Patent Application
20240298791
A streamlined home is always the goal, but taming clutter when there's a limited space available can be incredibly tricky especially if a person is adamant about organization. For those living in a studio or a small one bedroom home space storage is a common concern, however, there are moments when storage is a short-term requirement; yet, discarding furniture is not suitable when it may be of use at a later date. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem.
An apparatus to help streamline your home's organization in an effective, space efficient manner, is not being met by any known device or system at present. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem either.
The main purpose of the foldable stacking storage cabinet is to provide users with a collapsible cabinet that allows one to store clutter and organize small spaces, when needed, while having the luxury to store the cabinet unit away when it's not being utilized.
A storage cabinet is claimed comprising a tray including a flat base, a raised rim on two lateral sides and an open front side, a flat lid configured for the tray and comprising two lateral sides, a back side and a front side, a pair of walls hinged at the respective raised rim and comprising a plurality of recessed sliding tracks extending in a direction of the raised rim and configured to collapse like a drawbridge, and a slider arm configured to slide within one of the plurality of recessed sliding tracks on a first end and hingedly attach to a lateral side of the flat lid on a second end.
Throughout the description, similar reference numbers may be used to identify similar elements depicted in multiple embodiments. Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated, the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms or arrangements of parts so described and illustrated. The scope of the invention is to be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.
Reference will now be made to exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used herein to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein and additional applications of the principles of the inventions as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention.
The present disclosed Foldable Storage Cabinet, offers a modern accessory that provides a primary unit able to cleverly conceal excess clutter when used while also permitting the person to deconstruct the unit into a compact item allowing them to store it away, at their preference. Expanding on the initial design of a cabinet, the Foldable Storage Cabinet introduces a novel collapsible shelf unit possessing retractable doors whereas users can stack the shelves on top of each other enabling them to store more items while utilizing less space and when the foldable storage cabinet is not in use, one would simply collapse the unit, akin to an accordion folding approach, and then store it without consuming a vast amount of space in comparison to a typical piece of furniture. Moreover, this avant-garde product can easily be moved from one location to another, making it easily accessible and useful in a wide variety of settings, indoors or outdoors, and for varying occasions. This innovative, top-quality product provides flexibility on how storage spaces can be utilized and helps eliminate overcrowding a home with ‘stuff’.
Although the operations of the method(s) herein are shown and described in a particular order, the order of the operations of each method may be altered so that certain operations may be performed in an inverse order or so that certain operations may be performed, at least in part, concurrently with other operations. In another embodiment, instructions or sub-operations of distinct operations may be implemented in an intermittent and/or alternating manner.
