Revolving Storage Cabinet

Abstract

A cabinet includes a housing having a door configured to provide access to an interior of the housing, the interior having a front portion and a back portion. A carousel is disposed in the housing and has a primary storage area and a secondary storage area. The carousel has a first position in which the primary storage area is accessible and the secondary storage area is concealed. The carousel has a second position in which the secondary storage area is accessible.

Description

FIELD

The present specification relates generally to storage, and more particularly to storage lockers and cabinets.

BACKGROUND

Gun safes are strong, durable, rugged, and secure cabinets for storing valuables such as firearms, ammunition, and other related accessories. Such cabinets usually employ internal shelving, racking, pockets, and the like for storage.

Conventionally, the entirety of a cabinet's structure or interior is immediately available and accessible to a user who has opened the cabinet. For example, shelves in a cabinet may extend back to the full depth of the cabinet interior, so that the user can access that full space to store items both small and large.

However, deep storage is not always a benefit. In very deep gun safes, items can be pushed to the back where they may be covered, obscured, and forgotten. Such safes can become cluttered and unsuitable for convenient, reliable, and useful storage.

Sometimes users may not even want all of their stored items to be visible when the cabinet door is opened. They may desire that such items be easily accessible but not easily seen. This could be true of not just firearm-related goods, but of currencies, documents, or other valuable items. There is a need for an improved storage cabinet.

SUMMARY

An embodiment of a revolving storage cabinet described herein has a carousel with primary and secondary storage areas, one of which is initially hidden from view behind the other when the user opens the cabinet. However, movement of the carousel reveals the secondary storage area. When the user slides the carousel out of the cabinet, it rotates around to reveal the secondary storage area so that both the primary and second storage areas are accessible.

In an embodiment, a cabinet includes a housing having a door configured to provide access to an interior of the housing. The interior has a front portion, a back portion, and a carousel disposed in the housing which has a primary storage area and a secondary storage area. In a first position of the carousel, the primary storage area is accessible and the secondary storage area is concealed. In a second position of the carousel, the secondary storage area is accessible.

In embodiments, in the second position of the carousel, the primary storage area is accessible. The primary storage area and the secondary storage area are on opposed sides of the carousel. In the first position of the carousel, the primary storage area is in the front portion of the housing and the secondary storage area is in the back portion of the housing. In the second position of the carousel, the primary storage area and the secondary storage area are in the front portion of the housing. The housing has a closed first side, a closed second side, a closed back, and an opposed front which is open. The door of the cabinet is mounted at the front of the housing to provide access to the interior of the housing through the front. In embodiments, the carousel reciprocates between the first and second positions. In embodiments, the carousel rotates between the first and second positions. In embodiments, the carousel reciprocates and rotates between the first and second positions. In embodiments, the carousel moves in simultaneous reciprocation and rotation between the first and second positions.

In an embodiment, a cabinet includes a housing having a door configured to provide access to an interior of the housing with a front portion and a back portion. A carousel is disposed in the housing and has a primary storage area and a secondary storage area. In a first position of the carousel, the primary storage area is visible in the front portion of the housing and the secondary storage area is concealed in the back portion of the housing. In a second position of the carousel, the primary storage area and the secondary storage area are in the front portion of the housing.

In embodiments, the carousel reciprocates and rotates between the first and second positions. In embodiments, the carousel moves in simultaneous reciprocation and rotation between the first and second positions. The housing has a closed first side, a closed second side, a closed back, and an opposed front which is open. The door for the cabinet is mounted at the front of the housing to provide access to the interior of the housing through the front. The primary storage area and the secondary storage area are on opposed sides of the carousel.

