Self-storing writing instrument holder for cabinets

A self-storing writing instrument holder for a cabinet comprising:

• a base having left and right portions for attachment to a vertical sidewall of a cabinet, the left portion of said base having upper and lower turned-in edges which are adapted to act as stops, the right portion, extending beyond the turned-in edges, has a pivot hole centrally located relative to the top and bottom edges of the base and a surface extending to the right bounded by a substantially circular line extending from the upper turned-in edge to the lower turned-in edge which functions as a guide surface;
• a pedestal having a pivot hole for alignment with the pivot hole in said base, and adapted to rotate about the right portion of said base, said pedestal having a substantially circular overall configuration made up of portions of two circles of different radii with the beginning and ending edges of the larger circular portion cooperating with the turned-in edges on said base to limit the rotation of said pedestal relative to said base;
• a fastener for joining said base and said pedestal while allowing said base and pedestal to rotate relative to one another;
• a writing instrument holder fastened to the larger circular portion of said pedestal and adapted to fall by gravity when the door of a cabinet is opened.

A stationery storage cabinet with a self-storing writing instrument holder, comprising:

• a cabinet chassis shaped to store stationery articles and the like therein, and including an open doorway through which the stationery articles are passed;
• a cabinet door shaped to selectively close the doorway of said cabinet, and movably connected with said cabinet chassis for movement between an open position and a closed position, said cabinet door providing a writing surface when in said open position;
• a holder having one portion thereof movably connected with said cabinet chassis, and another portion thereof shaped to removably retain a writing instrument or the like therein;
• means for connecting said holder on said cabinet chassis for movement between a retracted position wherein said holder and any associated writing instrument are disposed wholly within said cabinet chassis, and an extended position wherein at least a portion of one of said holder and any associated writing instrument protrudes outward from said cabinet chassis;
• said holder being positioned in such proximity to said cabinet door so that as said cabinet door is opened to provide a writing surface, said holder and any associated writing instrument automatically shift under gravitational forces from the retracted position to the extended position to facilitate grasping of any writing instrument and removing the same from said holder, and as said cabinet door is closed, at least one of said holder and associated writing instrument is abuttingly engaged by said cabinet door and thereby shifted from the extended position to the retracted position for safe storage.