U.S. patent application number 15/004231 was filed with the patent office on 2016-07-28 for multiple access furniture chest.
The applicant listed for this patent is Stephen Vestergaard-Jensen. Invention is credited to Stephen Vestergaard-Jensen.
Application Number | 20160213142 15/004231 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 56433012 |
Filed Date | 2016-07-28 |
United States Patent
Application |
20160213142 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Vestergaard-Jensen;
Stephen |
July 28, 2016 |
MULTIPLE ACCESS FURNITURE CHEST
Abstract
The multiple access chest provides a user with flexibility to
access contents of the chest using various access points. The chest
allows opening to the fullest extend allowing the user to easily
find the desired contents without effort. The multiple access chest
also permits modular attachment to other chests such as chest draws
and accessories such as mats. The multiple access chest may be used
as a furniture chest, toy chest, or baby changing table depending
on the attachments used. The multiple access chest also allows
various design configuration and frontal designs on the face of the
draws and knobs.
Inventors: |
Vestergaard-Jensen; Stephen;
(Charleston, SC) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Vestergaard-Jensen; Stephen |
Charleston |
SC |
US |
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Family ID: |
56433012 |
Appl. No.: |
15/004231 |
Filed: |
January 22, 2016 |
Related U.S. Patent Documents
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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62107284 |
Jan 23, 2015 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47B 67/00 20130101;
A47B 43/00 20130101 |
International
Class: |
A47B 67/04 20060101
A47B067/04; A47B 88/04 20060101 A47B088/04 |
Claims
1. A multiple access chest, comprising: a floor portion, a top
portion, a front portion and two side portions, wherein at least
two of the foregoing portions are movable portions and allowed to
open for access to the floor portion, and the movable portions are
allowed to move in any direction.
2. The multiple access chest of claim 1, wherein the floor portion
and side portions are fixed.
3. The multiple access chest of claim 1, wherein the top portion,
and front portion are the moveable portions.
4. The multiple access chest of claim 3 wherein the back portion is
also the movable portion.
5. The multiple access chest of claim 1, further including a
dashpot attached to the front portion and at least one of the side
portions for controlling opening of the front portion.
6. The multiple access chest of claim 1 further including a mat
assembly removably connected to the top portion.
7. The multiple access chest of claim 6 wherein the mat assembly
includes a cushion and a recess portion to prevent objects from
moving off the mat assembly.
8. The multiple access chest of claim 1 further including a draw
chest connected to the floor portion.
9. The multiple access chest of claim 1 the side portion has legs
and the legs have connection ports.
10. The multiple access chest of claim 8, wherein the draw chest
has a base and the base has post for attaching the draw chest to
the multiple access chest.
11. The multiple access chest of claim 8, wherein the draw chest
has draws and knobs, the knobs formed to provide various knob
designs on the draws.
12. The multiple access chest of claim 1 wherein the top portion
and the front portion have male locking mechanisms to secure the
portions together.
13. The multiple access chest of claim 12, wherein a female locking
mechanism is disposed on the side portions.
14. The multiple access chest of claim 12, wherein both the top
portion and the front portion lock together in the same locking
mechanism.
15. The multiple access chest of claim 12, wherein the top portion
and the front portion are connected to the side portions through
only rotating pins.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of the filing date of
U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/107,284 filed Jan. 23,
2015, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by
reference. disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by
reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A multiple access furniture chest is disclosed having
multiple access openings to allow a user to store and remove items
more easily and effectively without the need of removing all the
contents in the chest. The multiple access chest further contains
rotating front, back and top parts to allow full access to the
floor of the chest. The chest also allows flexibility in building
modular additional chest parts and accessories.
