U.S. patent application number 10/986839 was filed with the patent office on 2006-05-18 for jewelry chest with a fully locking system.
Invention is credited to Jung-Shih Chang.
Application Number | 20060103275 10/986839 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 36385539 |
Filed Date | 2006-05-18 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060103275 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Chang; Jung-Shih |
May 18, 2006 |
Jewelry chest with a fully locking system
Abstract
A jewelry chest comprises a chest body having an upper case, a
bottom shelf, a rear vertical wall and a pair of spaced-apart
oppositely facing sidewalls fixedly disposed between the upper case
and the bottom shelf. A top lid is hingedly mounted to the rear
vertical wall. At least one door is hingedly mounted to one of the
sidewalls. A primary lock assembly is disposed between the top lid
and the chest body. A secondary lock assembly is disposed between
the door and the top lid. Accordingly, The jewelry chest would have
a fully locking system that can lock the lid and the door thereof
at the same time.
Inventors: |
Chang; Jung-Shih; (Ta Li
City, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BROWDY AND NEIMARK, P.L.L.C.
624 Ninth Street, N.W.
Washington
DC
20001-5303
US
|
Family ID: |
36385539 |
Appl. No.: |
10/986839 |
Filed: |
November 15, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
312/290 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45C 11/16 20130101;
E05B 65/44 20130101; E05B 65/0003 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
312/290 |
International
Class: |
A47B 81/00 20060101
A47B081/00 |
Claims
1. A jewelry chest with a fully locking system, comprising: a chest
body having an upper case to provide an upper storage space, a
bottom shelf, a rear vertical wall and a pair of spaced-apart
oppositely facing sidewalls fixedly disposed between said upper
case and said bottom shelf to provide a side storage space; a top
lid hingedly mounted to said rear vertical wall for closing said
upper storage space; at least one door hingedly mounted to one of
said sidewalls to provide ready access to the side storage space; a
primary lock assembly disposed between said top lid and said chest
body in such a way that when said top lid is in closed position, it
can be locked by said primary lock assembly; and a secondary lock
assembly disposed between said door and said top lid in such a way
that when said door and said top lid are in closed position, said
door can be locked by said primary lock assembly through said
secondary lock assembly.
2. A jewelry chest as recited in claim 1, further comprising at
least one horizontally oriented drawer slidably received in said
side storage space.
3. A jewelry chest as recited in claim 1, wherein said primary lock
assembly includes a lock mechanism with a tongue raised and lowered
thereby, a lock plate having a housing to receive said tongue being
on the raised position, said lock mechanism mounted on said upper
case, said lock plate mounted on said top lid such that when said
top lid is in the closed position and said tongue is on the raised
position, said tongue can be received by said housing of said lock
plate.
4. A jewelry chest as recited in claim 1, wherein said secondary
lock assembly includes a male locking device and a female locking
device, said male locking device disposed on said top lid, said
female locking device disposed on said door in such a way that when
said top lid and said door both in the closed position, said male
device is received in said female device.
5. A jewelry chest as recited in claim 4, wherein said male locking
device is a post, said female locking device has a hole fitted to
receive said post.
6. A jewelry chest with a fully locking system, comprising: a chest
body having an upper case, a bottom shelf, a rear vertical wall and
a pair of spaced-apart oppositely facing sidewalls fixedly disposed
between said upper case and said bottom shelf to provide a storage
space, a top lid hingedly mounted to said rear vertical wall for
closing said upper case; a pair of doors respectively and hingedly
mounted to each of said sidewalls to provide ready access to the
storage space; at least one horizontally oriented drawer slidably
received in said storage space; a primary lock assembly having a
lock mechanism with a tongue raised and lowered by said lock
mechanism, a lock plate having a housing to receive said tongue
being on the raised position, said lock mechanism mounted on said
upper case, said lock plate mounted on said top lid such that when
said top lid is in the closed position and said tongue is on the
raised position, said tongue can be received by said housing of
said lock plate; and two secondary lock assembly, each of said
secondary lock assembly having a male locking device and a female
locking device, said male locking device disposed on said top lid,
said female locking device disposed on one of said doors in such a
way that when said top lid and said door both in the closed
position, said male device is received in said female device.
7. A jewelry chest as recited in claim 6, wherein said upper case
has an upper storage area where jewelry can be stored.
8. A jewelry chest as recited in claim 6, wherein said male locking
device is a post, said female locking device has a hole fitted to
receive said post.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a jewelry chest, and more
particularly to a jewelry chest having an upper storage area, a
side storage area and a fully locking system to lock the storage
areas at the same time.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] The prior art jewelry chests or boxes as disclosed in U.S.