In an embodiment, a cabinet includes a housing having a closed first side, a closed second side, a closed back, an opposed front which is open, and a door configured to provide access to an interior of the housing through the front. The interior has a front portion and a back portion. A carousel is disposed in the housing and has a top, a bottom, a primary storage area, and a secondary storage area. In a first position of the carousel, the primary storage area is accessible and the secondary storage area is concealed. In a second position of the carousel, the secondary storage area is accessible. A slider assembly couples the carousel to the housing to move between the first and second positions in reciprocal and rotational movement with respect to the housing.

In embodiments, the cabinet also includes a slot in a bottom of the housing extending to the front of the housing, and a wheel on the bottom of the carousel which is received for rolling movement through the slot when the carousel moves between the first and second positions. The slider assembly includes a track in the housing and a carriage on the carousel mounted for reciprocal movement in the track. The slider assembly also includes a control arm with opposed first and second ends. The first end is pinned for pivotal movement to the housing and the second end is pinned for pivotal movement to the carousel so as to impart rotational movement to the carousel with respect to the housing in response to reciprocal movement of the carousel with respect to the housing. A wheel on the bottom of the carousel is received for rolling movement through a slot in the bottom of the carousel when the carousel moves between the first and second positions. In the first position of the carousel, the primary storage area is in the front portion of the housing and the secondary storage area is in the back portion of the housing. In the second position of the carousel, the primary storage area and the secondary storage area are in the front portion of the housing. The primary storage area and the secondary storage area are on opposed sides of the carousel.

The above provides the reader with a very brief summary of some embodiments described below. Simplifications and omissions are made, and the summary is not intended to limit or define in any way the disclosure. Rather, this brief summary merely introduces the reader to some aspects of some embodiments in preparation for the detailed description that follows.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Referring to the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a front top perspective view of a revolving storage cabinet;

FIGS. 2-4 are front top perspective, bottom rear, and top rear views, respectively, of the revolving storage cabinet, with its housing shown in broken line so that a carousel inside the housing is visible;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged top perspective view of a sliding assembly coupled between the carousel and the housing of the revolving storage cabinet;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective section view taken along the line 6-6 in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged bottom perspective view of a wheel under the carousel; and

FIGS. 8-11 are a series of front perspective views showing the carousel moving out of the housing in reciprocal and rotational movement.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Reference now is made to the drawings, in which the same reference characters are used throughout the different figures to designate the same elements. Briefly, the embodiments presented herein are preferred exemplary embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability, or configuration of all possible embodiments, but rather to provide an enabling description for all possible embodiments within the scope and spirit of the specification. Description of these preferred embodiments is generally made with the use of verbs such as “is” and “are” rather than “may,” “could,” “includes,” “comprises,” and the like, because the description is made with reference to the drawings presented. One having ordinary skill in the art will understand that changes may be made in the structure, arrangement, number, and function of elements and features without departing from the scope and spirit of the specification. Further, the description may omit certain information which is readily known to one having ordinary skill in the art to prevent crowding the description with detail which is not necessary for enablement. Indeed, the diction used herein is meant to be readable and informational rather than to delineate and limit the specification; therefore, the scope and spirit of the specification should not be limited by the following description and its language choices.

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective of a revolving storage cabinet 10 (hereinafter, the “cabinet 10”) and FIGS. 2, 3, and 4 are semi-transparent top front, bottom rear, and top rear perspective views of the cabinet 10, respectively. The cabinet 10 includes an outer housing 11 having a top 12, opposed closed sides 13, a back 14, and a bottom 15. The top 12, sides 13, back 14, and bottom 15 are formed and joined to each other to define the housing 11 as a continuous, integral, monolithic single structure. The housing 11 further includes an open front 16 opposite the back 14.

