Supports: racks – Shelf type – Rotatable
Reexamination Certificate
2002-01-16
2003-09-30
Gibson, Jr., Robert W. (Department: 3634)
Supports: racks
Shelf type
Rotatable
C211S133400, C312S123000, C312S324000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06626306
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a storage system typically, though not exclusively, in the form of a set of drawers.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
Domestic storage systems in the form of chests or sets of drawers are well known. The drawers are typically used for example in a house to store clothes or other personal effects, or say in a garage to hold tools and the like. A typical chest of drawers has an outer housing or chest provided with a plurality of openings in which drawers are located and can be slid in and out. The scale or size of the chest of drawers can vary widely from say a typical bedroom chest of drawers made from wood to small compact plastic chests having an army of drawers for holding nuts, bolts and nails and other small articles. Irrespective of their scale, the basic structure of the chest of drawers is the same.
Cupboards form another common type of storage system. A cupboard is usually of a more simple construction than a chest of drawers but is inefficient in the utilization of space. This arises because cupboards are designed with relatively large spaces between vertically adjacent shelves to allow objects to be retrieved from the back of shelves.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide an alternate form of storage system.
According to the present invention there is provided a storage system including at least:
a support shaft;
one or more receptacles for storing articles;
a bracket for each receptacle, each bracket having a tubular sleeve fitted coaxially on said shaft, each receptacle being seated on a respective support frame, said support frame including two spaced apart beams, each beam configured to cradle a lower edge of said receptacle and, a further beam extending between and attached at opposite ends to each of said spaced apart beams, said sleeve being located adjacent a comer and outside of a respective receptacle.
whereby, in use, each receptacle can be individually pivoted about said shaft to allow access to that receptacle and any articles stored therein.
Preferably the storage system also includes one or more decoupling means, one of each located between the sleeves of adjacent brackets, for decoupling pivotal movement of one bracket from an adjacent bracket.
Preferably said decoupling means includes a flange that is fixed against rotation on said shaft.
Preferably said decoupling means includes a bearing located between said flange and the sleeve of an adjacent bracket.
Preferably the storage system also includes one or more spacers, each adapted to fit over said shaft, for spacing said brackets along said shaft by a distance sufficient to allow the receptacle supported on one bracket to rotate past the receptacle supported on an adjacent bracket.
Preferably said support shaft is the first of a pair of adjacent first and second support shafts, wherein a plurality of brackets are coupled to said second support shaft and arranged to support respective receptacles in a manner to allow said brackets to pivot about said second shaft, and wherein said decoupling means includes a flange provided with twin apertures that fit over the first and second support shafts to fix said flange against rotation about said shafts.
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Gibson , Jr. Robert W.
Larson & Taylor PLC
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