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Storage volume having a cubical housing with an interior space and walls, whereby at least the front wall is provided with an opening, and whereby at least the side walls are provided with a coupling on their outward facing sides, which are made in such a way that they allow such storage volumes to

Storage volume having a cubical housing with an interior space and walls, whereby at least the front wall is provided with an opening, and whereby at least the side walls are provided with a coupling on their outward facing sides, which are made in such a way that they allow such storage volumes to be coupled, either with both their front walls in the same plane, or with the front wall of one of the storage volumes in the same plane as the rear wall of the other storage volume.

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1. A storage volume comprising a substantially cubical housing defining an interior space, said housing comprises a bottom wall, a top wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, a rear wall, and a front wall, each wall with a substantially square contour, whereby at least the front wall is provided

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A storage volume comprising a substantially cubical housing defining an interior space, said housing comprises a bottom wall, a top wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, a rear wall, and a front wall, each wall with a substantially square contour, whereby at least the front wall is provided with an opening providing access to the interior space which is defined by said walls, and whereby at least the side walls are provided with coupling means on outward facing sides thereof, whereby said coupling means allow two of said storage volumes to be coupled, either with both front walls in the same plane, or with the front wall of one of the storage volumes in the same plane as the rear wall of the second storage volume, whereby the coupling means provided on the side walls are positioned symmetrically in relation to a first vertical median plane which is parallel to the front wall and the rear wall and situated substantially in the middle between the front wall and the rear wall, wherein the coupling means on the side walls consist of complementary first studs and first sleeves, and whereby the first studs and the first sleeves are positioned at corners of a first imaginary square which is provided in the middle of each side wall, whereby two first studs occupy diagonal or non-adjacent corners of the first imaginary square, whereby two first sleeves occupy diagonal or non-adjacent corners of the first imaginary square; wherein the bottom wall and the top wall are provided with coupling means;wherein the coupling means provided on the bottom wall are complementary to the coupling means provided on the top wall;wherein the coupling means on the bottom wall and the coupling means on the top wall are symmetrically positioned in relation to a second vertical median plane which is situated parallel to, and in between the left side wall and the right side wall;wherein the coupling means provided on the bottom wall include third sleeves, wherein the coupling means provided on the top wall comprise two second studs and two second sleeves, positioned at corners of a second imaginary square which is provided substantially in the middle of the top wall, whereby the two second studs occupy diagonal or non-adjacent corners of the second imaginary square, whereby the two second sleeves occupy diagonal or non-adjacent corners of the second imaginary square, and whereby at least one of an outer dimension of the second studs, an inner dimension of the second sleeves, and mutual positioning of the second studs and the second sleeves deviate to a limited extent from a corresponding first outer dimension of the first studs, a corresponding first inner dimension of the first sleeves, and a corresponding first mutual positioning of the first studs and the first sleeves, respectively, such that a visual similarity between the top wall and the side walls is obtained, but coupling of the top wall of a first storage volume to a side wall of a second storage volume using the studs and the sleeves is prevented; andwherein the outer dimension of the two second studs provided on the top wall corresponds to the first outer dimension of the first studs provided on the side walls, the inner dimension of the second sleeves on the top wall is smaller than the first inner dimension of the first sleeves provided on the side walls, an outer dimension of the second sleeves on the top wall substantially corresponds to the first outer dimension of the first studs provided on the side walls, and the third sleeves on the bottom wall have an inner dimension which corresponds to the first inner dimension of the first sleeves provided on the side walls. 2. The storage volume according to claim 1, wherein the coupling members situated at the top of a respective imaginary square are mutually complementary, the coupling members situated at the bottom of a respective imaginary square are mutually complementary, but the coupling members arranged vertically on top of one another in a respective imaginary square are not complementary. 3. The storage volume according to claim 1, wherein the coupling members situated at the top of a respective imaginary square are mutually complementary, the coupling members situated at the bottom of a respective imaginary square are mutually complementary, and the coupling members arranged vertically on top of one another in a respective imaginary square are complementary. 4. The storage volume according to claim 1, wherein the studs consist of cylindrical protrusions provided with a sealing cap near a free end, the sleeves consist of a cylindrical protrusion with an open end, and wherein at least one inner dimension of the sleeves corresponds with some play to at least one outer dimension of the studs, such that the studs can be inserted in the sleeves. 