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US 12,356,974 · App. 18/046,242 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Storage devices and methods of use thereof

Inventor: Sven Johnson (Denver, CO)
Assignee: Sven Johnson
A01K97/06B65D25/20B65D43/165B65D43/22B65D71/70B65D2251/1058B65D2543/00194B65D2571/00808
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Patent No.
US 12,356,974
App. No.
18/046,242
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to storage devices. In some embodiments, a mountable storage device comprises a container including a base and a plurality of sidewalls, wherein the plurality of sidewalls define an inner cavity, wherein at least one of the plurality of sidewalls includes a retention member, and wherein the base includes a mounting point, a strap removably secured to the container via the mounting point, and an insert including a plurality of slits configured to receive and secure fishing tackle, wherein the insert is releasably retained within the inner cavity via the retention member.

Claims (10)

1. A mountable fishing tackle storage device;

a curved container comprising a curved internal storage space, a container body, and a cover movable relative to said container body between open and closed positions, wherein said container body comprises first and second retention members that are spaced from one another within said internal storage space, wherein at least a first edge portion of said first insert is disposed under said first retention member, wherein at least a second edge portion of said first insert is disposed under said second retention member, and wherein said first and second edge positions are on oppositely disposed first and second edges of said first insert;

a mounting system that is integrated with said container and that is detachably engageable with a support when said storage device is in an installed configuration; and

a first insert removably disposed and exchangeable within said container, wherein said first insert accommodates attachment of multiple fishing lures to said first insert by a corresponding hook being detachably engaged by said first insert.

2. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein said container body comprises a first preformed curvature, and wherein said cover comprises a second preformed curvature that at least substantially matches said first preformed curvature.

3. The storage device of claim 2 , wherein a major axis for said first preformed curvature at least substantially coincides with a length dimension of a support when said storage device is in said installed configuration on the support, wherein said container body comprises a bottom, first and second sidewalls that extend upwardly from said bottom, and first and second end walls that extend upwardly from said bottom, wherein said major axis coincides with a spacing between said first and second end walls, and wherein said first and second end walls are spaced along the user's arm or leg when said storage device in said installed configuration.

4. The storage device of claim 3 , wherein said mounting system comprises one or more straps, a buckle, a latch, and a hook and loop pad that is spaced along the length dimension of a support when said storage device is in said installed configuration.

5. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein said container body comprises a bottom that in turn comprises a first preformed curvature, wherein said cover comprises a second preformed curvature that at least substantially matches said first preformed curvature, wherein said container body comprises further first and second sidewalls that extend upwardly from said bottom, and first and second end walls that extend upwardly from said bottom, wherein said first reference axis coincides with a spacing between said first and second end walls, and wherein said first and second end walls are spaced along a user's arm when said storage device in said installed configuration.

6. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein said mounting system comprises a pair of straps.

7. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein said first insert and said container are in an unbonded by adhesive state at all times.

Continuity (3)
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