U.S. patent application number 13/174114 was filed with the patent office on 2013-01-03 for detachable cabinet with multiple functions.
Invention is credited to Jack Liu.
Application Number | 20130002112 13/174114 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 47389915 |
Filed Date | 2013-01-03 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130002112 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Liu; Jack |
January 3, 2013 |
DETACHABLE CABINET WITH MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS
Abstract
A detachable cabinet with multiple functions is provided. The
cabinet includes a folding frame, a top panel and a bottom panel.
The folding frame is foldable to save transport costs. Also, the
top panel and the bottom panel are connected to the folding frame
the notch and the stud. Therefore, the bench cabinet can be
assembled and disassembled easily without tools by users. After
assembly, the cabinet would assemble divider panels or drawers to
form as a floor cabinet, a drawer cabinet or a storage cabinet.
Inventors: |
Liu; Jack; (Taichung City,
TW) |
Family ID: |
47389915 |
Appl. No.: |
13/174114 |
Filed: |
June 30, 2011 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
312/262 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47B 43/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
312/262 |
International
Class: |
A47B 43/00 20060101
A47B043/00 |
Claims
1. A cabinet comprising: a folding frame, including a back wall and
two folding sidewalls connected two opposite sides respectively,
wherein the folding sidewalls are foldable to flatly contact to the
back wall, and the folding sidewalls including studs at a top side
and a bottom side of an inner surface; a top panel, including at
least one notch at two opposite sides of a bottom surface, the top
panel being connected to the folding frame between the sidewalls
near the top sides of the sidewalls by the studs fixing to the
notch; and a bottom panel, including at least one notch at two
opposite sides of a bottom surface, the bottom panel being
connected to the folding frame between the sidewalls near the
bottom sides of the sidewalls by the studs fixing to the notch.
2. The cabinet of claim 1, wherein the stud including a neck
section and a connected head section with an outer diameter of the
head section greater than a diameter of the neck section.
3. The cabinet of claim 2, wherein the notch includes a clamping
portion to fix the neck section of the stud.
4. The bench cabinet of claim 1, further includes a stand, the
stand includes two transverse sticks, each transverse stick
includes two plinths at two ends, one of the plinths of each
transverse stick is pivotly connected to a lengthwise stick,
another one of the plinths and a end of the lengthwise stick
include a male buckle member and a female buckle member to connect
together.
5. The cabinet of claim 4, wherein the male buckle members and the
female buckle members are connected to form a hinge.
6. The cabinet of claim 5, wherein the male buckle members include
a connecting portion and a pivot, and the female buckle members
include a connecting portion and a sleeve, the male buckle members
and the female buckle members are connected to the plinths and the
lengthwise sticks by the connecting portions.
7. The cabinet of claim 6, wherein the male buckle member is
connected to the female buckle member by the pivot inserting into
the sleeve.
8. The cabinet of claim 6, wherein the hinge is a butterfly
hinge.
9. The cabinet of claim 4, wherein the another one of the plinths
of the transverse sticks include the female buckle members.
10. The cabinet of claim 4, wherein the lengthwise sticks include
the male buckle members at the ends.
11. The cabinet of claim 1, wherein the folding sidewalls include a
plurality of fixing holes at the inner surface.
12. The cabinet of claim 11, wherein the fixing holes are adapted
to connect at least one supporter for supporting a divider
panel.
13. The cabinet of claim 12, wherein the supporter includes a
L-shaped body, a inserting portion, and a supporting pad, the
inserting portion tight-fit in the fixing holes and the supporting
pad is adapted to support the divider panel.
14. The cabinet of claim 11, the fixing holes are adapted to
connect at least one slider for supporting a drawer.
15. The cabinet of claim 1, wherein the folding frame further
includes a hanging stick at a back side of the back wall, the
hanging stick has a inclined plane at a bottom surface.
16. The cabinet of claim 15, wherein the hanging stick is adapted
to hang the cabinet by placing on a fixing stick which is fixed on
a wall surface, and the fixing stick has a corresponding inclined
plane at a top surface.
