Furniture objects including hidden containers
AssigneeNight and Day Furniture LLC
InventorsJoel Grossman, Howard Porter
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Abstract
A furniture apparatus including a frame, a movable facade configured to transition between an open state and a closed state; and a hidden container configured to rest on a set of support ledges attached to one or more of the frame and an unhidden container optionally associated with the furniture apparatus such that the hidden container is configured to be visible when the movable facade is in the open state, and the hidden container is configured to be hidden from view when the hidden container is installed in the furniture apparatus and the movable facade is in the closed state.
Claims13
A furniture apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- an unhidden container configured to be drawn out horizontally in a first direction from within an opening formed within the frame, the unhidden container including a drawer bottom connected to a pair of sidewalls, a back face, and a front face of the unhidden container, and a movable facade formed in a lower portion of the front face of the unhidden container, the movable facade configured to transition between an open state and a closed state such that the unhidden container is visible when the movable facade is in each of the open state and the closed state;
- and
- a hidden container configured to rest on a set of support ledges attached to an underside of the drawer bottom of the unhidden container such that the hidden container is configured to be visible when the movable facade is in the open state, and the hidden container is configured to be hidden from view when the hidden container is installed in the furniture apparatus and the movable facade is in the closed state.
A method of constructing a furniture apparatus including a hidden container concealable from view, the method comprising:
- assembling a frame of the furniture apparatus;
- placing an unhidden container within an opening formed within the frame such that the unhidden container is configured to be drawn out horizontally in a first direction from the opening, the unhidden container including a drawer bottom connected to a pair of sidewalls, a back face, and a front face of the unhidden container, and a movable facade formed in a lower portion of the front face of the unhidden container, the movable facade configured to transition between an open state and a closed state such that the unhidden container is visible when the movable facade is in each of the open state and the closed state;
- installing a set of support ledges to an underside of the drawer bottom of the unhidden container;
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- placing the hidden container on the set of support ledges such that the hidden container is configured to be visible when the movable facade is in the open state, and the hidden container is configured to be hidden from view when the hidden container is installed in the furniture apparatus and the movable facade is in the closed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.