Flexible organizer with detachable pocket members

• US 20080232720A1
• Filed: 03/21/2008
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Krisanthe Karagiannis
• Original Assignee: Krisanthe Karagiannis
• Inventors: Karagiannis, Krisanthe
• Application Number:
  US12/053,441
• Publication Number:
  US 20080232720A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 383/22
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 21/0205 joined together by bonding, adhesive or the like B65D21/0208 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2313/02 of hook-and-loop type
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 33/04 Windows or other apertures, e.g. for viewing contents ventilation apertures B65D33/01; windows for level indication B65D33/004

Abstract

A flexible organizer comprising a flexible panel member and a pocket member, the flexible panel member comprising a fastener portion, the pocket member comprising a pocket opening and a fastener portion, and wherein the pocket member is releasably attached to the panel member via an engagement of the panel member fastener portion with the pocket member fastener portion. Such an organizer allows users to conveniently and efficiently organize items such as children'"'"'s toys in a manner that allows easy and modularized access to the toys and easy clean-up of the toys. Also disclosed is a method for using the flexible organizer as well as a method for customizing the flexible organizer.

Claims

1. A flexible organizer comprising:

a flexible panel member, the flexible panel member comprising a fastener portion; and

a pocket member comprising a pocket opening and a fastener portion; and

wherein the pocket member is releasably attached to the panel member via an engagement of the panel member fastener portion with the pocket member fastener portion.

2. The organizer of claim 1 wherein the panel member fastener portion and the pocket member fastener portion comprise opposing hook and loop fastener portions.

3. The organizer of claim 2 wherein the panel member further comprises a front face, a vertical dimension, and a horizontal dimension, wherein the panel member hook and loop fastener portion predominantly extends in a continuous fashion along the vertical dimension of the panel member front face, thereby allowing for releasable attachment of the pocket member to the panel member at any arbitrary height along the panel member hook and loop fastener portion.

4. The organizer of claim 3 wherein the panel member hook and loop fastener portion comprises at least one strip located on the panel member front face.

5. The organizer of claim 3 wherein the panel member hook and loop fastener portion comprises a plurality of vertical strips which are horizontally spaced relative to each other on the panel member front face.

6. The organizer of claim 3 wherein the panel member further comprises at least one means for hanging the panel member, thereby allowing the panel member and the releasably attached pocket member to be hung from a hanging location.

7. The organizer of claim 6 wherein the at least one means for hanging comprises a plurality of the means for hanging, wherein the plurality of the means for hanging are configured to allow for the panel member and the releasably attached pocket member to be selectively hung in a vertical and horizontal orientation.

8. The organizer of claim 3 further comprising a plurality of the pocket members, wherein the plurality of pocket members are releasably attached to the panel member via an engagement of the panel member hook and loop fastener portion with the pocket member hook and loop fastener portions.

9. The organizer of claim 3 wherein the pocket member further comprises a mesh portion which partially exposes to view any content present in the pocket opening.

10. The organizer of claim 3 wherein the pocket member further comprises a pocket member back face, and wherein the pocket member hook and loop fastener portion comprises a strip located on the pocket member back face.

11. The organizer of claim 3 wherein the pocket member further comprises a pocket member front face, a pocket member back face, and a second fastener portion located on the pocket member front face, the organizer further comprising a pocket member cover pattern, the pocket member cover pattern comprising a pocket member cover pattern front face on which a decorative pattern is depicted, a pocket member cover pattern back face, and a pocket member cover pattern fastener portion located on the pocket member cover pattern back face, and wherein the pocket member cover pattern is releasably attached to the pocket member via an engagement of the second pocket member fastener portion with the pocket member cover pattern fastener portion.

12. The organizer of claim 11 wherein the second pocket member fastener portion and the pocket member cover pattern fastener portion comprise opposing hook and loop fastener portions.

13. The organizer of claim 1 wherein the panel member is sufficiently flexible to thereby allow it to be rolled or folded.

14. The organizer of claim 13 wherein the panel member is sufficiently flexible to thereby allow it to be rolled or folded even if the pocket member is releasably attached thereto.

15. The organizer of claim 13 wherein the panel member further comprises a second panel member fastener portion and a third panel member fastener portion, wherein the second panel member fastener portion and the third panel member fastener portion are located at opposite ends of the panel member such that the second panel member fastener portion and the third panel member fastener portion releasably attach to each other when the panel member is in a folded state.

