The present application also is related to pending U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 11/851,165, filed Sep. 6, 2007; pending U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12/554,028, filed Sep. 4, 2009; and pending U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12/554,034, filed Sep. 4, 2009; all of which are incorporated by reference.
All of the material from the U.S. Applications that is essential to the claimed design is included herein. Any material in the related U.S. Applications that is not present herein forms no part of the claimed design.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a storage unit, according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a back view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a right view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a supplemental, enlarged, right side view thereof with all broken lines (other than boundary lines) removed for clarity;
FIG. 8 is a left side view thereof; and,
FIG. 9 is a supplemental, enlarged, left side view with all broken lines (other than boundary lines) removed for clarity.
In the figures, any broken lines consisting of alternating length (i.e., short, long, etc.) line segments indicate boundaries of the claimed design. All other broken lines shown in the figures indicate unclaimed environmental subject matter.
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