The front 16 defines an opening where two locking security doors 17 are mounted for pivotal movement to provide access to an interior 18 of the cabinet 10. The doors 17 are exemplary doors, as is the housing 11, and the scope of this disclosure is not limited to any particular shape, size, or style of housing 11 or doors 17. This specification identifies the cabinet 10 as a cabinet, but the specification is applicable to other similar devices, such as storage lockers, drawers, safes, and the like, and the term “cabinet” is not intended to limit the disclosure to cabinets in general or to the exemplary cabinet 10 shown in these drawings in particular. Moreover, in some embodiments of the cabinet 10, the cabinet is tamper-resistant or tamper-proof, fire-resistant or fire-proof, and/or water-resistant or waterproof, and in such embodiments, the construction of the cabinet 10 may be slightly different from what is shown in these drawings. For example, the cabinet 10 has sidewalls that are shown as thin sections in these drawings; in certain embodiments, those walls are actually quite thick, are reinforced, or have multi-layered construction for tamper, fire, or water resistance. The drawings included here illustrate the cabinet 10 with thin walls for convenience and clarity of the illustrations, on the knowledge that the reader will understand the construction.

Referring now primarily to FIG. 2 but also to FIGS. 3 and 4, a carousel 20 is disposed in the interior 18. The carousel 20 occupies nearly the entirety of the interior 18, extending from the top 12 of the housing 11 to the bottom 15 and nearly completely between the closed sides 13. There is enough room between the carousel 20 and the sides 13 to allow the carousel 20 to barely rotate, yet not enough room for someone to look or reach around to the back of the carousel 20 or the back of the interior 18.

The carousel 20 has two storage areas: a front or primary storage area 21 and a back or secondary storage area 22. The storage areas 21 and 22 can be filled with anything. Here, the cabinet 10 is configured similar to a gun safe with a gun rack, shelves for firearms, magazines, etc., but the cabinet 10 can be configured to store anything in either the primary or secondary storage areas 21 or 22. The carousel 20 is mounted on a slider assembly 23 for reciprocal and rotational movement so that both the front and back storage areas 21 are easily accessible. The carousel 20 moves between a first, stored, or retracted position (as shown in FIGS. 2-9) in which the primary storage area 21 is easily accessible but the secondary storage area 22 is concealed within the housing 11, and a second, advanced position (as shown in FIG. 10) in which both the primary and secondary storage areas 21 and 22 are easily accessible.

Referring primarily to FIG. 2, the carousel 20 has a floor 24 which is roughly rectangular but for diagonal corners 25. The floor 24 is preferably constructed from a very strong, rigid material such as metal. In some embodiments, the floor 24 is solid.

Opposite the floor 24 is a roof 26 of the carousel 20. The roof 26 is also roughly rectangular but for diagonal corners 27. The roof 26 is also preferably constructed from a very strong, rigid material such as metal.

An upstanding medial wall 30 extends entirely between the floor 24 and the roof 26. In this embodiment, the wall 30 is centered between the front and back of the carousel 20, thereby delineating the primary storage area 21 and the secondary storage 22. The wall 30 spans the entire width of the carousel 20 and thus nearly the entire width of the carousel between the sides 13. The medial wall 30 is preferably solid without any openings, holes, or other interruptions. The medial wall 30 separates the primary and secondary storage areas 21 and 22 from each other so that one cannot be access from the other. Moreover, the medial wall 30 conceals the primary and secondary storage areas 21 and 22 from each other; when a user is viewing the primary storage 21 directly or from head on, he cannot see the secondary storage area 22. And when he is viewing the secondary storage area 22 directly or from head on, he cannot see the primary storage area 21. The user cannot look around the medial wall 30 when the carousel 20 is in the interior 18 of the housing 11 to see the other storage area. The medial wall 30 is preferably opaque.

Welded, bolted, adhered, or otherwise formed to the opposed vertical sides of the medial wall 30, the carousel 20 has two sidewalls 31 which extend between the floor 24 and the roof 26 on opposed “left” and “right” sides of the carousel 20. “Left” and “right” are used here only for clarity of the specification and not to limit the description in any way. The sidewalls 31 have handles 32 for grabbing the carousel 20 by hand to pull it out of the interior 18 and to spin it. In other embodiments, the sidewalls 31 may have holes, slots, or other mechanisms by which a user can grasp the carousel 20.

