US 6,039,422 A · Sliding and tilting shelf drawer

Abstract

A sliding and tilting shelf drawer for storing and organizing various articles. The drawer includes a compartment that slides between a storage and an accessible position and tilts between an upright and a tilted position. The drawer also includes a base member having a pair of tracks and a pair of slide members slidingly disposed in the tracks. The compartment is pivotally attached to the slide members. The compartment has openings so that the articles may be viewed from outside the compartment and so that the drawer may be installed as a single unit. The base member has a lip for engaging a front edge of a shelf surface so that the drawer may be correctly position and easily installed. The base member may also be attached to a back wall to prevent the surface from tilting. The compartment may also be removed from the base member. The compartment may be formed of horizontal and vertical members. A handle attaches to the compartment and mates with the horizontal and vertical members. The compartment may have a first and a second portions so that the width of the compartment is adjustable to efficiently utilize the surface space.

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Dependent claims

A device for organizing and storing various articles, said device being adapted for disposition in a space having a horizontal surface having a front edge having a substantially vertical surface, said device comprising:

a base member disposed on said horizontal surface, said base member having first and second tracks, each track having a forward end, and a forward member extending between said tracks and holding said tracks together in a parallel configuration;
first and second slide members each slidingly disposed in one of said tracks, said slide members sliding between an accessible position and a storage position;
a compartment pivotally attached to said slide members, said compartment pivoting between an upright position and a tilted position;
and
a lip formed on said forward member, said lip adapted for abutting said substantially vertical surface of said front edge of said horizontal surface for correctly positioning said base member and compartment with respect to said vertical surface such that said slide member slides said compartment between said accessible position and said storage position along a substantially perpendicular path with respect to said front edge of said horizontal surface.

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A device for organizing and storing various articles, said device being adapted for disposition in a space having a horizontal surface, said device comprising:

a compartment means for holding said various articles;
a sliding means for sliding said compartment means between an accessible position and a storage position, said sliding means being coupled to said compartment means and adapted to be coupled to said surface;
a tilting means for tilting said compartment means between an upright position and a tilted position, said tilting means being coupled to said compartment means and said sliding means;
and
a tilt limiting means for limiting the tilt of said compartment means such that said compartment means is prevented from tilting past a point where said various articles in said compartment means inadvertently exit said compartment means, said tilt limiting means comprising a ridge formed along and fixedly attached to at least a portion of said compartment means;
said ridge abutting said sliding means, said sliding means extending to said ridge when said compartment is in said tilted position.

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A device for organizing and storing various articles, said device being adapted for disposition in a space having a horizontal surface, said device comprising:

a base member adapted to be disposed on said surface, said base member having a track;
a slide member slidingly disposed in said track, said slide member sliding between an accessible position and a storage position;
a compartment pivotally attached to said slide member, said compartment pivoting between an upright position and a tilted position;
and
a tilt limiting means for limiting the tilt of said compartment such that said compartment is prevented from tilting past a point where said various articles in said compartment inadvertently exit said compartment, said tilt limiting means comprising a ridge formed along and fixedly attached to at least a portion of said compartment said ridge abutting said slide member, said slide member extending to said ridge when said compartment is in said tilted position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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