Cabinet with adjustable shelf
AssigneeCannon Equipment LLC
InventorsClemance Bernard Finstad, III, Merle Arvid Larson, Michael Piontek
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Abstract
A cabinet having a deep shelf with limited access is described and includes at least two opposite sides carrying track means to permit easy adjustment of the shelf between two or more levels by a single person maneuvering only the one accessible end of the shelf. The cabinet can be mounted on wheels to form a cart. One or more such adjustable shelves can be provided. The shelves may be positioned just above the bottom of the cart to provide a maximum depth cart for use, in intermediate positions for use with smaller objects and/or at the very top and/or side of the cart and locked in position to provide a secured interior for the cabinet.
Claims35
A method for adjusting a shelf in a cabinet, having access to the shelf at only one end thereof, said cabinet having track means for guiding a far other end of said shelf from one level to another level, comprising the steps of:
- providing track means in the form of flat plates;
- forming at least one slot into each of said flat plates to form a said track,
- providing said flat plates on opposite sides of said cabinet,
- securing said flat plates to said opposite sides of said cabinet;
- providing means on said shelf extending into each of said flat plates and extending into said slot on each flat plate;
- guiding and supporting the far other end of said shelf with said means on said shelf resting in said slots in said flat plates;
- freeing the adjacent one end of the shelf,
- maneuvering the one end of the shelf from the one level to another level, while causing moving of the far other end of said shelf on said track means in said slots in said flat plates to said another level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.