Supports: cabinet structure – With movable components – Pivotal and rectilinear sequential movement
Patent
1995-04-17
1997-07-08
Cuomo, Peter M.
Supports: cabinet structure
With movable components
Pivotal and rectilinear sequential movement
3123192, 16DIG9, A47B 6702, A47F 300
Patent
active
056453337
ABSTRACT:
There is provided an overhead door that is placed on the roof board of a cabinet or the like to which it is fitted when it is opened so that the space available within the cabinet may be maximized. The overhead door 8 is swingably secured to the inner lateral wall surfaces 4, 4 of the cabinet 1 by means of a pair of support arms 14, 14 such that the distal end of each of the support arms is rotatably secured to a rotary shafts 15 on the corresponding lateral wall of the cabinet and the proximal end is pivotably fitted to the inner surface of teh door at a position close to the lower edge thereof by way of a bracket 16. The door 8 is provided on the inner surface thereof with a pair of longitudinally arranged slide rail assemblies 9, 9, each comprising a relatively long outer rail 9c and a relatively short inner rail 9d arranged vis-a-vis the outer rail and pivotably secured at the upper end to the front edge of the roof wall 2 of the cabinet 1 by means of a hinge 14 comprising hinge bodies 10a, 10b and an axis 10c. Thus, the door 8 can be swung closed as a combined effect of slewing and sliding motions when it is pulled forward and downward from its fully open position located on the roof board 2.
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Cuomo Peter M.
Sandy Robert J.
Sugatsune Industrial Co. Ltd.
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