Storage cabinet
OwnerFabian Geyrhalterinventor
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Abstract
A storage cabinet includes a housing with a drawer that slides into and out of the housing. A turntable is coupled to the drawer and a tray is disposed on the turntable. A pivot is coupled to the housing and the turntable and includes an extension received in a guide slot of the turntable. The turntable and the tray rotate in response to linear movement of the drawer into and out of the housing via movement of the extension of the pivot along the guide slot of the turntable. The cabinet may also include rolling elements between the turntable and the drawer. An item stored on the tray is rotated as the drawer moves into and out of the housing to enable traditional storage configurations while also allowing users to view different sides of the item based on the position of the drawer.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a support;
- a drawer coupled to the support and configured to slide relative to the support;
- a curved opening through the drawer;
- a tray disposed on the drawer;
- and
- a pivot including a first link coupled to the support and a second link rotatably coupled to the first link, the second link coupled to the tray at two different locations to establish a pivot point for rotational movement of the tray, the pivot having an extension coupled to the tray through the curved opening with the extension corresponding to a first one of the two different locations, and
- wherein the tray is configured to rotate in response to any linear movement of the drawer relative to the support over an entire path of travel of the drawer via movement of the extension of the pivot along the curved opening.
A device, comprising:
- a base;
- a drawer structured for linear movement relative to the base;
- a tray disposed on the drawer;
- and
- a pivot coupled to the base and to the tray, the pivot configured to rotate the tray about a vertical axis in response to initial linear movement of the drawer away from the base, the pivot including a first pivot arm and a second pivot arm, the first pivot arm coupled to the base and the second pivot arm rotatably coupled to the first pivot arm, the second pivot arm coupled to the tray at two different locations to establish a pivot point for rotational movement of the tray in response to any linear movement of the drawer.
A device, comprising:
- a support;
- a drawer coupled to the support, the drawer configured for linear movement relative to the support;
- a tray on the drawer;
- and
- a pivot including a first link and a second link rotatably coupled to the first link, the first link coupled to the support and the second link coupled to the tray at two different locations to establish a pivot point for rotational movement of the tray, the second link further including an extension coupled to the tray through an opening in the drawer corresponding to a first one of the two different locations, the extension located along the second link between a second one of the two different locations and an interface between the first link and the second link, wherein the first link and the second link are configured to move relative to each other in response to linear movement of the drawer with movement of the second link changing a position of the extension and generating rotational motion of the tray about a vertical axis,
- wherein the extension of the second link is configured to rotate the tray in response to any linear movement of the drawer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.