Horizontally supported planar surfaces – With structural installation
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-08
2005-02-08
Mai, Lanna (Department: 3637)
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
With structural installation
C108S020000, C108S147000, C108S149000, C248S330100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06851376
ABSTRACT:
A pull-down shelf for storage of articles has a lower shelf portion that contains a wind-up mechanism, which can be spring powered or motorized, an overhead mounting plate that attaches to ceiling joists or the like, and at least a pair of cables that are wound onto arbors of the wind-up mechanism for suspending the shelf portion from the overhead mounting plate. Scissors-action stabilizers hold the shelf from tipping or swinging. The user pulls the shelf down, and this unwinds the cables and charges the springs. A releasable ratchet wheel keeps the mechanism from turning in the rewind direction. The user can pull or actuate a release handle or button to release the shelf and let the spring rewind the cables to pull the shelf back to its overhead position.
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Mai Lanna
Molldrem, Jr. Bernhard P.
Tran Hanh V.
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