US 4,135,604 AGranted

Vanity storing step

OwnerFrancis Ryaninventor

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Abstract

A vanity storing step utilizes an L shaped plate, one leg of which is secured to the interior floor portion of a vanity carrying a sink, the other leg of which extends upwardly towards the base of the sink. A pair of plates are secured extending transverse to the upwardly extending leg having the uppermost edge adjacent to the floor of the sink, carrying a pair of pivot rods therein. The pivot rods are secured to a pair of beams to which are attached a pair of legs and a stair tread straddling the beams. When not in use, the stair tread is pivoted upwardly and inwardly below the sink floor to a stored position within the vanity carrying the sink. In a use position, the legs have their lowermost portions reside on the floor in front of the cabinet such that the stair tread is disposed in a horizontal position above the floor and adjacent the front of the vanity, thereby providing convenient elevation for children utilizing the sink.

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Dependent claims

A vanity storing step comprising a stair tread element, said tread element having a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface, at least one leg, said at least one leg having one end thereof fixedly secured to said first lateral surface, a pair of elongated arms, one end of each arm of said pair of elongated arms fixedly secured to said at least one leg, the longitudinal axes of said pair of elongated arms extending parallel to said first lateral surface and said second lateral surface and normal to said at least one leg, an elongated L-shaped structure, a pair of plates, said L-shaped structure having a first leg and a second leg, said pair of plates fixedly secured to said first leg and said second leg, said pair of plates being disposed in spaced apart parallel relationship, the other end of said each arm pivotably secured to said pair of plates along a common pivot axis whereby said pivot axis extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of said L-shaped structure, means to selectively locate said pivot axis along the lateral surfaces of said pair of plates.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.