When the carousel 20 is in the first, retracted position, the medial wall 30 is generally located intermediately between the front 16 and back 14 of the housing 11. The housing 11 has a front portion 33 and an opposed back portion 34. The front portion 33 extends from the location generally of the medial wall 30 to the front 16 of the housing 11, and the back portion 34 extends from the location generally of the medial wall 30 to the back 14 of the housing 11. The front and back portions 33 and 34 do not move when the carousel 20 moves. As such, when the carousel 20 is in the first, retracted position, the primary storage area 21 is in the front portion 33 and the secondary storage area 22 is in the back portion 34. And when the carousel 20 is in the second, advanced position, the primary and secondary storage areas 21 and 22 are both in the front portion 33.

The back portion 34 is inaccessible because it is always behind the carousel 20 regardless whether the carousel is in the first or second positions thereof. As such, when the carousel 20 is in the first position and the secondary storage area 22 is inaccessible. A user cannot reach past the sidewalls 31 and into the secondary storage area 22. Moreover, in this condition, the secondary storage area 22 is also concealed. Because the sides 13, back 14, top 12, and bottom 15 of the housing 11 are solid and opaque, and because the user cannot see through or around the medial wall 30 or the sidewalls 31 of the carousel 20, the secondary storage is concealed from the view of a user standing at the front 16 of the cabinet 10.

Referring now to FIG. 5, the slider assembly 23 enables and guides movement of the carousel 20 with respect to the housing 11. The slider assembly 23 includes, but is not limited to, a complemental track 40 guiding reciprocal movement of the carousel 20, a carriage 41 moving within the track 40, and a control arm 42 guiding rotational movement of the carousel 20. The slider assembly 23 imparts rotational movement to the carousel 20 in response to reciprocation of the carousel 20. In a preferred embodiment, the reciprocal and rotational movement occur simultaneously.

FIGS. 2 and 5 illustrate the housing 11 in broken line so that portions of the slider assembly 23 can be seen more clearly and easily, though the track 40 is also shown in broken line in FIG. 2. FIG. 6 shows the slider assembly 23 from a side perspective in section view. The roof 26 of the carousel 20 has an upstanding axle 43 near its geometric center. The axle 43 extends downwardly into a rigid plate 70 secured to the roof 26 where the axle 43 is preferably mounted or carried in a bushing or bearing fitting in the rigid plate 70, so that the axle 43 and the carousel 20 can rotate freely with respect to each other. The axle 43 also projects upwardly from the roof 26 into the carriage 41. The axle 43 is preferably carried in a bushing or bearing fitting in the carriage 41 so that the two can rotate freely with respect to each other. In this way, the roof 26 of the carousel 20 is mounted for rotational movement with respect to the carriage 41 and thus also with respect to the housing 11.

The carriage 41 is further mounted for sliding, reciprocal movement within the track 40. The track 40 includes a top web 44 which is mounted to the underside of the top 12 of the housing 11. Spaced apart by, depending from, and formed integrally to the web 44, two parallel flanges 45 extend along the length of the web 44. The web 44 is horizontally arranged and the flanges 45 are vertical. At their lower ends, the flanges 45 have inwardly turned lips 46 directed toward each other along which the carriage 41 is mounted and can ride. The track 40 bounds and defines a reciprocating space 47 in which the carriage 41 reciprocates along a double-arrowed line 48 between a first or retracted position (as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5) and a second or advanced position (as shown in FIG. 10). Because the roof 26 of the carousel 20 is coupled to the carriage 41, the roof 26 is mounted for reciprocal movement with respect to the housing 11, and so the carousel 20 is mounted for reciprocal movement with respect to the housing 11.

