U.S. patent application number 10/265238 was filed with the patent office on 2004-04-08 for storage box adapted to elevated flooring.
Invention is credited to Wu, Chin Feng.
Application Number | 20040065028 10/265238 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 32737246 |
Filed Date | 2004-04-08 |
United States Patent
Application |
20040065028 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Wu, Chin Feng |
April 8, 2004 |
Storage box adapted to elevated flooring
Abstract
A storage structure beneath an elevated floor system comprised
of pedestals, beams, a flooring unit and a storage box; the beams
connected to pedestals to define a frame beneath the flooring unit;
lip outwardly extending from both sides of the beam mutually locks
up that provided on the peripheral of the opening side of the box
for the box to be suspended beneath the flooring unit to provide
additional storage space without compromising the layout of
electric wiring that the elevated floor serves.
Inventors: |
Wu, Chin Feng; (Taipei,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Chin-Feng WU
PO Box 82-144
TAIPEI
TW
|
Family ID: |
32737246 |
Appl. No.: |
10/265238 |
Filed: |
October 7, 2002 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
52/196 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E04F 15/02417 20130101;
E04F 15/02452 20130101; H02G 3/388 20130101; E04F 19/08 20130101;
E04F 15/02458 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
052/196 |
International
Class: |
E04H 007/00 |
Claims
1. A storage box adapted to an elevated flooring system essentially
comprised of four pedestals, four beams, a flooring unit and a
storage box; beams connecting pedestals to form a support frame;
the frame being provided on its side a hooking lip and another
hooking lip being provided on the side of the upper edge of the
storage box; the storage box being suspended to provide additional
storage space without compromising the arrangement of electric
wiring below the storage box.
2. A storage box adapted to an elevated flooring system as claimed
in claim 1, wherein, a mobile worm is placed into the center of the
pedestal; a disk being provided at the top of the mobile worm,
multiple screw holes and gaps being provided on the disk and a soft
packing in a shape substantially similar to that of the disk being
inserted on the top of the disk.
3. A storage box adapted to an elevated flooring system as claimed
in claim 1, wherein, the beam relates to a frame in a
".cent.z.cent.{" shape.
4. A storage box adapted to an elevated flooring system as claimed
in claim 1, wherein, a soft packing is provided over the top
surface of the beam.
5. A storage box adapted to an elevated flooring system as claimed
in claim 1, wherein, a screw hole is respectively provided on the
front and the rear edge of the beam.
6. A storage box adapted to an elevated flooring system as claimed
in claim 1, wherein, the beam is related to a hollow pipe and a
hooking clip on its side.
7. A storage box adapted to an elevated flooring system as claimed
in claim 1, wherein, the depth of the storage box is approximately
equal to two thirds of that of the pedestal.
8. A storage box adapted to an elevated flooring system as claimed
in claim 1, wherein, an hooking lip facing downward is provided on
the upper edge of the storage box.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] (a) Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention is related to a unit of storage box
adapted to an elevated floor system, and more particularly, to one
suspended beneath the elevated floor to provide additional storage
space without affecting the layout of electric wiring under the
elevated floor.
[0003] (b) Description of the Prior Art
[0004] Today, information products including computer, facsimile
machine, photocopier, modem, printer, telephone . . . etc., are not
only popular for industrial application but also becoming popular
at home thanks to automation hi-tech. To activate these products,
electric wires are required for the transmission of power source or
signals. Accordingly, an elevated flooring system as illustrated in
FIG. 10 of the accompanying drawings has been developed to improve
the layout of the electric wiring work, maintain a nice and neat
office environment and allow easy access for work and service.
[0005] However, the elevated flooring system is ideal only for
accommodating the layout of the electric wiring system, it has
actually reduced the space otherwise available for cabinets or
other storage facilities, particularly in an area further
restricted by the ceiling above the elevated flooring system. An
improvement to provide additional storage space without
compromising the existing electric wiring arrangement is
required.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a
storage box that is effective to provide additional storage place
beneath the elevated flooring system.
[0007] Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a
storage box that will not compromise the exiting electric wiring
arrangement beneath the elevated flooring system.
[0008] The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief
introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these
and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention
itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the
art, the following detailed description of the invention and the
claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying
drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical
reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.
[0009] Many other advantages and features of the present invention
will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making
reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets
of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment
incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by
way of illustrative example.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a first preferred embodiment
of the present invention.
[0011] FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the first preferred embodiment
of the present invention as assembled.
[0012] FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the first preferred
embodiment of the present invention in use.
[0013] FIG. 4 is a bird's view of the first preferred embodiment of
the present invention.
[0014] FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a framework of the prior art
used to support an elevated floor.
[0015] FIG. 6 is an exploded view of a second preferred embodiment
of the present invention.
[0016] FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the second preferred
embodiment of the present invention as assembled.
[0017] FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing that multiple storage
boxes of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention
are piled up in a stack.
[0018] FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing that the storage box is
laterally moved to give way for pipeline work.
