Patent Application
20220312962
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The disclosure relates to armoire devices and more particularly pertains to a new armoire device for facilitating a pair of closets in a cabinet. The device includes a cabinet with a first closet and a second closet each recessed into opposite sides of the cabinet from each other. The cabinet has a plurality of drawers for storage and a plurality of closet rods for hangers, and each of the drawers is slidable in opposing directions for opening the drawers.
The prior art relates to armoire devices including a storage box which has a plurality of closets being laterally distributed across the storage box. The prior art discloses a variety of collapsible storage closets for storing clothing. In no instance does the prior art disclose a cabinet with a pair of closets being recessed into opposite sides of the cabinet from each other.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cabinet that has a front side and a back side, and each of the front side and the back side is open. The cabinet has a dividing wall that is positioned between the front side and the back side to define a first closet and a second closet in the cabinet. A pair of first closet rods is positioned in the first closet and a pair of second closet rods is positioned in the second closet. A pair of drawers is each slidably positioned in the first closet to store personal objects. Each of the drawers is slidable in opposing directions for opening the drawers.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure 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 disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The dividing wall 18 extends between each of the outer walls 28 and the dividing wall 18 is centrally positioned between the front side 14 and the back side 16. The first closet 20 is associated with the front side 14 and the second closet 22 is associated with the back side 16. The top wall 24 has a set of first tracks 30 integrated into a bottom surface 31 of the top wall 24, and the first tracks 30 are coextensive with the front side 14 of the cabinet 12. The bottom wall 26 has a set of second tracks 32 integrated into a top surface 33 of the bottom wall 26, and each of the second tracks 32 is coextensive with the front side 14 of the cabinet 12. The top wall 24 has a set of third tracks 34 is integrated into the bottom surface 31 of the top wall 24, and the third tracks 34 are coextensive with the back side 16 of the cabinet 12. The bottom wall 26 has a set of fourth tracks 36 integrated into the top surface 37 of the bottom wall 26, and each of the fourth tracks 36 is coextensive with the back side 16 of the cabinet 12.
A pair of first closet rods 38 is each positioned in the first closet 20. Each of the first closet rods 38 is horizontally oriented for having clothes hangers hung on the first closet rods 38. Each of the first closet rods 38 extends between the pair of outer walls 28 and each of the first closet rods 38 is positioned closer to the top wall 24 than the bottom wall 26. A shelf 40 is positioned in the first closet 20 to support objects and the shelf 40 lies on a horizontal plane. The shelf 40 is spaced from the bottom wall 26 of the cabinet 12 to define a drawer space 42 between the shelf 40 and the bottom wall 26, and the shelf 40 extends between the front side 14 of the cabinet 12 and the back side 16 of the cabinet 12. Moreover, the dividing wall extends between the top wall 24 of the cabinet 12 and the shelf 40.
A pair of drawers 44 is each slidably positioned in the cabinet 12 to store personal objects. Each of the drawers 44 is positioned in the drawer space 42 and the drawers 44 are distributed between the pair of outer walls 28 of the cabinet 12. Each of the drawers 44 slides outwardly beyond the front side 14 of the cabinet 12 when the drawers 44 are in a first open position. Each of the drawers 44 slides outwardly beyond the back side 16 of the cabinet 12 when the drawers are in a second open position. Additionally, each of the drawers 44 is recessed behind the front side 14 and the back side 16 when the drawers 44 are closed. A pair of drawer tracks 43 is each coupled to an interior surface 45 of a respective one of the outer walls 28 of the cabinet 12 and each of said drawer tracks 43 extends between the front side 14 and the back side 16 of the cabinet 12. Additionally, each of the drawer tracks 43 is positioned in the drawer space 42. Each of the drawers 44 slidably engages the drawer tracks 43 to facilitate the drawers 44 to be opened and closed.
A pair of first sliding doors 46 is provided and each of the first sliding doors 46 has a top edge 48 and a bottom edge 50. The top edge 48 of each of the first sliding doors 46 slidably engages a respective one of the first tracks 30 and the bottom edge 50 of each of the first sliding doors 46 slidably engages a respective one of the second tracks 32. The first sliding doors 46 are positionable to cover the first closet 20 or to expose the first closet 20.
A pair of second closet rods 52 is provided and each of the second closet rods 52 is positioned in the second closet 22. Each of the second closet rods 52 is horizontally oriented for having clothes hangers hung on the second closet rods 52. Each of the second closet rods 52 extends between the pair of outer walls 28 and each of the second closet rods 52 is positioned closer to the top wall 24 than the bottom wall 26.
A pair of second sliding doors 60 is provided and each of the second sliding doors 60 has an upper edge 62 and a lower edge 64. The upper edge 62 of each of the second sliding doors 60 slidably engages a respective one of the third tracks 34. The lower edge 64 of each of the second sliding doors 60 slidably engages a respective one of the fourth tracks 36. The second sliding doors 60 are positionable to cover the second closet 22 or to expose the second closet 22. A plurality of rollers 66 is each rotatably coupled to the bottom wall 26 of the cabinet 12 to roll along a support surface. Each of the rollers 66 is aligned with a respective one of four corners of the bottom wall 26, and each of the rollers 66 may comprise a caster or other similar type of roller.
In use, each of the first closet 20 and the second closet 22 can be assigned to contain seasonal clothing, such as winter clothing or summer clothing, for example. In this way the cabinet 12 need only be rotated to present either the first closet 20 or the second closet 22. Thus, summer clothes can be accessed without the need to place winter clothes into storage, and vice verse. Additionally, the cabinet 12 can be relocated at any time without the need to remove anything from the cabinet 12.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