Referring now primarily to FIG. 5, the control arm 42 guides rotational movement of the carousel 20. The control arm 42 is a slender, rigid, elongate member having a first end 60 and an opposed second end 61. The first end 60 of the control arm 42 is pinned for pivotal movement to the housing 11 near the back 14 thereof. The housing 11 has a spine 62 extending vertically along the inner surface of the back 14 in a medial location. The spine 62 is a rigid U-shaped member having an upper end 63 just above the top of roof 26 of the carousel 20 and extending down to an opposed lower end 64 at the bottom 15 of the housing 11. The spine 62 is welded, fastened, joined, adhered, or otherwise secured to the back 14 of the housing 11, providing rigidity to the housing 11. Proximate the upper end 63 of the spine 62 is a horizontal mount plate 65 fixed in the spine 62. A small post or axle 66 is mounted to and projects upwardly from the mount plate 65 and carries a bearing or bushing 67 disposed in the first end 60 of the control arm 42. The control arm 42 is thus pivoted with respect to the housing 11 on this axle 66.

The second end 61 of the control arm 42 is pinned for pivotal movement to the roof 26 of the carousel 20 proximate one of its sidewalls 31. A rigid plate 70 extends across the roof 26 of the carousel 20 between the opposed sidewalls 31, registered above the medial wall 30 of the carousel 20 between the primary and secondary storage areas 21 and 22. The rigid plate 70 is welded, fastened, joined, adhered, or otherwise secured to the roof 26 of the carousel 20, providing rigidity to the carousel 20. A small post or axle 71 is mounted to and projects upwardly from the rigid plate 70 and carries a bearing or bushing 72 disposed in the second end 61 of the control arm 42. The control arm 42 is thus pivoted with respect to the carousel 20 on this axle 71. The axle 43 near the geometric center of the roof 26 is also mounted to the rigid plate 70, near the center thereof.

The first end 60 of the control arm 42 is fixed in location with respect to the housing 11, while the second end 61 is moveable. As the carriage 41 moves forwardly along the arrowed line 28 toward the front 16 of the housing 11 and carries the carousel 20 with it, the second end 61 of the control arm 42 swings inwardly, causing the sidewall 31 nearest the second end 61 to swing backward, causing the carousel 20 to rotate. And when the carousel 20 moves back into the interior 18, the control arm 42 swings outwardly, causing the carousel 20 to rotate in an opposite direction. In other words, the control arm 42 causes the carousel 20 to rotate with respect to the housing 11 in response to reciprocal movement of the carousel 20 with respect to the housing 11.

The carriage 41 includes a chassis 50 and several wheels 51 mounted for rotation thereto. The chassis 50 includes an elongate base 52 and two upstanding sidewalls 53 running along the sides of the base 52. The wheels 51 are mounted in bushing or bearing fittings in the sidewalls 53 so that they may freely rotate. The wheels 51 are spaced apart from each other, on both sides of the carriage 41. The wheels 51 are outboard of the sidewalls 53 and rest and roll on top of the lips 46 of the track 40. The flanges 45 limit lateral movement of the carriage 41 with respect to the track 40 and prevent the carriage 41 from moving in any direction other than reciprocally along the line 48.

FIG. 7 illustrates the bottom 15 of the housing 11 (with a large amount of the carousel 20 shown in broken line) so that a wheel 74 mounted thereto can be seen easily. The bottom 15 of the housing 11 has a medial slot 75 extending rearwardly from the open front 16 to approximately an intermediate location between the front 16 and back 15. The slot 75 is wide enough to accommodate the wheel 74. The slot 75 defines a left side 76 of the bottom 15 and a right side 77 of the bottom 15. The two sides 76 and 77 of the bottom 15 are spaced apart by the width of the slot 75.

