Up-down cabinet

An up-down cabinet for lowering a cabinet and retracting the cabinet to its original position, the cabinet comprising:

• a cabinet housing having a front, back, and sides, the back of said housing disposed adjacent a wall;
• "L" shaped elongated assembly plates, said plates having a first side portion and a second side portion, the first side portion vertically disposed and attached to the wall, the second side portion vertically disposed and parallel the sides of said housing;
• stops attached to the second side portion of said plates and extending outwardly toward the sides of said housing;
• upper and lower flange portions attached to and perpendicular to the top and bottom of the first and second side portions of said plates;
• upper swing arms and lower swing arms vertically disposed between the sides of said housing and the second side portion of said plates, the lower end of said arms attached to the second side portion of said plates, the upper end of said arms attached to the sides of said housing, said arms resting against said stops when the cabinet is raised in a retracted position, said lower swing arms resting against the lower flange portion of said plates when the cabinet is lowered;
• cables having cable pivots attached at one end to said lower swing arms;
• first cable pulleys attached to the top of the second side portion of said plates, and second cable pulleys attached to said upper swing arms, said cables riding on said first and second cable pulleys;
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• vertically disposed coil springs, the lower end of said springs attached to a spring mounting plate at the bottom of the second side portion of said plates, the upper end of said springs attached to a spring eye, said spring eye attached to the other end of said cables, said coil springs biasing said cabinet in an upward position and adjacent the wall.