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Solar-charging storage container apparatus

  • US 10,236,711 B1
  • Filed: 03/28/2016
  • Issued: 03/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A solar-charging storage container apparatus, comprising:

  • a container body having a top rim;

    a container lid having a bottom rim, said container lid at said bottom rim thereof being adapted to overlie said container body at said top rim thereof such that said container body and said container lid form a storage compartment, said container lid having an opening extending completely through a central area thereof, the opening having a shape defined by an opening perimeter;

    an arrangement of mechanisms positioned proximate said top rim of said container body and said bottom rim of said container lid and being adapted to removably fit said top and bottom rims together so as to form a water resistant seal therebetween;

    a solar-charging module integrated directly into said container lid, the solar charging module including a main body having a perimeter conforming to the shape of the lid opening but sized nominally smaller than the lid opening, an uppermost portion of the solar charging module extending outward beyond the main body perimeter to define a shoulder, the shoulder extending outwardly such that it overlaps an upper surface portion of the container lid just exteriorly of the container lid opening perimeter, a u-shaped sealing gasket interposed between the solar charging module main body perimeter, the solar charging module shoulder, and the container lid opening perimeter, such that the solar charging module main body extends through the lid opening and into the storage compartment, the uppermost portion of the solar charging module disposed exteriorly of the storage compartment and having a solar array on an outer portion of said module being exposed exteriorly of said container lid to receive solar rays and at least one electrical connector on an inner portion of said module being exposed interiorly of said container lid to form an electrical connection to an electronic device stored in said storage compartment.

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