The wheel 74 is mounted for rolling movement in a bracket 78, as a caster wheel is. The bracket 78 in turn is mounted for swinging or pivotal movement to a rigid plate 79 extending across the underside of the floor 24 of the carousel 20 between the opposed sidewalls 31, registered below the medial wall 30 of the carousel 20, providing rigidity to the carousel 20. Thus, the wheel 74 can rotate and can also roll forward and backward in reciprocal movement along the arrowed line 48 with respect to the housing 11. Rotation of the wheel 74 enables rotation of the carousel 20 with respect to the housing 11; the carousel 20 can both rotate with respect to the wheel 74 and can also rotate with the wheel 74. The left and right sides 76 and 77 of the bottom 15 limit lateral movement of the wheel 74, confining its movement to motion in reciprocal and rotational directions. Therefore, because the floor 24 of the carousel 20 is mounted to and supported by the wheel 74, the floor 24 is also mounted for guided reciprocal and rotational movement with respect to the housing 11.

With both the floor 24 and the roof 26 of the carousel 20 mounted for reciprocal movement in the same direction and also for rotational movement, the carousel 20 is enabled to be moved into and out of the interior 18 with reciprocal and rotational movement. This reciprocal and rotational movement is preferably simultaneous.

FIGS. 8-10 illustrate this movement. In FIG. 8, the carousel 20 is in the first retracted position with respect to the housing 11. A user standing at the open front 16 can pull the carousel 20 out of the interior 18 by grasping and pulling the handles 32 outward. When he does, the carriage 41 will be moved forward in the track 40, and the control arm 42 will swing inward along the arcuate line 80.

In FIG. 9, the user has begun to pull the carousel 20 out of the interior 18 in the direction of the large arrow 81. This causes the control arm 42 to swing inward along the arcuate line 80, which in turn causes the left sidewall 31 to pivot inward to the interior 18 along the arrowed line 82. The carousel 20 rotates. Most of the primary storage area 21 is still presented at the front 16 of the housing 11, but some of the secondary storage area 22 has also come into view.

In FIG. 9, the carriage 41 is moved forward in the track 40, and the control arm 42 swings inward along the arcuate line 80. The carousel 20 has rotated approximately halfway around to begin revealing the secondary storage area 22 behind the medial wall 30. The left sidewall 31 is within the interior 18, and the right sidewall 31 is outside the interior 18.

In FIG. 10, the carousel 20 is now fully moved into the advanced position. The carriage 41 is in its advanced position in the track 40, and the second end 61 of the control arm 42 is forward, in alignment with the track 40. The carousel 20 hangs out of the interior 18, cantilevered and supported by the carriage 41 in the track 40 and the wheel 74 (not visible) on the ground. The primary and secondary storage areas 21 and 22 are both in the front portion 33 and project out of the front 16 of the housing 11. Most of the primary and secondary storage areas 21 and 22 are immediately and easily visible and accessible from the sides when the doors 17 are fully opened, as shown in both FIGS. 10 and 11.

To return the carousel 20 to the interior 18 and the retracted position shown in FIG. 8, the user simply grasps the handles 32 and spins and pushes the carousel 20 in the reverse direction. This causes the carousel 20 to simultaneously slide backward and rotate in reverse until it has reached its first and original retracted position.

In other embodiments, the user can push the carousel 20 back into the interior 18 but actually urge the carousel 20 to continue to rotate in the same direction it rotated when emerging from the interior 18. This causes the control arm 42 to move to the other side of the interior 18. Doing this results in the secondary storage area 22 being exposed and accessible at the front of the housing 11 when the carousel 20 is moved back. In this way, the user can switch which storage he wants to present—and which to hide—in the back portion 34 of the interior 18.

A preferred embodiment is fully and clearly described above so as to enable one having skill in the art to understand, make, and use the same. Those skilled in the art will recognize that modifications may be made to the description above without departing from the spirit of the specification, and that some embodiments include only those elements and features described, or a subset thereof. To the extent that modifications do not depart from the spirit of the specification, they are intended to be included within the scope thereof.