[0003] Furniture chest and in particular toy chests are well known
in the art. The prior chests typically allow access from the top of
the chest to allow a user to store and remove contents. Some
chests, in particular toy chest have novelty features such as
looking like a particular sporting good or character. These chests
although entertaining for the child user, still have drawbacks of
allowing a child to access the contents of the chest. Similarly,
elderly that have limited mobility to bend over and reach into a
chest have limited ability to pull an article out of a furniture
chest or other such store bin.
[0004] Thus young and old users both have a need for a furniture or
toy chest with better access to the chest's contents. Further there
remains a need in the art for a chest to allow modular access so
that multiple pieces of a chest may be put together and
designed.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] It is therefore an object of the present disclosure to
provide improvements in chests to allow better access to its
contents. It is therefore a further object of the present
disclosure to provide improvements in the modular mobility of the
chest so that a chest may be designed to better suit the need of
the user.
[0006] These and other objects are attained by providing a chest
having multiple access openings. The disclosed chest allows full
access to the floor of the chest without comprising structural
integrity of the chest to hold contents. The Chest further allows
multiple pieces to be combined with it allowing a user to design a
chest to suit the user's individual functional, and in some cases
only a user's aesthetic and non-functional needs.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] Further objects and advantages of the disclosure will become
apparent from the following description and from the accompanying
drawings. In the drawings, wherein similar reference characters
denote similar elements throughout the several views:
[0008] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a multiple
access chest illustrating the present disclosure, with elements
allowing modular addition of other components.
[0009] FIG. 2A is a perspective view of an additional chest
component that may be combined with the chest shown in FIG. 1.
[0010] FIG. 2B is a perspective view of an additional component
that may be combined with the chest in either FIG. 1 or FIG. 2A or
combined with both chests in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2A.
[0011] FIG. 3 is a top view of the chest shown in FIG. 1.
[0012] FIG. 4 is a front view of the chest shown in FIG. 1 and the
chest shown in FIG. 2A assembled together.
[0013] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the assembled chests shown
in FIG. 4.
[0014] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the chest shown in FIG. 1
being fully opened.
[0015] FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the chest shown in FIG. 5
with the addition of a mat component on the top chest.
[0016] FIG. 8 is a side view of the chest shown in FIG. 7.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0017] Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein like
numerals indicate like elements throughout the several views, one
sees that FIG. 1 is a perspective chest 10. Chest 10 is formed from
natural or man-made material such as but not limited to polymeric
material or similar material as would be known to those skilled in
the art. The chest 10 includes a floor portion 11 and a front 12
connected rotatably thereto. Depending on the embodiment, the chest
10 may utilize brackets 19 to connect portions of the chest or
other rotable hinges pins 23 or the like. Variations of this hinge
design is possible, for example, and may include locking mechanisms
such as shown in male and female locking mechanism 18 and 22
respectively.
[0018] The chest 10 further has a back 13 that is also rotably
connected to floor 11. Back 13 is further connected rotably to top
16. Further attached to floor 11 is left side 14 and right side 15.
The right and left sides are fixable connected to floor 11 but
depending on the embodiment may also be rotably connected to the
floor 11. Depending on the embodiment a dashpot 17 may be connected
to one or more front top, back or sides to allow opening in a
controlled manner. There may be one or more connection ports 21 on
legs 44 to allow the chest to be combined with other components as
the user desires.
[0019] Further shown in FIG. 1 are pols 42 attached to the ends of
front 12. Pols 42 define an open area 41 to allow air to flow in
and out of the chest when all the multiple accesses are closed,
such as front back and top, and in some cases sides. Further top
legs 44 creates side open area 43 to also allow air to pass in and
out of the chest. This allows aeration in the chest and decreases
chances of mold or mildew to form in the chest 10.