5. The storage volume according to claim 1, wherein the rear wall is provided with coupling means which correspond to the coupling means on the side walls, such that two storage volumes can be coupled by mutually coupling the respective rear walls or by coupling a rear wall to a side wall. 6. The storage volume according to claim 1, wherein the coupling means provided on the bottom wall comprise four sleeves which are complementary to the studs and sleeves provided on the top wall. 7. The storage volume according to claim 1, wherein the storage volume comprises a drawer provided with a bottom wall, an open top side, a left side wall, a right side wall, a rear wall and a front wall, whereby, starting from a horizontally placed bottom wall, at least three out of the four other walls move away from one another in the direction of the open top side in view of a compact stacking. 8. A storage volume comprising a substantially cubical housing defining an interior space, said housing comprises a bottom wall, a top wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, a rear wall, and a front wall, each wall having a substantially square contour, whereby at least the front wall is provided with an opening providing access to the interior space which is defined by said walls, and whereby at least the side walls are provided with coupling members on outward facing sides thereof, whereby said coupling members allow two such storage volumes to be coupled, either with both their front walls in the same plane, or with the front wall of one of the storage volumes in the same plane as the rear wall of the other storage volume, whereby the coupling members are complementarily linkable and positioned symmetrically in relation to a first vertical median plane parallel to and situated between the front and the rear walls; wherein the coupling members on the side walls consist of first sleeves and first studs,whereby the first sleeves and the first studs are positioned at corners of a first imaginary square which is provided in the middle of a respective side wall, whereby the first studs occupy diagonal or non-adjacent corners of the first imaginary square, whereby the first sleeves occupy diagonal or non-adjacent corners of the first imaginary square;wherein the bottom wall is provided with coupling means which are complementary to coupling means provided on the top wall, and the coupling means on the bottom wall and on the top wall are symmetrically positioned in relation to a second vertical median plane which is situated parallel to, and between the left and right side walls;wherein the coupling means on the bottom wall include third sleeves, wherein the coupling means provided on the top wall comprise two second studs and two second sleeves, positioned at corners of a second imaginary square which is provided in the middle of the top wall, whereby the two second studs occupy diagonal or non-adjacent corners of the second imaginary square, whereby the two second sleeves occupy diagonal or non-adjacent corners of the second imaginary square, and whereby at least one of an outer dimension of the second studs, an inner dimension of the second sleeves, and mutual positioning of the second studs and the second sleeves deviate to a limited extent from a corresponding first outer dimension of the first studs, a corresponding first inner dimension of the first sleeves, and a corresponding mutual positioning of the first studs and the first sleeves provided on the side walls, respectively, such that a visual similarity between the to wall and the side walls is obtained, but coupling of the top wall of a first storage volume to a side wall of a second storage volume using the studs and the sleeves is prevented; andwherein the outer dimension of the two second studs provided on the top wall corresponds to the first outer dimension of the first studs provided on the side walls, the inner dimension of the second sleeves on the top wall is smaller than the first inner dimension of the first sleeves provided on the side walls, the second sleeves on the top wall have an outer dimension which substantially corresponds to the first outer dimension of the first studs provided on the side walls, and the third sleeves on the bottom wall have an inner dimension which corresponds to the first inner dimension of the first sleeves provided on the side walls. 9. The storage volume according to claim 8, wherein the coupling members situated at the top of a respective imaginary square are mutually complementary, the coupling members situated at the bottom of a respective imaginary square are mutually complementary, but the coupling members arranged vertically on top of one another in a respective imaginary square are not complementary. 10. The storage volume according to claim 8, wherein the coupling members situated at the top of a respective imaginary square are mutually complementary, the coupling members situated at the bottom of a respective imaginary square are mutually complementary, and the coupling members arranged vertically on top of one another in a respective imaginary square are complementary. 11. The storage volume according to claim 8, wherein the studs consist of cylindrical protrusions provided with a sealing cap near a free end, the sleeves consist of a cylindrical protrusion with an open end, and wherein at least one inner dimension of the sleeves corresponds with some play to at least one outer dimension of the studs, such that the studs can be inserted in the sleeves. 12. The storage volume according to claim 8, wherein the rear wall is provided with coupling means which correspond to the coupling means provided on the side walls, such that two such storage volumes can be coupled by mutually coupling the respective rear walls or by coupling a rear wall to a side wall. 13. The storage volume according to claim 12, wherein the coupling means provided on the bottom wall comprise four sleeves which are complementary to the studs and sleeves provided on the top wall.