Supports: cabinet structure – Mounted on wall – ceiling or spaced panels – Movably mounted housing or compartment
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-21
2001-06-26
Cuomo, Peter M. (Department: 3636)
Supports: cabinet structure
Mounted on wall, ceiling or spaced panels
Movably mounted housing or compartment
C312S312000, C312S242000, C292S032000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06250728
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to storage systems and more particularly pertains to a new hanging closet apparatus for storing items in the ceiling.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of storage systems is known in the prior art. More specifically, storage systems heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,667,035; U.S. Pat. No. 5,475,949; U.S. Pat. No. 5,203,619; U.S. Pat. No. 4,412,601; U.S. Pat. No. 5,535,852; and U.S. Des. Patent No. 362,814.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new hanging closet apparatus. The inventive device includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. A plurality of apertures is in the first and second side walls. A latch means selectively holds the housing in an extending position from the ceiling and a retracted position in the ceiling. The latch means extends through the apertures in the housing in a locked position. An enclosure receives the housing in the ceiling. The enclosure is mounted in the ceiling. The enclosure has two pairs of opposing walls. A first pair of opposing walls has apertures therein. The apertures in the enclosure are positioned such that the apertures in the housing are aligned with the apertures in the enclosure when the housing is in the enclosure. A biasing means biases the housing toward the retracted position in the enclosure. The biasing means comprises a pulley system coupled to the enclosure and the housing.
In these respects, the hanging closet apparatus according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of storing items in the ceiling.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of storage systems now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new hanging closet apparatus construction wherein the same can be utilized for storing items in the ceiling.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new hanging closet apparatus apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the storage systems mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new hanging closet apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art storage systems, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. A plurality of apertures is in the first and second side walls. A latch means selectively holds the housing in an extending position from the ceiling and a retracted position in the ceiling. The latch means extends through the apertures in the housing in a locked position. An enclosure receives the housing in the ceiling. The enclosure is mounted in the ceiling. The enclosure has two pairs of opposing walls. A first pair of opposing walls has apertures therein. The apertures in the enclosure are positioned such that the apertures in the housing are aligned with the apertures in the enclosure when the housing is in the enclosure. A biasing means biases the housing toward the retracted position in the enclosure. The biasing means comprises a pulley system.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new hanging closet apparatus apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the storage systems mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new hanging closet apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art storage systems, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new hanging closet apparatus which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new hanging closet apparatus which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new hanging closet apparatus which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such hanging closet apparatus economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new hanging closet apparatus which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new hanging closet apparatus for storing items in the ceiling.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new hanging closet apparatus which includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. A plurality of apertures is in the first and second side walls. A latch means selectively holds the housing in an extending position from the ceiling and a retracted position in the ceiling. The latch means extends through the apertures in the housing in a locked position. An enclosure receives the housing in the ceiling. The enclosure is mounted in the ceiling. The enclosure has two pairs of opposing walls. A first pair of opposing walls has apertures therein. The apertures in the enclosure are positioned such that the apertures in the housing are aligned with the apertures in the enclosure when the housing is in th
Cuomo Peter M.
Fisher Michael J.
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