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US 7,967,400 B1Granted
Wall mounted personal cabinet for jewelry and other items
OwnerPamela K. Colluminventor
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Abstract
A personal cabinet for jewelry, tobacco products and implements or other items has a housing mount. An actuator housing is located within the housing mount and defines an actuator housing receptacle. A spring urged inner case is movably connected with the actuator housing within the actuator housing receptacle and is linearly moveable to a contracted position and a projected position relative to the actuator housing and housing mount. A latch mechanism retains the inner case at the contracted position and a latch release mechanism is operated to release the inner case for spring urged linear movement to its projected position. A closure is pivotally mounted to the inner case and can be opened only when the inner case has been moved to its projected position.
Claims15
A personal cabinet for jewelry or other small items, comprising:
- a housing mount;
- an actuator housing being supported by said housing mount and defining an actuator housing receptacle;
- an inner article storage case being movably connected with said actuator housing within said actuator housing receptacle and during normal operation being selectively moveable to a contracted position where said inner article storage case is located substantially completely within said actuator housing receptacle and being selectively moveable to a projected position where said inner article storage case is extended at least partially from said actuator housing receptacle;
- a closure member being mounted to said inner article storage case and being movable relative to said inner article storage case to an open position permitting access to articles stored therein and to a closed positions preventing access to articles stored within said inner article storage case;
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- said actuator housing preventing opening movement of said closure member when said inner article storage case is located at said contracted position and permitting movement of said closure from said closed position toward said open position only after movement of said inner case from said contracted position toward said projected position.
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A personal cabinet for jewelry or other small items, comprising:
- a housing mount;
- an actuator housing being positioned within said housing mount receptacle and defining an actuator housing receptacle;
- a inner article storage case being movably mounted to said actuator housing within said actuator housing receptacle and being linearly moveable to a contracted position within said actuator housing receptacle and a projected position extended at least partially from said actuator housing receptacle;
- a latch mechanism having a latched condition retaining said inner case at said contracted position and a release condition permitting projecting movement of said inner case;
- a latch release mechanism having releasing relation with said latch mechanism and releasing said inner article storage case from said latched condition at said contracted position for movement to said projected position;
- spring members being disposed in force transmitting engagement with said actuator housing and said inner article storage case and moving said inner article storage case to said projected position upon release of said latch mechanism;
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- a closure member being mounted to said inner article storage case and being movable to open and closed positions relative to said inner article storage case and said actuator housing, at said closed position said closure member being prevented from opening movement by said actuator housing, said closure member being moveable from said closed position toward said open position only when said inner article storage case has been moved linearly from said contracted position toward said projected position.
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A personal cabinet for jewelry or other small items, comprising:
- an actuator housing defining a housing receptacle;
- an inner article storage case being movably mounted to said actuator housing within said housing receptacle and having a contracted position within said actuator housing receptacle and being linearly movable to a projected position with said inner article storage case extended at least partially from said actuator housing receptacle;
- a latch mechanism having a latched condition retaining said inner case at said contracted position and a released condition permitting projecting movement of said inner case relative to said housing receptacle;
- a latch release mechanism selectively releasing said latch mechanism from said latched condition;
- a spring member being disposed in force transmitting engagement with said actuator housing and said inner case and moving said inner case linearly from said contracted position to said projected position upon release of said latch mechanism;
- stop members within said actuator housing preventing projecting movement of said inner article storage case beyond said projected position;
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- a closure member being supported by said inner article storage case and having an open position permitting access to said inner article storage case and a closed position preventing access to said inner article storage case;
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- said actuator housing and said inner article storage case preventing opening movement of said closure member when said inner article storage case is at said retracted position and permitting opening movement of said closure member upon movement of said inner article storage case from said retracted position toward said projected position.
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