A wardrobe apparatus
OwnerJames Alen Eamesinventor
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Abstract
A wardrobe apparatus comprising a body supporting a rail, a frame, and a movement mechanism, wherein the actuation means is arranged to move the rail vertically from a first position distal the frame to a second position proximate the frame.
Claims21
1-25 (canceled)
A wardrobe apparatus which in a retracted position is received in an insulated casket that is located in a space in a loft, and in deployed position is lowered into a room below the loft, the wardrobe apparatus comprising:
- a wardrobe body including a clothes rail;
- a frame fixed to or supported by a joist or beam in the loft, the frame defines an opening into the loft;
- at least one drive motor configured to lower and raise the wardrobe body vertically;
- a plurality of hangers operably engageable with the clothes rail;
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- an actuator configured to rotate the plurality of hangers with respect to the clothes rail during movement between the raised and lowered positions, so as to enable the plurality of hangers to pass through the opening.
The wardrobe apparatus according to claim 42, wherein each of the plurality of hangers is associated with a collar that is supported by the flattened tip slot of the clothes rail.
The wardrobe apparatus according to claim 43, wherein the actuator includes a second motor configured to drive a toothed belt, and the collar associated with each of the plurality of hangers includes exterior teeth engageable with the tooth belt and is configured to rotate the collar in relation to the clothes rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.