U.S. patent application number 09/781950 was filed with the patent office on 2002-08-15 for folding collapsible clothes cabinet.
Invention is credited to Wang, Wen-Tsan.
Application Number | 20020109441 09/781950 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 26056811 |
Filed Date | 2002-08-15 |
United States Patent
Application |
20020109441 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Wang, Wen-Tsan |
August 15, 2002 |
Folding collapsible clothes cabinet
Abstract
A folding collapsible clothes cabinet includes a wheeled folding
base unit formed of two symmetrical halves hinged together, two
upright supports respectively fastened to the two symmetrical
halves of the folding base frame at the top, two links pivoted
together and coupled between the upright supports at one side, and
a top panel coupled to the upright supports at the top, the top
panel having one end pivoted to one of the upright supports and the
other end detachably coupled the other of the upright supports.
Inventors: |
Wang, Wen-Tsan; (Taipei
City, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Wen-Tsan Wang
PO Box 82-144
Taipei City
TW
|
Family ID: |
26056811 |
Appl. No.: |
09/781950 |
Filed: |
February 14, 2001 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
312/258 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47B 43/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
312/258 |
International
Class: |
A47B 043/00 |
Claims
What the invention claimed is:
1. A folding collapsible clothes cabinet comprising: a folding base
unit, said folding base unit comprising two symmetrical halves
hinged together; two upright supports respectively fastened to the
two symmetrical halves of said folding base frame, said upright
supports each comprising two parallel posts, said posts each
comprising a longitudinal sliding groove; two pulleys respectively
mounted in and moved up and down along the longitudinally extended
sliding groove of one of each of said upright supports; two links
pivoted together, said links each having a bottom end pivoted to
one post of one of said upright supports and a top end pivoted to
the pulley in the longitudinally extended sliding groove of one of
the other of said upright supports; and a top panel detachably
coupled to said upright supports at a top side.
2. The folding collapsible clothes cabinet of claim 1 wherein said
top panel has a first end pivoted to one of said upright supports,
and a second end adapted for supporting on the other of said
upright supports.
3. The folding collapsible clothes cabinet of claim 1 wherein said
top panel comprises a hanging rod disposed at a bottom side for
hanging.
4. The folding collapsible clothes cabinet of claim 2 wherein said
upright supports include a first upright support and a second
upright support, said first upright support comprising a top
opening and two pivot holes aligned at two sides of the top opening
of said first upright support, said second upright support
comprising a top opening and two pivot pins aligned at two sides of
the top opening of said second upright support; said top panel
comprises a first end block and a second end block disposed at two
distal ends thereof and respectively fitting the top opening of
each of said upright supports, said first end block comprising two
pivot pins respectively coupled to the pivot holes of said first
upright support, said second end block comprising two coupling
grooves bilaterally disposed at a bottom side thereof and adapted
for coupling to the pivot pins of said second upright support.
5. The folding collapsible clothes cabinet of claim 1 wherein the
two symmetrical halves of said folding base unit each comprise a
transverse frame bar fixedly fastened to the posts of one upright
support and two connecting rods respectively pivoted to said
transverse frame bar and arranged in parallel, the connecting rods
of one of the two symmetrical haves of said folding base unit being
respectively hinged to the connecting rods of the other of the two
symmetrical halves of said folding base unit.
6. The folding collapsible clothes cabinet of claim 5 wherein the
two symmetrical halves of said folding base unit each further
comprise pieces of ropes connected between the respective
connecting rods for carrying things.
7. The folding collapsible clothes cabinet of claim 5 wherein the
two symmetrical halves of said folding base unit each further
comprise a plurality of wheels respectively provided at the
respective transverse frame bar at a bottom side.
8. The folding collapsible clothes cabinet of claim 1 wherein said
upright supports each further comprise a grille connected between
the respective posts.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to clothes cabinet for hanging
clothes and, more specifically, to a folding collapsible clothes
cabinet.
[0002] Regular clothes cabinets for hanging clothes and keeping
personal items are commonly made of wooden materials, metal tubes,
or plastic materials. These clothes cabinets have a fixed size.
When not in use, these clothe cabinets still occupy much storage
space. There are also known detachable clothes cabinets. When not
in use, the parts of a detachable clothes cabinet can be detached
from one another. However, the parts of a detachable clothes
cabinet must be well kept in good order when detached. The detached
detachable clothes cabinet can no longer be set up again in case
either part is lost.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The present invention has been accomplished to provide a
folding collapsible clothes cabinet, which eliminates the aforesaid
problem. It is one object of the present invention to provide a
simple structure of clothes cabinet, which is folding collapsible.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a folding
collapsible clothes cabinet, which is practical for hanging clothes
as well as keeping other items. To achieve these and other objects
of the present invention, the folding collapsible clothes cabinet
comprises a wheeled folding base unit formed of two symmetrical
halves hinged together, two upright supports respectively fastened
to the two symmetrical halves of the folding base frame at the top,
two links pivoted together and coupled between the upright supports
at one side, and a top panel coupled to the upright supports at the
top, the top panel having one end pivoted to one of the upright
supports and the other end detachably coupled the other of the
upright supports. According to another aspect of the present
invention, the links are pivoted to each other, each having a
bottom end pivoted to one post of one of the upright supports and a
top end pivoted to a pulley in a longitudinal sliding groove in one
post of the other of the upright supports.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0004] FIG. 1 is an elevational view of a folding collapsible
clothes cabinet according to the present invention.
