US 5,039,180 AGranted

Storage cabinet with displaceable shelving

OwnerElmer Lemonsinventor

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Abstract

A free-standing shelf type cabinet for the storage of articles is constructed of an enclosed cabinet having a polygonal cross-section and on which at least one access door is provided. Within the cabinet, a plurality of shelves are mounted in a ferris wheel relation enabling the shelves to be progressively displaced to and past the access opening. A detent cooperates with the rotational support for the shelves enabling any selected shelf to be positionably retained at the access opening.

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Dependent claims

A shelf type relatively stationary furniture cabinet for the storage of rectangular entertainment cassettes comprising:

an enclosed cabinet defining an internal cavity and including:
a pair of spaced apart sidewalls having a wood exterior;
and
a plurality of center wall sections having a wood exterior intervening transversely between said side walls and contiguously arranged with respect to each other to collectively with said side walls form an enclosed cabinet of polygonal cross section;
a plurality of spaced shelves disposed within the majority volume of said cavity, said shelves being comprised of spaced end walls secured together by a plurality of underlying spaced apart parallel and rigid strips defining openings intervening therebetween;
each of said shelves including a plurality of uniformly spaced upstanding and parallel partitions defining individual juxtaposed custom sized storage compartments for parallel aligned positioning of said rectangularly shaped entertainment cassettes to be individually stored and retrieved;
one of said center wall sections being hinge connected to a side wall to define a closable access opening to enable placing and retrieving said cassettes onto and from the storage compartments of said shelves;
support means for supporting said shelves in a ferris wheel relation so as to enable said shelves to be displaced within said cabinet progressively past said opening for affording user access thereto;
said support means comprising:
a longitudinal shaft supported for rotation;
spaced apart transverse support plates mounted near each end of said shaft;
a plurality of circumferentially spaced arms extending cantilevered radially outward from each of said support plates in paired relations;
and
lateral pin means in each pair of opposite arms mutually extending coaxially toward each other from near the distal end of said arms for defining a pivot axis supporting one of said shelves intervening in a floating relation between each of said arm pairs;
and
releasable detent means for arresting rotation of said shelves to retain a selected shelf at an access station opposite said opening.

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Abstract

A shelf type relatively stationary furniture cabinet for the storage of rectangular entertainment cassettes comprising:

an enclosed cabinet defining an internal cavity and including:
a pair of spaced apart sidewalls having a wood exterior;
and
a plurality of center wall sections having a wood exterior intervening transversely between said side walls and contiguously arranged with respect to each other to collectively with said side walls form an enclosed cabinet of polygonal cross section;
a plurality of spaced shelves disposed within the majority volume of said cavity, said shelves being comprised of spaced end walls secured together by a plurality of underlying spaced apart parallel and rigid strips defining openings intervening therebetween;
each of said shelves including a plurality of uniformly spaced upstanding and parallel partitions defining individual juxtaposed custom sized storage compartments for parallel aligned positioning of said rectangularly shaped entertainment cassettes to be individually stored and retrieved;
one of said center wall sections being hinge connected to a side wall to define a closable access opening to enable placing and retrieving said cassettes onto and from the storage compartments of said shelves;
support means for supporting said shelves in a ferris wheel relation so as to enable said shelves to be displaced within said cabinet progressively past said opening for affording user access thereto;
said support means comprising:
a longitudinal shaft supported for rotation;
spaced apart transverse support plates mounted near each end of said shaft;
a plurality of circumferentially spaced arms extending cantilevered radially outward from each of said support plates in paired relations;
and
lateral pin means in each pair of opposite arms mutually extending coaxially toward each other from near the distal end of said arms for defining a pivot axis supporting one of said shelves intervening in a floating relation between each of said arm pairs;
and
releasable detent means for arresting rotation of said shelves to retain a selected shelf at an access station opposite said opening.

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