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US 12,721,428 B2Granted
Storage cabinet
AssigneeKindred Products LLC
InventorsSarah J. Clinard, Heidi Hurst, Clayton Olsen, Curtis Taylor
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Abstract
A storage cabinet includes a frame, a top panel, a bottom panel, and a plurality of doors. The frame can include hinged side panels, and the doors are connected to the side panels. A kit for assembling the storage cabinet and a method of assembling the storage cabinet are also provided.
Claims16
A kit for assembling a storage cabinet defining a storage chamber, the kit including:
- a pre-assembled frame comprising:
- a back panel having an interior surface, a first end and a second end;
- a first side panel rotatably connected to the first end of the back panel by at least one first panel hinge, the first side panel comprising a first vertically-extending hollow channel and a first door hinge mounting plate attached to an interior-facing side of the first vertically-extending hollow channel;
- a second side panel rotatably connected to the second end of the back panel by at least one second panel hinge, the second side panel comprising a second vertically-extending hollow channel and a second door hinge mounting plate attached to an interior-facing side of the second vertically-extending hollow channel;
- a third vertically-extending hollow channel in the first end of the back panel;
- a fourth vertically-extending hollow channel in the second end of the back panel;
- a fifth vertically-extending hollow channel in the first side panel;
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- a sixth vertically-extending hollow channel in the second side panel;
- wherein the pre-assembled frame comprises a folded position in which the first and second side panels are oriented substantially parallel to the interior surface of the back panel and the interior-facing sides of the first and second vertically-extending hollow channels face the interior surface of the back panel, and an unfolded position in which the first and second side panels are oriented substantially orthogonally to the interior surface of the back panel;
- a top wall connectable to an upper end of the pre-assembled frame in the unfolded position;
- a bottom wall connectable to a bottom end of the pre-assembled frame in the unfolded position;
- a first door rotatably connectable to the first side panel by at least one first door hinge comprising a hinge component on an interior surface of the first door that is couplable with the first door hinge mounting plate;
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- a second door rotatably connectable to the second side panel by at least one second door hinge comprising a hinge component on an interior surface of the second door coupled with the second door hinge mounting plate;
- wherein the first panel hinge comprises a portion mounted on an interior-facing side of the fifth vertically-extending hollow channel and a portion mounted on an interior-facing side of the third vertically-extending hollow channel to rotatably connect the first side panel and the first end of the back panel;
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- wherein the second panel hinge comprises a portion mounted on an interior-facing side of the sixth vertically-extending hollow channel and a portion mounted on an interior-facing side of the fourth vertically-extending hollow channel to rotatably connect the second side panel and the second end of the back panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.