17. The cabinet of claim 1, further comprises at lease one front
door at the a front side of the folding frame.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a cabinet which is adapted
for a floor cabinet, a drawer cabinet or a storage cabinet,
especially to a detachable cabinet with multiple functions.
[0003] 2. Related Art
[0004] Do it yourself (DIY) modular furniture is currently popular
because DIY furniture can be transported easily after being
disassembled into component pieces and also can be changed into
different forms depending on different requirements. Additionally,
people enjoy a sense of achievement when the furniture is
completed.
[0005] However, DIY modular furniture still has some disadvantages
because tools are needed when the furniture is assembled or
disassembled. For example, a conventional DIY cabinet is composed
of multiple boards or sheets of materials to fabricate a frame in
which objects are held. Fastening devices detachably used to
connect adjacent boards or sheets of materials to construct a frame
are mostly flat-head or oval-head countersunk screws that require a
suitable screwdriver to fasten or release the countersunk screws.
Therefore, assembling or disassembling the DIY cabinet is
inconvenient or impossible when suitable tools are not
available.
[0006] Moreover, DIY cabinet is usually with signal function. If
the users would like to use a floor cabinet, a drawer cabinet or a
storage cabinet, it needs to buy at least three different cabinets,
even the user only use one of them at one time. Hence, it is very
inconvenient for users.
[0007] The present invention is, therefore, intended to obviate or
at least alleviate the problems encountered in the prior art.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] It is an objective of the present invention to provide a
detachable cabinet with multiple functions. The cabinet is easy to
assemble for users, and the space-occupied is decreased to save
transport cost. Also, the cabinet is adapted for a floor cabinet, a
drawer cabinet or a storage cabinet.
[0009] The cabinet according to the present invention includes a
folding frame, a top panel and a bottom panel. The folding frame
includes a back wall and two folding sidewalls connected two
opposite sides respectively. The folding sidewalls are foldable to
flatly contact to the back wall, and the folding sidewalls includes
studs at a top side and a bottom side of an inner surface. The top
panel includes at least one notch at two opposite sides of a bottom
surface, and is connected to the folding frame between the
sidewalls near the top sides of the sidewalls by the studs fixing
to the notch. The bottom panel includes at least one notch at two
opposite sides of a bottom surface, and is connected to the folding
frame between the sidewalls near the bottom sides of the sidewalls
by the studs fixing to the notch.
[0010] The folding sidewalls include a plurality of fixing holes at
the inner surface. By fixing supporters or sliders, dividers or
drawers can be assembled to form as a floor cabinet, a drawer
cabinet or a storage cabinet.
[0011] These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the
present invention will become better understood with reference to
the following description and appended claims. It is to be
understood that both the foregoing general description and the
following detailed description are examples, and are intended to
provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0012] The present invention will become more fully understood from
the detailed description given herein below for illustration only,
and thus is not limitative of the present invention, and
wherein:
[0013] FIG. 1 is a respective view of the cabinet in accordance
with the present invention.
[0014] FIG. 2 is a respective view of the folding frame of the
cabinet in accordance with the present invention.
[0015] FIG. 3 is a respective view of the folding frame of the
cabinet in accordance with the present invention, which shows the
folding frame to be folded.
[0016] FIG. 4 is a respective view of the folding frame of the
cabinet in accordance with the present invention, which shows the
folding frame to be unfolded.
[0017] FIG. 5 is a respective view of the cabinet in accordance
with the present invention, which shows the top panel and the
bottom panel to be connected to the folding frame.
[0018] FIG. 6 is a respective view of the cabinet in accordance
with the present invention, which shows the stubs connecting to the
notches.
[0019] FIG. 7 is a respective view of the cabinet in accordance
with the present invention, which shows the supporters connecting
to the sidewall.
[0020] FIG. 8 is a respective view of the cabinet in accordance
with the present invention, which shows the cabinet to be as a
floor cabinet.
