Elevated storage

An elevated storage structure comprising:

• a storage area disposed adjacent a ceiling of a structure;
• an opening of the storage area opening into a first space in or adjacent the structure;
• first and second tracks, located along opposite sides of the storage area, operable to move respective first and second movable members horizontally out of the opening of the storage area, from a storage configuration into a deployed configuration;
• a movable member driving mechanism operable to move the first and second movable members along the first and second tracks;
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• a plurality of cables attached to and extendable from the movable member, the plurality of cables operable, via a cable driving mechanism, to move a stored item vertically from the movable member when the movable member is in the deployed configuration.

An elevated storage structure comprising:

• a storage area disposed adjacent a ceiling of a structure;
• an opening of the storage area opening into a first space in or adjacent the structure;
• first and second tracks, located along opposite sides of the storage area, operable to move respective first and second movable members horizontally out of the opening of the storage area, from a storage configuration into a deployed configuration;
• a movable member driving mechanism operable to move the first and second movable members along the first and second tracks;
• a first pivot axis located at a distal end of each of the first and second movable members, the first pivot axis providing a pivot between a television connector, attached to a television, and the first and second movable members;
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• a second pivot axis located at proximal ends of each of the first and second movable members, the second pivot axis providing a second pivot between the first and second tracks and the first and second movable members.