A foldaway stepping stool apparatus mountable to a cabinet including a door having an exterior surface, an interior surface, an upper edge and a lower edge, the foldaway stepping stool comprising:
- a stepping stool assembly collapsible into a folded configuration and extendable into a deployed configuration, the stepping stool assembly including a stepping platform having a rear end, a front end, the rear end opposite the front end, a left side, a right side, the left side opposite the right side, an upper surface, and a lower surface, the upper surface opposite the lower surface, a front leg assembly including an upper end and a lower end, the upper end pivotably connected to the front end of the stepping platform, the upper end spanning substantially the length of the front end, a rear leg assembly including an upper end and a lower end, the upper end of the rear leg assembly pivotably connected to the rear end of the stepping platform, the upper end of the rear leg assembly spanning substantially the length of the rear end of the stepping platform, a stretcher beam pivotably connected to the lower end of the rear leg assembly and pivotably connected to the lower end of the front leg assembly, the stretcher beam interconnecting the rear leg assembly and the front leg assembly to enable parallel movement of the front leg assembly relative to the rear leg assembly, a latch mechanism disposed on the lower surface of the stepping platform, and a bracket slidably coupled to the latch mechanism and pivotably connected to the front leg assembly, the latch mechanism configured to lock the stepping stool assembly in the deployed configuration to secure the stepping stool assembly in position and prevent inadvertent lateral movement of the stepping stool assembly, the latch mechanism further securing and freeing movement of the bracket, which in turn secures and frees movement of the front leg assembly with respect to the rear leg assembly and the stepping platform to enable selective movement of the stepping stool assembly between the deployed configuration and the folded configuration;
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- a backplate removably attachable to the interior surface of the cabinet door between the upper edge and the lower edge of the cabinet door, the backplate including an upper end, a lower end, the upper end opposite the lower end, a left side, a right side, the left side opposite the right side, and a track for removably receiving the rear leg assembly when the backplate is attached to the cabinet door, the track enabling the rear leg assembly to slide vertically along the track with respect to the cabinet door for use of the stepping stool assembly at the door, the rear leg assembly held in the track above a floor surface in the folded configuration, the rear leg assembly to slide upward entirely out of the track to detach the stepping stool assembly entirely from the backplate for use of the stepping stool assembly away from the door, and the rear leg assembly to slide downward through the track to contact the floor surface to support the cabinet door and foldaway stepping stool apparatus in a stabilized configuration.