Handicapped vanity
OwnerSarah S. Robinsoninventor
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Abstract
A handicapped vanity of the type including a counter and a sink positioned in the counter. The vanity further includes left and right cabinets positioned beneath the counter proximate the sink and each mounted for pivotal movement between a storage position in which a storage portion of the cabinet is positioned beneath the counter and an access position in which the storage portion is positioned forwardly of the counter on a respective side of the centerline of the sink. Each cabinet further includes an impact portion positioned directly beneath the sink in the path of movement of an approaching wheelchair so that the approaching wheelchair strikes the impact portions of the cabinets and pivots the storage portions of the cabinets to their access positions on opposite sides of the wheelchair.
Claims11
A handicapped vanity comprising:
- a counter having a front edge;
- a sink positioned in the counter;
- a cabinet having an impact portion and a storage portion and mounted for movement between a storage position in which the storage portion is positioned beneath the counter and the impact portion is positioned beneath the counter directly forwardly of the sink in a position blocking access to a space under the counter beneath the sink and an access position in which the storage portion extends forwardly from the front edge of the counter and the impact portion is positioned beneath the counter in a position allowing entry of a leading edge of a wheelchair into the space;
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- means operative in response to impact of an approaching wheelchair or occupant with the impact portion to move the cabinet from said storage position to said access position whereby a leading edge of the wheelchair may enter the space and the storage portion of the cabinet extends forwardly from the front edge of the counter and alongside the wheelchair for access by the wheelchair occupant.
A handicapped vanity comprising:
- a counter having a front edge;
- a sink positioned in the counter;
- first and second cabinets each having an impact portion and a storage portion and each mounted for movement between a storage position in which the storage portion is positioned beneath the counter and the impact portion is positioned beneath the counter directly forwardly of the sink in a position blocking access to a space under the counter beneath the sink and an access position in which the storage portion extends forwardly from the front edge of the counter and the impact portion is positioned beneath the counter in a position allowing entry of a leading edge of a wheelchair into the space;
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- means operative in response to impact of an approaching wheelchair or occupant with the impact portions to move the cabinets from said storage positions to said access positions whereby a leading edge of the wheelchair may enter the space and the storage portions of the first and second cabinets extend forwardly from the front edge of the counter for access by the wheelchair occupant.
A handicapped vanity comprising:
- a counter having a front edge;
- a sink positioned in the counter and defining a center line normal to the counter front edge;
- a first cabinet having a storage portion defining a first planar front face and mounted for movement between a storage position in which the storage portion is positioned beneath the counter and an access position in which the storage portion extends forwardly from the front edge of the counter on one side of the center line with the first planar front face extending generally parallel to the center line;
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- a second cabinet having a storage portion defining a second planar front face and mounted for movement between a storage position in which the storage portion is positioned beneath the counter and an access position in which the storage portion extends forwardly from the front edge of the counter on the other side of the center line with the second planar front face extending generally parallel to the center line and laterally displaced from the first planar front face by a distance sufficient to allow placement of a wheelchair therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.