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Multi-purpose, mobile storage cabinet with horizontally and vertically adjustable shelf structure

US5586816A · kind A · utility

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27Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 19, 1995
Grant dateDec 24, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 19, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47B46/00
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A mobile storage cabinet in combination with a shelf structure horizontally and vertically adjustable with respect to the cabinet. In a first embodiment, the shelf structure comprises an inner cabinet having vertically spaced shelves slidingly mounted therein. In the stored position, the inner cabinet including shelves rests inside the outer cabinet beneath the top surface thereof; in the extended position, the inner cabinet rests forwardly of the outer cabinet and may be further moved vertically between fully lowered and raised positions. In a second embodiment, a unitary shelf is horizontally and vertically adjustable with respect to the cabinet, this embodiment being especially useful as a work table while the first embodiment is especially useful for transporting and storing equipment.

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