[0005] FIG. 1A is an enlarged view of a part of FIG. 1.
[0006] FIG. 1B is an enlarged view of a part of FIG. 1.
[0007] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a part of the folding
collapsible clothes cabinet according to the present invention,
showing the relationship between the top panel and the upright
supports.
[0008] FIG. 2A is an enlarged view of a part of FIG. 2.
[0009] FIG. 3 is a plain view of the present invention showing the
folding collapsible clothes cabinet extended out.
[0010] FIG. 4 is a plain view of the present invention showing the
folding collapsible clothes cabinet collapsed.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0011] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a folding collapsible clothes
cabinet in accordance with the present invention is shown comprised
of two upright supports 1, a top panel 2, a base unit 3, and two
links 4. The supports 1 support the load carried in the clothes
cabinet, each comprising two parallel posts 11 and a grille 111
connected between the posts 11. At least one, or each of the posts
11 has a longitudinally extended sliding groove 110. The supports 1
each have a top opening 12. One of the supports 1 comprises two
pivot pins 14 horizontally aligned at two sides of the top opening
12 thereof. The other of the supports 1 comprises two pivot holes
13 horizontally aligned at two sides of the top opening 12 thereof.
The links 4 are pivotally connected together, each having a bottom
end pivoted to one post 11 of one of the supports 1 by a pivot 43
and a top end pivoted to the pulley 41 in the longitudinally
extended sliding groove 110 of one post 11 of the other of the
supports 1 (see FIG. 1A).
[0012] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 again, the top panel 2 is a
rectangular open frame comprising two end blocks 20 disposed at two
opposite short sides thereof and respectively fitting the top
opening 12 of each support 1, the end blocks 20 each having a
downwardly protruded locating portion 21, a plurality of transverse
slats 23 arranged in parallel between the end blocks 20, and a
hanging rod 22 connected between the downwardly protruded locating
portions 21 of the end blocks 20. Further, one of the end blocks 20
has two coupling grooves 202 bilaterally disposed at the bottom
sidewall thereof corresponding to the pivot pins 14 of one of the
support 1. The other of the end blocks 20 comprises two pivot pins
201 respectively coupled to the pivot holes 13 of the other of the
supports 1. When assembled, the top panel 2 can be turned about the
imaginary axis connected between the pivot holes 13 of one support
1. When turning the top panel 2 to the horizontal, the coupling
grooves 202 of the respective end block 20 are forced into
engagement with the pivot pins 14 of the respective support 1.
[0013] Referring to FIG. 1 again, the base unit 3 comprises two
transverse frame bars 34 respectively fixedly fastened to the
bottom ends of the posts 11 of the supports 1, two pairs of wheels
35 respectively bilaterally provided at the transverse frame bars
34 at the bottom side, two first connecting rods 31 respectively
pivoted to one transverse frame bar 34 and arranged in parallel,
two second connecting rods 32 respectively hinged to the first
connecting rods 31 and pivoted to the other transverse frame bar
34, two stop members 311 respectively provided at the first
connecting rods 31 and adapted to limit turning angle of the first
connecting rods 31 and the second connecting rods 32, and ropes 33
fastened between the first connecting rods 31 as well as between
the second connecting rods 32 for carrying things. Sheet members
may be used and respectively fastened to the first connecting rods
31 and the second connecting rods 32 instead of the ropes 33.
[0014] Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 1 again, when in use, the
supports 1 are pulled apart to extend out the base unit 3, keeping
the first connecting rods 31 and the second connecting rods 32
longitudinally aligned. At this time, the stop members 311 are
respectively stopped at the second connecting rods 32 at the top
side to hold the connecting rods 31 and 32 in the horizontally
aligned position, and things can be put on the ropes 33 between the
connecting rods 31 and 32. Thereafter, the top panel 2 is turned
inwards to the horizontal position to force the coupling grooves
202 of the respective end block 20 into engagement with the pivot
pins 14 of the respective support 1. When set up, clothes can be
hung on the hanging rod 22 or the transverse slats 23.
[0015] Referring to FIG. 4, when not in use, the top panel 2 is
turned outwards to disengage the coupling grooves 202 of the
respective end block 20 from the pivot pins 14 of the respective
support 1, and then the first connecting rods 31 and the second
connecting rods 32 are turned upwards to move the supports I toward
each other, and at the same time the pulleys 41 are moved with the
respective links 4 upwards along the respective longitudinally
extended sliding grooves 110. When folded up, as shown in FIG. 4,
the clothes cabinet requires less storage space.
[0016] While only one embodiment of the present invention has been
shown and described, it will be understood that various
modifications and changes could be made thereunto without departing
from the spirit and scope of the invention disclosed.
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