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An adjustable storage system includes one or more adjustable storage units. The storage units generally comprise opposing panels comprising a polymer material and one or more shelf supports means that are integral with the panels. Shelves and/or drawers, also made from polymer materials, may then be

An adjustable storage system includes one or more adjustable storage units. The storage units generally comprise opposing panels comprising a polymer material and one or more shelf supports means that are integral with the panels. Shelves and/or drawers, also made from polymer materials, may then be disposed between the panels. Storage units may be added to the storage system by adding additional panels. In some embodiments, adjacent storage units of a storage unit may share a panel.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A modular storage unit for a vehicle having a front, a back, a first side wall, and a second side wall, the storage unit comprising: (a) a first panel having a top, a bottom, a front edge, a rear edge, a first surface, and a second surface opposite the first surface, th

The invention claimed is: 1. A modular storage unit for a vehicle having a front, a back, a first side wall, and a second side wall, the storage unit comprising: (a) a first panel having a top, a bottom, a front edge, a rear edge, a first surface, and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface comprising at least one channel recessed relative to the second surface and horizontally disposed between the front and rear edges of the first panel, and the first panel including a support member extending substantially between the top and the bottom of the first panel, wherein at least one of the first and second surfaces of the first panel includes a support member channel formed therein, open to the at least one of the first and second surface, and extending substantially between the top and the bottom, the support member channel receiving the support member such that the support member is at least partially exposed to view along the at least one of the first and second surfaces of the first panel; (b) a second panel generally parallel and opposite the first panel, the second panel having a top, a bottom, a front edge, a rear edge, a first surface, a second surface, the first surface of the second panel being oriented toward the second surface of the first panel, and at least one channel recessed relative to the first surface of the second panel and horizontally disposed between the front and rear edges of the second panel; and (c) a third panel extending in a lateral direction between the first panel and the second panel for coupling the first panel to the second panel; wherein the first panel and the second panel comprise a polymer material, the support member is spaced apart from the second panel, and the modular storage unit is configured for use in a vehicle with the tops and the rear edges of the first and second panels curved in a plane that is generally parallel to the first and second panels to correspond substantially with at least one of the side walls of the vehicle; wherein the horizontal channels are shelf support channels, wherein a shelf is removably disposed between opposite shelf support channels; and wherein the shelf is directly fastened to the support member with a fastener that secures the shelf in the lateral direction relative to the support member. 2. The modular storage unit of claim 1, wherein the at least one horizontal channel in the first and second panels extends to the front of each of the panels and defines an opening along a portion of the front edge of each of the panels. 3. The modular storage unit according to claim 1, further comprising at least one horizontal drawer support channel formed in each of the first and second panels. 4. The modular storage unit according to claim 1, wherein the first panel comprises a slot recessed relative to the second surface of the first panel, the second panel comprises a slot recessed relative to the first surface of the second panel and positioned opposite the slot on the first panel, the slots being positioned immediately above an upper edge of at least one of the horizontal channels of the first and second panels and defining an opening adjacent the upper edge of the shelf support channels, and the storage unit further comprising a door having a left edge, a right edge, a top, and a bottom, the door comprising a first pin integral with left edge of the door and a second pin integral with the right edge of the door, the pins disposed adjacent the bottom of the door and dimensional for receipt in the slots; the door being rotatably mounted to the first and second panels by positioning the first pin into the slot on the first panel, positioning the second pin into the slot on the second panel, and positioning a shelf into the shelf support channels immediately beneath the slots into which the pins of the door have been positioned. 5. The modular storage unit according to claim 4, wherein the door further comprises an outer face, the outer face contacting the shelf when the door is rotated into a fully open position, the door in the fully opened position defining an angle of at least about 90 degrees relative to a closed position of the door. 6. The modular storage unit according to claim 5, wherein the door further comprises a horizontal groove adjacent a bottom of the door and recessed relative to the outer face of the door, the groove being positioned such that when the door is rotated to the fully opened position, the groove communicates with the shelf such that the door in the fully opened position defines an angle relative to the closed position of greater than 90 degrees. 7. The modular storage unit according to claim 1, wherein the shelf comprises a polymer material. 