[0019] FIG. 10 is a schematic view showing a structure of the
elevated floor of the prior art.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0020] The following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments
only, and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or
configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following
description provides a convenient illustration for implementing
exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the
described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement
of the elements described without departing from the scope of the
invention as set forth in the appended claims.
[0021] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a first preferred embodiment of
the present invention is comprised of multiple pedestals 2,
multiple beams 3, a storage box 4 and a flooring unit 5. Wherein, a
mobile worm 21 screwed to a nut 25 penetrates into the center of
the pedestal 2; a disk 22 is disposed at the top of the worm 21,
multiple screw holes 23 and gaps 24 are provided on the disk 22;
and the disk 22 is further covered on its top a soft packing 26 in
shape substantially similar to that of the disk 22; the beam 3
substantially indicates an inverted U-shape, running concave
portions respectively at its center, right and left while at both
ends of the beam 3 a screw hole 31 is each provided and a hooking
lip 32 is each externally extending from both sides of the beam 3;
and a rubber packing 33 is provided on the top surface of the beam
3; the storage box 4 contains an accommodation space 42 and made in
a length of its four edges slightly shorter than that of the beam
3, and in a height approximately equal to two thirds of that of the
pedestal 2 to permit space available between the bottom of the
storage box 4 and the ground for the electric wiring arrangement;
and another hooking lip 41 is running on the upper edge of both
sides of the storage box 4; and the flooring unit 5 is related to a
square floor panel.
[0022] The gaps 24 provided at four corners of the disk 22 of the
pedestal 2 are inserted with four beams 3. The screw hole 31 of
each beam is secured with a screw to the screw hole 23 of the disk
22 of the pedestal 2, and then the rubber packing 26 is placed on
the top surface of the disk 22 with the hooking lip 41 facing
downward provided on the upper edge of the storage box 4 to hook
onto the hooking lip 32 provided at both sides of two beams 3. The
flooring unit 5 is finally placed over a frame (i.e. the top of the
storage box 4) defined by the pedestals 3 and beams 3 to form an
integral elevated flooring system.
[0023] As illustrated in FIG. 3, simply by lifting the flooring
unit 5, the storage space 42 inside the storage box 4 is available
for accommodating objects desired to be stored, thus to effectively
increase the usable space beneath the elevated flooring system.
[0024] In case of rough ground is the case as illustrated in FIG.
2, the flooring unit 5 can be leveled by either rising or
descending the mobile worm 21 in the pedestal 2 before
re-tightening up the nut 25 for the storage box 4 to stay at a
height approximately two thirds of that of the pedestal 2 so to
leave a space 27 below the bottom of the storage box 4 when the
storage box is hooked onto the hooking lip 32 externally provided
to the beam 3 for the layout of various types of pipelines for
electricity wiring 6 without compromising the original purpose of
the elevated flooring system.
[0025] Now referring to FIG. 4, each flooring unit 5 is available
to be provided beneath it a storage box 4 as desired so effectively
increase the storage space without further consuming the already
confined floor space in the office or interfering with the
arrangement of the electric wiring under the elevated flooring
system.
[0026] In a conventional elevated flooring system as illustrated in
FIG. 5, it includes four pedestals 7 and four beams 8 for each unit
of the flooring system. Wherein, the pedestal 7 is similarly
provided with a mobile worm 71 having a nut 74 at its top. A disk
72 is provided on top of the mobile worm 71 and multiple screw
holes are provided in the disk 72 to engage to the beams 8 to for a
unit of the elevated flooring system.
[0027] As illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7, a second preferred
embodiment of the present invention includes the pedestal 7 as
disclosed in the first preferred embodiment, a beam 8 of a hollow
pipe provided at its front and rear ends each a screw hole 81 to be
secured through the screw hole 73 to the disk 72 with a screw 82,
and a hooking lip 83 is formed outwardly from one side at the
bottom edge of the beam 8. A hooking lip 91 provided on the upper
edge of a storage box 9 locks up the hooking lip 83 of the beam 8
to provide additional storage space beneath the elevated flooring
system without affecting the arrangement of the electric
wiring.
[0028] The storage box 9 of the second preferred embodiment of the
present invention is provided with the hooking lip 91 at its side
edge on the upper end, and the storage box 9 itself indicates a
certain inclination 92 so that multiple storage boxes 9 can be
piled up in a stack to reduce the shipping space.
[0029] As illustrated in FIG. 9, to facilitate the access of the
electric wiring pipelines below the bottom of the storage box 9,
the storage box 9 can be laterally moved to either side where no
storage box 9 is provided by hooking the edge where both of the
hooking lip 83 of the beam 8 and the hooking lip 91 of the storage
box are engaged to each other.
[0030] It will be understood that each of the elements described
above, or two or more together may also find a useful application
in other types of methods differing from the type described
above.
[0031] While certain novel features of this invention have been
shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is
not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be
understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and
changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in
its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without
departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.
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