Claims

1. A cabinet comprising: a housing having a door configured to provide access to an interior of the housing, the interior having a front portion and a back portion;a carousel disposed in the housing, the carousel having a primary storage area and a secondary storage area;a first position of the carousel in which the primary storage area is accessible and the secondary storage area is concealed; anda second position of the carousel in which the secondary storage area is accessible.

2. The cabinet of claim 1, wherein in the second position of the carousel, the primary storage area is accessible.

3. The cabinet of claim 1, wherein the primary storage area and the secondary storage area are on opposed sides of the carousel.

4. The cabinet of claim 3, wherein: in the first position of the carousel, the primary storage area is in the front portion of the housing and the secondary storage area is in the back portion of the housing; andin the second position of the carousel, the primary storage area and the secondary storage area are in the front portion of the housing.

5. The cabinet of claim 1, wherein: the housing has a closed first side, a closed second side, a closed back, and an opposed front which is open;the door is mounted at the front of the housing; andthe door is mounted to provide access to the interior of the housing through the front.

6. The cabinet of claim 1, wherein the carousel reciprocates between the first and second positions.

7. The cabinet of claim 1, wherein the carousel rotates between the first and second positions.

8. The cabinet of claim 1, wherein the carousel reciprocates and rotates between the first and second positions.

9. The cabinet of claim 1, wherein the carousel moves in simultaneous reciprocation and rotation between the first and second positions.

10. A cabinet comprising: a housing having a door configured to provide access to an interior of the housing, the interior having a front portion and a back portion;a carousel disposed in the housing, the carousel having a primary storage area and a secondary storage area;in a first position of the carousel, the primary storage area is visible in the front portion of the housing and the secondary storage area is concealed in the back portion of the housing; andin a second position of the carousel, the primary storage area and the secondary storage area are in the front portion of the housing.

11. The cabinet of claim 10, wherein the carousel reciprocates and rotates between the first and second positions.

12. The cabinet of claim 10, wherein the carousel moves in simultaneous reciprocation and rotation between the first and second positions.

13. The cabinet of claim 10, wherein: the housing has a closed first side, a closed second side, a closed back, and an opposed front which is open;the door is mounted at the front of the housing; andthe door is mounted to provide access to the interior of the housing through the front.

14. The cabinet of claim 10, wherein the primary storage area and the secondary storage area are on opposed sides of the carousel.

15. A cabinet comprising: a housing having a closed first side, a closed second side, a closed back, an opposed front which is open, and a door configured to provide access to an interior of the housing through the front, the interior having a front portion and a back portion;a carousel disposed in the housing, the carousel having a top, a bottom, a primary storage area, and a secondary storage area;a first position of the carousel in which the primary storage area is accessible and the secondary storage area is concealed;a second position of the carousel in which the secondary storage area is accessible; anda slider assembly coupling the carousel to the housing to move between the first and second positions in reciprocal and rotational movement with respect to the housing.

16. The cabinet of claim 15, further comprising: a slot in a bottom of the housing extending to the front of the housing; anda wheel on the bottom of the carousel which is received for rolling movement through the slot when the carousel moves between the first and second positions.

17. The cabinet of claim 15, wherein the slider assembly includes: a track in the housing, and a carriage on the carousel mounted for reciprocal movement in the track; anda control arm having opposed first and second ends, the first end pinned for pivotal movement to the housing and the second end pinned for pivotal movement to the carousel so as to impart rotational movement to the carousel with respect to the housing in response to reciprocal movement of the carousel with respect to the housing.

18. The cabinet of claim 17, further comprising a wheel on the bottom of the carousel which is received for rolling movement through a slot in the bottom of the carousel when the carousel moves between the first and second positions.

19. The cabinet of claim 15, wherein: in the first position of the carousel, the primary storage area is in the front portion of the housing and the secondary storage area is in the back portion of the housing; andin the second position of the carousel, the primary storage area and the secondary storage area are in the front portion of the housing.

20. The cabinet of claim 15, wherein the primary storage area and the secondary storage area are on opposed sides of the carousel.