[0020] Adverting to FIG. 2A, shown is an additional component or
draw chest 20. Draw chest 20 contains one or more draws 27 having
knobs 28. Knobs 28 may be decorated by various indicia or designs
(not shown) to accent the draw chest for fashion or aesthetic
purposes. In addition absent the accent portions of the knob, the
draw chest also provides additional aesthetic features such as
front base 32 side, base 29, and legs 33 as well as front of draw
27. Also on the chest 20 is base 31. Base 31 may be connected to
the bottom of floor 11. Attachment may be done through the use of
one or more posts 24 that attached to connection port 21. Strap
connectors may or may not be attached to base 31. The chest 20 may
be utilized as itself and combined with cushion 30. Cushion 30 may
also be attached to chest 10 and place on top 16. Further all
pieces cushion 30, chest 10, and draw chest 30 may be assembled
together respectively to form assembly 40.
[0021] Cushion 30 in FIG. 2B includes a cushion 34, and recess
portion 35. The recess portion is to prevent items from falling off
the cushion. The cushion may be made of a machine washable material
and/or include a removable sleeve (not shown) that may be wrapped
over the cushion and removed for washing. Preferably the cushion is
made of a water resistant material to allow use as a changing
table.
[0022] FIG. 3 is a top view of the chest 10. Shown in this
embodiment is dashpot 17. The function of dashpot 17 is to slow
down and control the opening and closing of any access opening on
the multiple opening chest. Dashpot 17 has an arm 46 that is
attached to a connector 45. Connector 45 may be mounted to the
right or left side wall or both depending on the embodiment.
Further, the dash pot may be connected to any of the opening access
portions. For example the dash pot may be connected to back 13 and
top 16 to control the opening of those access portions. In
addition, dashpot 17 may be connected to floor 11 and back 13 to
control that access opening. Also shown is locking mechanism 18 on
the top portion 16 and front portion 12. Depending on the
embodiment both portions may be commonly secured to the same
locking mechanism 22.
[0023] FIG. 4 is a front view of chest 10 and chest 20 combined.
Shown is front portion 12 in the opened position. In the closed
position locking mechanism 18 and 22 may be utilized to secure the
related portions. Also shown in this figure is top 16 in the open
position. Front 12 is held in position by dashpot 17. However as
seed from top 16, a dashpot may not be utilized and a portion of
access may still be held open. For the top portion brackets 19 hold
the top portion in position.
[0024] FIG. 5 illustrates chest 10 connected with draw chest 20.
Both the front portion 12 and top portion 16 are in the open
position. Any of the access portions may be opened individually or
all together, or in any combination. Shown in FIG. 6 is top 12,
back 13 and top 16 all in the open position. This allows full
access to floor 11 and the contents of chest 10 that allows a user
ease of access to the chest's contents. Sides 14 and 15 may also be
deployed to open giving an even more fuller access to the contents
in the chest 10.
[0025] Shown in FIG. 7 is a typical example of assembly 40 with mat
assembly 30 connected by straps 26 to strap connectors 25 disposed
on top 167. Chest 10 is connected to draw chest 20. The top 16 and
from 12 are in the open position for access to floor 11.
[0026] FIG. 8 illustrates an example of the side view of the
assembly 40 shown in FIG. 7. In the closed position for top 16,
cushion 34 of mat assembly 30 may be utilized as a changing table
or other means.
[0027] There are several advantages to the disclosed multiple
access chest. The modular nature of the chest allows a user to mix
and match components to suit the user's needs and/or design
preferences. Further the ability to have multiple access points to
a chest 10, allows the user ease of access and a unique ability to
quickly obtain items from the chest without undue physical
exertions or searching time.
[0028] Thus the several aforementioned objects and advantages are
most effectively attained. Although preferred embodiments of the
invention have been disclosed and described in detail herein, it
should be understood that this invention is in no sense limited
thereby and its scope is to be determined by that of the appended
claims. Although the invention herein has been described with
reference to particular embodiments, it is to be understood that
these embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and
applications of the present invention.
[0029] It is therefore to be understood that numerous modifications
may be made to the illustrative embodiments and that other
arrangements may be devised without departing from the spirit and
scope of the present invention as defined by the appended
claims.
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