16. A method comprising:

releasably attaching a pocket member to a flexible panel member, the flexible panel member comprising a fastener portion, the pocket member comprising a pocket opening and a fastener portion, and wherein the releasably attaching step comprises releasably attaching the pocket member to the panel member via an engagement of the panel member fastener portion with the pocket member fastener portion.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the panel member fastener portion and the pocket member fastener portion comprise opposing hook and loop fastener portions.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising:

storing a plurality of items in the pocket member via the pocket member opening.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the plurality of items comprise a plurality of children'"'"'s toys.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein the panel member further comprises a front face, a vertical dimension, and a horizontal dimension, wherein the panel member hook and loop fastener portion predominantly extends in a continuous fashion along the vertical dimension of the panel member front face, and wherein the releasably attaching step further comprises releasably attaching the pocket member to the panel member at any arbitrary height along the panel member hook and loop fastener portion.

21. The method of claim 18 further comprising:

hanging the panel member from a hanging location.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the hanging step comprises selectively hanging the panel member in a vertical and horizontal orientation.

23. The method of claim 21 wherein the hanging location comprises a door or wall.

24. The method of claim 17 wherein the releasably attaching step comprises releasably attaching a plurality of the pocket members to the panel member via an engagement of the panel member hook and loop fastener portion with the pocket member hook and loop fastener portions.

25. The method of claim 24 further comprising:

selectively storing a plurality of items in the different pocket members via the pocket member openings.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein the items comprise a plurality of items of different types, and wherein the selectively storing step comprises selectively organizing and storing the plurality of items in the different pocket members via the pocket member openings such that the items of the same type are stored in the same pocket member and items of a different type are stored in different pocket members.

27. The method of claim 26 wherein the plurality of items comprise a plurality of different types of children'"'"'s toys.

28. The method of claim 25 further comprising:

labeling the pocket members with a label indicative of the items stored therein.

29. The method of claim 17 further comprising:

releasably attaching a pocket member cover pattern to a front face of the pocket member, the pocket member cover pattern having a decorative pattern thereon.

30. The method of claim 29 further comprising:

selecting the pocket member cover pattern from a plurality of possible pocket member cover patterns.

31. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

rolling or folding the panel member and the releasably attached pocket member into a stowable state.

32. The method of claim 31 further comprising:

stowing away the panel member and the releasably attached pocket member while they are in the stowable state.

33. A method for permitting customization of a flexible organizer, the flexible organizer comprising a flexible panel member and a pocket member that is releasably attachable to the panel member, the pocket member comprising a front face and a pocket opening for storing a plurality of items, the method comprising:

electronically receiving an input from a customer, the electronically received input corresponding to a desired pattern to be visible on a front face of the pocket member; and

responsive to the electronically received input, providing a product to the customer with the desired pattern printed thereon such that the customer is enabled to customize the flexible organizer in a manner that the pocket member exhibits a desired pattern on its front face.

34. The method of claim 33 wherein the provided product comprises a pocket member with the desired pattern printed on its front face.

35. The method of claim 33 wherein the provided product comprises a pocket member cover pattern which possesses the desired pattern, the pocket member cover pattern for releasable attachment to the pocket member front face.

36. The method of claim 33 wherein the electronically receiving step comprises electronically receiving a selection by the customer corresponding to the desired pattern from among a plurality of available patterns.

37. The method of claim 33 wherein the electronically receiving step comprises electronically receiving an image from the customer, the image corresponding to the desired pattern.

38. The method of claim 37 further comprising printing the desired pattern onto a blank product after the step of electronically receiving the input.

39. The method of claim 33 wherein the desired pattern corresponds to an image of a completed puzzle.

40. The method of claim 39 further comprising storing a plurality of different images of completed puzzles in a database for access and browsing by a customer to make a selection as to one of the stored images.

41. A method for organizing a plurality of children'"'"'s toys, the method comprising:

storing the toys in a plurality of different pocket members, each pocket member comprising a hook and loop fastener portion and a pocket opening for holding the stored toys; and

releasably attaching the pocket members to a flexible panel member while the toys are stored in the pocket members, the panel member comprising a hook and loop fastener portion that is of an opposing type relative to the pocket member hook and loop fastener portion, wherein the releasably attaching step comprises engaging each pocket member'"'"'s hook and loop fastener portion against the panel member hook and loop fastener portion to thereby releasably attach the pocket members to the panel member.

42. The method of claim 41 further comprising:

detaching a releasably attached pocket member from the panel member when a user desires to play with the toys stored in that pocket member.