[0021] FIG. 9 is a respective view of the cabinet in accordance
with the present invention, which shows the sliders to be
connected.
[0022] FIG. 10 is a respective view of the cabinet in accordance
with the present invention, which utilized as a drawer cabinet.
[0023] FIG. 11A is a explosive view of the stand of the cabinet in
accordance with the present invention.
[0024] FIG. 11B is a respective view of the stand of the cabinet in
accordance with the present invention.
[0025] FIG. 12 is a explosive view of the cabinet in accordance
with the present invention, which shows the stand to be connected
to the cabinet.
[0026] FIG. 13 is a respective view of the stand combining to the
cabinet in accordance with the present invention.
[0027] FIG. 14 is a respective view of the hanging stick combining
to the cabinet in accordance with the present invention.
[0028] FIG. 15 is a respective view of the cabinet in accordance
with the present invention, which utilized to be hanged on a
wall.
[0029] FIG. 16 is a respective view of the front door combining to
the cabinet in accordance with the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0030] Reference will now be made in detail to the present
preferred embodiments of the invention, examples of which are
illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the
same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the description
refers to the same or the like parts.
[0031] FIG. 1 is a respective view of the cabinet in accordance
with the present invention.
[0032] The cabinet 1 according to the present invention includes a
folding frame 10, a bottom panel 30 and a top panel 20. Please
refer to FIG. 2, which is a respective view of the folding frame of
the cabinet in accordance with the present invention. The folding
frame 10 includes a back wall 11 and two folding sidewalls, a first
folding sidewall 12 and a second folding sidewall 13, and a front
frame 14. The first folding sidewall 12 and the second folding
sidewall 13 are pivotly connected two opposite sides 111, 112
respectively. The front frame 14 is pivotly connected to the other
side of the first folding sidewall 12 and the second folding
sidewall 13. The first folding sidewall 12 and the second folding
sidewall 13 are formed by two panels which are pivotly connected
together. Therefore, by this structure, the first folding sidewall
12 and the second folding sidewall 13 are foldable toward to the
back wall 11 to drive the front frame 14 to flatly contact to the
back wall 11. Please see FIG. 3, the space-occupied is decreased to
save transport costs or save the storage spaces.
[0033] When unfolding, please see FIG. 4, the back wall 11 and the
front frame 14 are moved far from each other, until the first
folding sidewall 12 and the second folding sidewall 13 are
unfolded, see FIG. 2. Also, the first folding sidewall 12 and the
second folding sidewall 13 have studs 50 at a top side 122, 132 and
a bottom side 123, 133 of an inner surface 121, 131. The top panel
20 includes notches 40 at two opposite sides 22, 23 of a bottom
surface 21, and the bottom panel 30 includes notches 40 at two
opposite sides 32, 33 of a bottom surface 31. Please see FIG. 5,
the top panel 20 and the bottom panel 30 are connected to the
folding frame 10 between the first folding sidewall 12 and the
second folding sidewall 13 near the top sides 122, 132 of the
sidewalls 12, 13 by the studs 50 fixing to the notch 40.
[0034] Please refer to FIG. 6, the studs 50 has a neck section 52
and a head section 51, and the neck section 52 has a proximal end
connected to the sidewalls 12, 13 and a distal end connected to the
head section 51. Additionally, an outer diameter of the head
section 51 is greater than a diameter of the neck section 52. For
example, the studs 50 may be a bolts. The notch 40 is a single
opening trough with a small dimension clamping portion 41. The head
section 51 of the studs 50 is put into the notches 40, and the neck
section 52 is tight-fit by the neck section 52 to firmly
connection. The top panel 20 and the bottom panel 30 can only be
disassembled upward perpendicularly.
[0035] Therefore, the cabinet 1 has a storage space S surrounding
by the folding frame 10, the top panel 20 and the bottom panel 30.
The storage space S can be used by the users for storage. Also, the
cabinet 1 is easy to assemble or dissemble for the users.
