Storage system

Abstract

A storage system is provided that includes a top, a bottom, a front, a back, a left side wall, and a right side wall. A storage area is defined by the top, bottom, left and right side walls. A plurality of full shelves are located within the storage area and extend between the left and right side walls. A plurality of partial shelves are located within the storage area, some of the partial shelves extend from the left side wall and some of the partial shelves extend from the right side wall. Removable handles are located on the left and right side walls. A skirt extends around at least a portion of a lower side of the bottom.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A storage system, comprising:
 a top, a bottom, a front, and a back;   a left side wall extending between the top and the bottom;   a right side wall opposite the left side wall and extending between the top and bottom;   a storage area defined by the top, the bottom, the left side wall, and the right side wall;   a plurality of full shelves located within the storage area and extending between the left side wall and the right side wall; and   a plurality of partial shelves located within the storage area, some of the plurality of partial shelves extending from the left side wall into the storage area and some of the plurality of partial shelves extending from the right side wall into the storage area.   
     
     
         2 . The storage system of  claim 1 , further comprising a skirt extending around at least a portion of a lower side of the bottom of the storage system. 
     
     
         3 . The storage system of  claim 2 , wherein the skirt extends from the bottom adjacent the front of the storage system a first distance, and wherein the skirt extends from the bottom adjacent the back of the storage system a second distance. 
     
     
         4 . The storage system of  claim 3 , wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance. 
     
     
         5 . The storage system of  claim 3 , wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance of the skirt such at least one of the top or the plurality of full shelves and the plurality of partial shelves are angled backwardly from the front of the storage system toward the back of the storage system at an angle of about two degrees (2°) or less. 
     
     
         6 . The storage system of  claim 3 , wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance of the skirt such that the top of the storage system angles backwardly from the front of the storage system toward the back of the storage system at an angle of about one degree (1°). 
     
     
         7 . The storage system of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of full shelves include a notch portion adjacent the front of the storage system such that a left side and a right side of each of the plurality of full shelves extends a first shelf distance from adjacent the front to adjacent the back of the storage system, and wherein the notch portion is located between the left side and the right side and extends a second shelf distance from adjacent the front to adjacent the back of the storage system, the first shelf distance being greater than the second shelf distance. 
     
     
         8 . The storage system of  claim 1 , wherein a first of the plurality of partial shelves is located above a first of the plurality of full shelves, and a second of the plurality of partial shelves is located below the first of the plurality of full shelves. 
     
     
         9 . The storage system of  claim 1 , wherein at least a first of the plurality of full shelves is located above a first and a second of the plurality of partial shelves, and wherein a second of the plurality of full shelves is located below the first and second of the plurality of partial shelves. 
     
     
         10 . The storage system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a first handle located on an outside of the right side wall; and   a second handle located on an outside of the left side wall.   
     
     
         11 . The storage system of  claim 1 , further comprising a skirt extending around at least a portion of a lower side of the bottom of the storage system, wherein the storage system is configured to stack atop a second storage system such that the skirt of the storage system is configured to at least partially overlap a top of the second storage system. 
     
     
         12 . A storage system, comprising:
 a top, a bottom, a front, and a back;   a left side wall extending between the top and bottom;   a right side wall opposite the left side wall and extending between the top and bottom;   a storage area defined by the top, the bottom, the left side wall, and the right side wall;   a plurality of shelves located within the storage area; and   a skirt extending around at least a portion of a lower side of the bottom of the storage system, the skirt extending from the bottom adjacent the front of the storage system a first distance, the skirt extending from the bottom adjacent the back of the storage system a second distance, the first distance being greater than the second distance.   
     
     
         13 . The storage system of  claim 12 , wherein for each of a first storage system and a second storage system a first of a plurality of partial shelves is located above a first of a plurality of full shelves, and a second of a plurality of partial shelves is located below the first of the plurality of full shelves. 
     
     
         14 . The storage system of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 a plurality of full shelves located within the storage area and extending between the left side wall and the right side wall; and   a plurality of partial shelves located within the storage area, some of the plurality of partial shelves extending from the left side wall into the storage area and some of the plurality of partial shelves extending from the right side wall into the storage area,   wherein a first storage system is stacked atop a second storage system such that the bottom of the first storage system abuts the top of the second storage system, and wherein the skirt of the first storage system at least partially overlaps the top of the second storage system about the front, a left side, and a right side of the second storage system.   
     
     
         15 . The storage system of  claim 14 , wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance of the skirt such that at least one of the tops or the plurality of full shelves and the plurality of partial shelves of the first storage system and the second storage system are angled backwardly from the front of the first storage system and the second storage system toward the back of the first storage system and the second storage system at an angle of about one degree (1°). 
     
     
         16 . The storage system of  claim 14 , wherein the plurality of full shelves include a notch portion adjacent the front of the first storage system and the second storage system such that a left and a right sides of each of the plurality of full shelves extends a first shelf distance from adjacent the front to adjacent the back of the first storage system and the second storage system, and wherein the notch portion is located between the left side and the right side and extends a second shelf distance from adjacent the front to adjacent the back of the first storage system and the second storage system, the first shelf distance being greater than the second shelf distance. 
     
     
         17 . The storage system of  claim 14 , wherein for each of the first storage system and the second storage system at least a first of the plurality of full shelves is located above a first and a second of the plurality of partial shelves, and wherein a second of the plurality of full shelves is located below the first and second of the plurality of partial shelves. 
     
     
         18 . The storage system of  claim 14 , wherein each of the first storage system and the second storage system further comprise:
 a first handle located on an outside of the right side wall; and   a second handle located on an outside of the left side wall,   wherein the first handle is located on the right side wall a first handle distance from the front of the first storage system and the second storage system and wherein the second handle is located on the left side wall a second handle distance from the front of the first storage system and the second storage system, wherein the first handle distance and the second handle distance are different.   
     
     
         19 . The storage system of  claim 14 , wherein each of the first storage system and the second storage system further comprise:
 a first support member and a second support member extending along the back between the top and the bottom, the first support member adjacent the right side and the second support member adjacent the left side,   wherein the top is substantially straight along the back between the first support member and the second support member and curved between the first support member and the right side and the second support member and the left side.   
     
     
         20 . A system, comprising:
 a first and second storage system, each comprising:   a top, a bottom, a front, and a back;   a left side wall extending between the top and the bottom;   a right side wall opposite the left side wall and extending between the top and the bottom;   a storage area defined by the top, the bottom, the left side wall, and the right side wall;   a plurality of shelves located within the storage area; and   a skirt extending around at least a portion of a lower side of the bottom;   wherein a first storage system is stacked atop a second storage system such that the bottom of the first storage system abuts the top of the second storage system, and wherein the skirt of the first storage system at least partially overlaps the top of the second storage system about the front, a left side, and a right side of the second storage system.