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A system comprised of trays is disclosed for converting a bucket to an organized receptacle for storing, carrying and dispensing tools and small parts or objects. Each of the trays is configured substantially as a modified circle so that it can be stacked neatly within the bucket. Each tray has part

A system comprised of trays is disclosed for converting a bucket to an organized receptacle for storing, carrying and dispensing tools and small parts or objects. Each of the trays is configured substantially as a modified circle so that it can be stacked neatly within the bucket. Each tray has partitions which divide the tray into compartments. Each tray has a partially recessed handle in the center of each tray in a configuration enabling them to be grasped readily by the fingers of a user, even when the tray is filled. Each individual tray is thereby readily removable. The trays can be stacked so that they are either recessed within the tray laying beneath it or can rest on the top edge thereof. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the trays are provided in variable vertical dimensions with at least two of the upper trays having a pie-shaped wedge removed therefrom thereby providing for the storage of vertically elongated articles therein.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A storage container comprising:a plurality of vertically stackable substantially round upper and lower trays, each of said trays having a top and a bottom side, wherein said upper trays are missing a pie-shaped wedge therefrom;radially disposed intersecting partitions for dividing s

[ I claim:] [1.] A storage container comprising:a plurality of vertically stackable substantially round upper and lower trays, each of said trays having a top and a bottom side, wherein said upper trays are missing a pie-shaped wedge therefrom;radially disposed intersecting partitions for dividing said trays into a plurality of compartments; each of said partitions having an upper portion, and a shoulder disposed proximate the top thereof and an inverted channel forming the bottom of the side wall of said compartments; wherein said upper portion is attached to said channel so as to create a shoulder on each side of said partition, such that said trays may be stacked by inserting said inverted channel over the upper portion of the partition of the tray stacked immediately below such that the tray stacked immediately above fits inside the tray immediately below and rests on said shoulder;alternative stacking means for engaging said upper portions of said partitions in the tray stacked immediately below, so that the tray stacked immediately above does not fit inside the tray immediately below it; anda vertically raised handle means coupled to the intersection of said radially disposed partitions on each of said trays, said handle means capable of being raised so as to lift said tray to which it is coupled;whereby, when said upper and lower trays are vertically stacked such that said missing pie shaped wedges in said upper trays are directly over each other, the compartment in said lower tray directly underneath said missing pie shaped areas in said upper trays provides an area for storing elongated vertical objects.