Apparatus and method for mounting an under-cabinet storage system
AssigneeK-Bloc, LLC
InventorAnton J. Volovsek
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Abstract
A unique apparatus and method for mounting an under-cabinet storage system which provides opposed arms having a ratchet mechanism, a sliding anchor bar, and a stationary anchor bar, and fixedly connected to one another by a central support. The under-cabinet storage system does not require tools, hardware, or fasteners to install or remove from the base of a cabinet and is hidden except for the storage compartment that is used to attach a variety of accessories including, but not limited to, cutlery or knife blocks, shelves, paper towel holders, hooks, lights, harnesses, or other structures where drilling holes and using penetrating fasteners are unwarranted, inconvenient, or ill-advised; such as cabinets in kitchens, baths, campers, boats, etc.
Claims18
A device, comprising:
- opposed arms having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end and the distal end each providing an opening into an internal bore;
- a support securing the opposed arms parallel to one another and disposing the opposed arms in a common plane;
- a stationary anchor bar releaseably secured through the opening and into the internal bore of the distal end of each of the opposed arms, a stationary anchor point of the stationary anchor bar extending outwardly from the distal end;
- a sliding anchor bar releaseably secured through the opening and into the internal bore of the proximal end of each of the opposed arms, a portion of the sliding anchor bar extending outwardly from the proximal end and providing an anchor point;
- a ratchet body having opposed ends and providing a traversing channel between the opposed ends;
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- means for advancing the portion of the sliding anchor bar extending outwardly from the proximal end of the opposed arms through the traversing channel from one opposed end of the ratchet body for the anchor point to extend outwardly from the other opposed end of the ratchet body.
A device, comprising:
- at least two arms having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end and the distal end each providing an opening into an internal bore;
- a stationary anchor bar releaseably secured through the opening and into the internal bore of the distal end of each of the at least two arms, a stationary anchor point of the stationary anchor bar extending outwardly from the distal end;
- a sliding anchor bar releaseably secured through the opening and into the internal bore of the proximal end of each of the at least two arms, a portion of the sliding anchor bar extending outwardly from the proximal end and having an anchor point;
- a ratchet body having opposed ends and providing a traversing channel between the opposed ends;
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- means for advancing the portion of the sliding anchor bar extending outwardly from the proximal end of the opposed arms through the traversing channel from one opposed end of the ratchet body for the anchor point to extend outwardly from the other opposed end of the ratchet body.
A method for installing a device between a first and second opposed surfaces, comprising the steps of:
- providing the device having a front side and a back side, a sliding anchor bar extending outwardly from the front side and a stationary anchor bar extending outwardly from the back side;
- placing the device between the first and second opposed surfaces and orienting the device in parallel alignment with the first and second opposed surfaces;
- securing the stationary anchor bar against the first opposed surface;
- advancing the sliding anchor bar further outwardly from the front side toward the second opposed surface;
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- securing the sliding anchor bar against the second opposed surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.