[0036] The cabinet 1 of the present invention is further with
multiple functions. Please see FIG. 7, the first folding sidewall
12 and the second folding sidewall 13 further include fixing holes
15 at the inner surface 121, 131. The supporters 60 includes a
L-shaped body 61, a inserting portion 62 extending from the back
side of the L-shaped body 61, and a supporting pad 63. The
inserting portion 62 is tight-fit in the fixing holes 15 and the
supporting pad is adapted to support the divider panels 16. Please
refer to FIG. 8, the cabinet 1 is formed as a floor cabinet.
Furthermore, The L-shaped body 61 and the inserting portion 62 are
made of materials with high strength, such as plastic or metal. And
the supporting pad 63 is made of soft materials, such as rubber or
foam.
[0037] On the other hand, the fixing holes 15 are used to connect
the sliders 17, please refer to FIGS. 9 and 10. The drawers 70 can
be mounted thereon to make the cabinet 1 as a drawer cabinet.
[0038] Please refer to FIGS. 11A and 11B, the cabinet 1 further
includes a stand 80. The stand 80 includes two transverse sticks
81, 82. Each transverse stick 81, 82 includes two plinths 811, 812,
821 and 822 at two ends. The plinths 811 and 822 are pivotly
connected to the lengthwise stick 83 and 84. Another plinths 812,
821 and the end of the lengthwise sticks 83, 84 include a male
buckle member 71 and a female buckle member 72 to connect together.
Therefore, the lengthwise sticks 83, 84 can be swung to flatly
contact with the transverse sticks 81, 82, due to the
pivot-connection between the plinths 811, 822 and the lengthwise
sticks 83, 84. Thus, the transport costs are decreased, see FIG.
11B.
[0039] The male buckle member 71 includes a connecting portion 711
and a pivot 712. The male buckle members 71 are connected to the
lengthwise sticks 83, 84 by the connecting portions 21. The male
buckle member 71 is connected to the lengthwise sticks 83, 84 by a
screw 714 in usual way. The screw 714 is fixed through a fixing
hole 713 to fix in the lengthwise sticks 83, 84. The female buckle
member 72 includes a connecting portion 721 and a sleeve 722. The
female buckle members 72 are connected to the plinths 812, 821 by
the connecting portions 721. The female buckle member 72 is
connected to the plinths 812, 821 by a screw 724 in usual way. The
screw 724 is fixed through a fixing hole 723 to fix in the plinths
812, 821.
[0040] Therefore, the male buckle member 71 is connected to the
female buckle member 72 by the pivot 712 inserting into the sleeve
722 and tight-fit therein. Thus, the lengthwise sticks 83, 84 and
the plinths 812, 821 are connected together to form the stand 80.
The male buckle members 71 and the female buckle members 72 are
connected to form a hinge, especially is a butterfly hinge, which
is a common connecting element with low cost and easy to
obtain.
[0041] Then, the fixing pillars 801 on the top surface of the stand
80 are connected to the holes 101 of the cabinet 1, see FIG. 12, to
support the cabinet 1, see FIG. 13.
[0042] Moreover, please see FIGS. 14 and 15, the folding frame 10
further includes a hanging stick 91 at a back side 113 of the back
wall 11. The hanging stick 91 has a inclined plane 911 at a bottom
surface 912. The fixing stick 92 is fixed on a wall surface 93, and
has a corresponding inclined plane 921 at a top surface 922.
Therefore, the cabinet 1 could be hanged by the hanging stick 91
placing on the fixing stick.
[0043] Also, the cabinet 1 has front doors 94 to shield the storage
space S for clear, privacy or clean. The front door 94 has handle
941 for users to easy to open.
[0044] Additional advantages and modifications will readily occur
to those proficient in the relevant fields. The invention in its
broader aspects is therefore not limited to the specific details
and representative embodiments shown and described herein.
Accordingly, various modifications may be made without departing
from the spirit or scope of the general inventive concept as
defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
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