim 2, wherein at least two holding compartments, whose opening sections are arranged on opposite outer sides of the tool shed are adjacent to each other at their rear sides.

9. The tool shed according to claim 2, wherein a left, a middle and a right outer sides of the tool shed have opening sections and a holding compartment, whose opening section is located on the middle outer side, extends between holding compartments, whose opening sections are positioned on the left and right outer side.

10. The tool shed according to claim 2, wherein horizontal and/or vertical support elements are arranged between the holding compartments.

11. The tool shed according to claim 2, wherein a horizontal distance between vertical support elements corresponds to a width orand a depth of at least one holding compartment, respectively.

12. The tool shed according to claim 2, wherein the tool shed can be assembled from modules and each module comprises at least one holding compartment.

13. The tool shed according claim 2, wherein partition walls are provided between the holding compartments that can be fixed by means of mounting elements to a floor area and/or to a side wall and/or to an upper side of the tool shed.

14. The tool shed according to claim 13, wherein the mounting elements have a U-shaped cross section.

15. The tool shed according to claim 13, wherein the partition walls are fixed with a distance to the floor area determined by the mounting elements.

16. The tool shed according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the holding compartments has opening sections on two different outer sides of the tool shed.

17. The tool shed according to claim 2, wherein the tool shed has a central locking system for a plurality of holding compartments and/or at least one local locking system for each holding compartment.

18. A tool shed for outdoor areas for storing tools and objects, the tool shed having a rectangular or square floor area surrounded by four outer sides, the tool shed comprising:

at least three holding compartments, each holding compartment has at least one closable opening section directed to one of the outer sides of tool shed;

wherein the at least one opening section of a first and a second holding compartment of the at least three holding compartments and the at least one opening section of the second and a third holding compartment of the at least three holding compartments are arranged on adjacent outer sides of tool shed being rectangular to each other, respectively; and

wherein the at least one opening section belonging to the same holding compartment of each of the three holding compartments has a surface that essentially corresponds to a surface of the outer side of this holding compartment,

the at least one opening section of the first and the third holding compartment are arranged on opposing outer sides of the tool shed, wherein at least one holding compartment is accessible from separate opening sections on two non-adjacent outer sides of the tool shed,

wherein all objects in a holding compartments are reachable from outside and access to all objects stored in the holding compartments is possible from outside the outer sides of the tool shed,

wherein left, middle and right outer sides of the tool shed have opening sections and a holding compartment, whose opening section is located on the middle outer side, extends between holding compartments, whose opening sections are positioned on the left and right outer sides.