8. The modular storage unit according to claim 1, wherein (i) the second surface of the first panel further comprises at least one drawer slide recessed relative to the second surface of the first panel, and (ii) the first surface of the second panel further comprises at least one drawer slide recessed relative to the first surface of the second panel, the drawer slide of the first panel opposing the drawer slide at the same general vertical height on the second panel. 9. The modular storage unit according to claim 8, further comprising a drawer removably disposed between a pair of opposing drawer slides. 10. The modular storage unit according to claim 1, further comprising a connecting member configured for coupling at least one of the first and second panels to the vehicle. 11. The modular storage unit according to claim 1, wherein the second panel includes a support member extending substantially between the top and the bottom of the second panel, and the support member spaced apart from the first panel. 12. The modular storage unit according to claim 11, wherein the first surface of the second panel includes a support member channel formed therein, open to the first surface of the second panel, and extending substantially between the top and the bottom, the support member channel receiving the support member such that the support member is at least partially exposed to view along the first surface of the second panel. 13. The modular storage unit according to claim 1, wherein each of the first panel and the second panel includes an arcuate portion along the front edge extending inwardly away from the rear edge of the panel and upwardly toward the top of the panel. 14. The modular storage unit according to claim 1, wherein at least the first panel defines a cut-out portion relative to the front edge of the panel and adjacent the bottom of the panel. 15. The modular storage unit according to claim 14, further comprising a plug member dimensioned for receipt in the cut-out portion. 16. A modular storage unit for a vehicle, the storage unit comprising: a first panel having a top, a bottom, a front edge, a rear edge, a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a channel recessed relative to the second surface of the first panel and disposed between a front edge and a rear edge of the first panel; a second panel generally parallel to and opposite the first panel and spaced in a lateral direction from the first panel, the second panel having a top, a bottom, a front edge, a rear edge, a first surface, a second surface, and a channel recessed relative to the first surface of the second panel and disposed between a front edge and a rear edge of the second panel, the first surface of the second panel being oriented toward the second surface of the first panel; a support member including a first coupling surface and a second coupling surface opposite the first coupling surface, wherein the first coupling surface of the support member is coupled to the second surface of the first panel such that the support member extends between the top and the bottom of the first panel, and the second coupling surface of the support member is spaced away from the second panel and in exposed facing relation to the first surface of the second panel; and a shelf removably disposed in the channels and abutting the second coupling surface of the support member; wherein at least a portion of the front edge and the rear edge of at least one of the first and second panels is curved in a plane that is substantially parallel to the at least one of the first and second panels, and at least one of the first panel and the second panel comprises a polymer material; and wherein the shelf is directly fastened to the support member with a fastener that secures the shelf in the lateral direction relative to the support member. 17. The modular storage unit according to claim 16, and further comprising: a slot recessed relative to the second surface of the first panel; a slot recessed relative to the first surface of the second panel and positioned opposite the slot on the first panel, the slots being positioned immediately above an upper edge of the channels of the first and second panels and defining an opening adjacent the upper edge of the channels; a door having a first side edge, a second side edge, a top, and a bottom, the door comprising a first pin integral with the first side edge of the door and a second pin integral with the second side edge of the door, the pins disposed adjacent the bottom of the door and configured for receipt in the slots, wherein the door is rotatably mounted to the first and second panels by positioning the first pin into the slot on the first panel, positioning the second pin into the slot on the second panel, and positioning the shelf into the channels immediately beneath the slots into which the pins of the door have been positioned. 18. The modular storage unit according to claim 16, and further comprising a channel formed in the second surface of the first panel, the channel disposed between the top and the bottom of the first panel and the channel receiving the support member. 19. The modular storage unit according to claim 16, and further comprising a support member coupled to the second panel, the support member including a first coupling surface and a second coupling surface opposite the first coupling surface, wherein the first coupling surface of the support member is coupled to the first surface of the second panel such that the support member extends between the top and the bottom of the second panel, and the second coupling surface of the support member is spaced away from the first panel and in exposed facing relation to the second surface of the first panel, the shelf also abutting the second coupling surface of the support member coupled to the second panel, and directly fastened to the support member coupled to the second panel with a fastener that secures the shelf in the lateral direction relative to the support member coupled to the second panel.