Pat. No. 4,771,206, U.S. Pat. No. 4,984,854 and U.S. Pat. No.
6,595,609 generally have only a side storage space where jewelry
can be stored and specially have no locking means for securely
storing jewelry.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] A main object of the present invention is to provide a
jewelry chest with a fully locking system that can lock all of the
doors or lids the chest may have at the same time.
[0006] Another object of the present invention is to provide a
jewelry chest with an upper storage area and a side storage area
for having selectable positions to store jewelry.
[0007] Accordingly, in order to accomplish the above objects, the
present invention provides a jewelry chest which comprises a chest
body having an upper case to provide an upper storage space, a
bottom shelf, a rear vertical wall and a pair of spaced-apart
oppositely facing sidewalls fixedly disposed between said upper
case and said bottom shelf to provide a side storage space. A top
lid is hingedly mounted to said rear vertical wall for closing said
upper storage space. At least one door is hingedly mounted to one
of said sidewalls to provide ready access to the side storage
space. A primary lock assembly is disposed between said top lid and
said chest body in such a way that when said top lid is in closed
position, it can be locked by said primary lock assembly. A
secondary lock assembly is disposed between said door and said top
lid in such a way that when said door and said top lid are in
closed position, said door can be locked by said primary lock
assembly through said secondary lock assembly.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a jewelry chest with a fully
locking system according to a preferred embodiment of the present
invention;
[0009] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the jewelry chest with a
fully locking system according to the above preferred embodiment of
the present invention, illustrating the top lid and the side doors
being in the open position;
[0010] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the jewelry chest with a
fully locking system according to the above preferred embodiment of
the present invention, illustrating the top lid and being in the
open position and the side doors being in the close position;
and
[0011] FIG. 4 is a front view of the jewelry chest with a fully
locking system according to the above preferred embodiment of the
present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0012] Referring to the drawings, a jewelry chest 10 according to a
preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated,
wherein the jewelry chest is adapted for storing jewelry.
[0013] The jewelry chest 10 includes a chest body 20, a top lid 30,
a pair of side doors 40, 50, a primary lock assembly 60 and two
secondary lock assemblies 70.
[0014] The chest body 20 has an upper case 21, a bottom shelf 22, a
rear vertical wall 23 and a pair of spaced-apart oppositely facing
sidewalls 24,25 fixedly disposed between the upper case 21 and the
bottom shelf 22. The upper case 21 provides an upper storage area
which can be divided into a plurality of sub-storage space. The
upper case 21, the bottom shelf 22 the rear wall 23 and the
sidewalls 24,25 define a side storage space.
[0015] The top lid 30 is mounted to the upper end of the rear
vertical wall 23 by a pair of hinges 32 for opening and closing the
upper storage area. The right side door 40 is mounted to the right
sidewall 24 by a pair of hinges 26 and the left side door is
mounted to the left sidewall 25 by another pair of hinges 28 for
opening and closing the side storage space. Three horizontally
oriented drawers 80, each of them is respectively and slidably
received in the side storage space.
[0016] The primary lock assembly 60 has a lock mechanism 62 and a
lock plate 64. The lock mechanism 62 has a tongue 66 which is
raised and lowered thereby. The lock plate 64 has a housing 68. The
lock mechanism 62 is mounted on the front side of the upper case
21. The lock plate 64 is mounted on the front end of the top lid 30
in such a way that when the top lid 30 is in the closed position
and the tongue 66 is in the raised position, the tongue 66 can be
received in the housing 68 of the lock plate 64.
[0017] Each of the secondary lock assemblies 70 has a male locking
device 72 and a female locking device 74. The male locking devices
72 can be a post disposed on the front side of the top lid 30. The
female locking devices 74 can be a hole disposed on the upper side
of the door 40,50 in such a way that when the top lid 30 and the
doors 40, 50 are in the closed position, the male locking devices
72 are received in the female locking devices 74.
[0018] As described and illustrated, it should be readily
appreciated that the jewelry chest 10 has the upper case 21 with an
upper storage area and the horizontally oriented drawers 80 placed
in the side storage space defined by the chest body 20, the jewelry
chest 10 would have selectable storage positions on two sides to
store jewelry. Specially, when the top lid 30 is locked by the
primary lock assembly 60, the doors 40, 50 are also locked by the
primary lock assembly 60 through the secondary lock assembly 70. In
other words, the chest 10 has a fully locking system that can lock
the lid and the doors thereof at the same time.
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