Article of furniture with footrest mounted pivotally to drawer

Details Article of furniture with footrest mounted pivotally to drawer Article of furniture with footrest mounted pivotally to drawer

1995-10-12

1997-03-04

Cuomo, Peter M.

Supports: cabinet structure

Combined

312311, 312194, 312184, 2974231, A47B 8300

Patent

active

056072120

ABSTRACT:
An article of furniture with a drawer movable horizontally within a drawer-receiving receptacle, into and from a closed position and through a range of opened positions, is provided with a footrest having an expansive, cushioned, foot-supportive panel. The drawer has an interior space, walls including outer, inner, side walls, and file-hanging rails mounted within the drawer so as to extend between the outer and inner walls or between the side walls, near the other walls, to accommodate file folders with upper hangers extending above the file-hanging rails. The footrest is mounted to one of the outer and side walls so as to be pivotally movable through at least about 90.degree. of pivotal motion, when the drawer is moved sufficiently for the footrest to clear the margin of the drawer-receiving receptacle, from and into a lowered position wherein the footrest extends horizontally so as to cover a substantial part of the interior space, wherein substantially all of the footrest lies beneath the upper plane defined by the upper edges of the side walls, so as to permit the drawer to be horizontally moved into and from the closed position without interference from the footrest, and wherein the footrest is spaced above the file-hanging rails, so as not to interfere with such folders hanging from the file-hanging rails, and through a range of raised positions wherein the footrest allows access to the same part of the interior space.

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