EP1905323B1 - Armoire pliable - Google Patents

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EP1905323B1
EP1905323B1 EP20060020623 EP06020623A EP1905323B1 EP 1905323 B1 EP1905323 B1 EP 1905323B1 EP 20060020623 EP20060020623 EP 20060020623 EP 06020623 A EP06020623 A EP 06020623A EP 1905323 B1 EP1905323 B1 EP 1905323B1
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Wen-Tsan Wang
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B43/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features enabling folding of the cabinet or the like
    • A47B43/02—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features enabling folding of the cabinet or the like made of cardboard or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B2230/00—Furniture jointing; Furniture with such jointing
    • A47B2230/0003—Adjustable furniture jointing
    • A47B2230/0011—Hooks and loops as in hook and look-type fastener

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  • the present invention relates to cabinets and more particularly, to a collapsible cabinet.
  • Cabinets are commonly used in a limited home space for keeping things in good order.
  • Conventional cabinets are made of a hard material, such as plastics, wood, or metal. These cabinets are not collapsible to reduce the size when not in use or for delivery.
  • combination cabinets comprised of a number of hard component parts subject to a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) design. However, it is complicated to collapse or to build up these combination cabinets. Further, the hard component parts of these combination cabinets use a big amount of packing materials.
  • US Patent 5,680,744 shows a product display and delivery system for point of sale product displays.
  • the system is composed of modular disposable cartridges which are created from two rectangular opposed interlocking sleeves, with the first sleeve residing inside the second sleeve.
  • the assembled cartridges may be joined releasably by hook and loop fasteners to allow easy stacking, arrangement and replacement of the cartridges.
  • This prior art system in its assembled finished form provides for storing capabilities similar to a regular cabinet but it does not consider the advantages or problems of a collapsible cabinet, for which reason it does not discuss any means for adding stability to a collapsible cabinet.”
  • the present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is one object of the present invention to provide a cabinet, which is collapsible. It is another object of the present invention to provide a cabinet, which can conveniently be collapsed or set up into the operative form.
  • the collapsible cabinet comprises a rectangular cabinet body, hook and loop pads, and at least one hard support plate.
  • the cabinet body is made out of a soft fabric sheet material, having a top panel, a bottom panel opposite to the top panel, a left side panel and a right side panel stitched to and connected between the top panel and the bottom panel at two opposite lateral sides, a back panel peripherally stitched to a respective rear side edge of the top panel, the bottom panel, the left side panel and the right side panel, and a front opening through which storage items are inserted into the inside space of the cabinet body surrounded by the top panel, the bottom panel, the left side panel, the right side panel and the back panel.
  • the back panel has a narrow elongated diagonal slot.
  • the hook and loop pads are fixedly provided at the top panel, the bottom panel, the left side panel and the right side panel such for enabling multiple collapsible cabinets to be fastened together to form a combination cabinet unit.
  • the at least one hard support plate is respectively hinged to the inside wall of the cabinet body at the border of the back panel for supporting the cabinet body in shape.
  • a partition member may be fixedly provided inside the cabinet body or detachably fastened to the inside of the cabinet body to divide the inside space of the cabinet body into multiple small storage spaces for keeping different things in good order.
  • the partition member can be a crossed member fastened to the inside of the cabinet body to divide the inside space of the cabinet body into four small storage spaces.
  • the partition member can be a flat member horizontally or vertically fastened to the inside of the cabinet body to divide the inside space of the cabinet body into two vertically or horizontally spaced small storage spaces.
  • a collapsible cabinet in accordance with the present invention is shown comprised of a rectangular cabinet body 1 made out of a soft fabric sheet material.
  • the cabinet body 1 has a top panel 11, a bottom panel 12 opposite to the top panel 11, a left side panel 13 and a right side panel 14 stitched to and connected between the top panel 11 and the bottom panel 12 at two opposite lateral sides, a back panel 15 peripherally stitched to a respective rear side edge of the top panel 11, the bottom panel 12, the left side panel 13 and the right side panel 14, and a front opening 16 through which storage items are inserted into the inside space of the cabinet body 1 surrounded by the top panel 11, the bottom panel 12, the left side panel 13, the right side panel 14 and the back panel 15.
  • the back panel 15 has a narrow elongated diagonal slot 18, which is peripherally reinforced with stitches. Further, hook and loop pads 17 are fixedly provided at the top panel 11, the bottom panel 12, the left side panel 13 and the right side panel 14 around the respective opposite lateral sides.
  • the cabinet body 1 is made out of a soft fabric sheet material, hard support means must be used to support the cabinet body 1 in shape. Therefore, two hard support plates 2 are respectively stitched to the rear side of the top panel 11 and the rear side of the bottom panel 12.
  • the size of the hard support plates 2 is approximately equal to one half of the size of the back panel 15.
  • the two hard support plates 2 can be turned relative to the cabinet body 1 to a vertical position and abutted against each other to support the cabinet body 1 in shape.
  • a hook pad (or loop pad) 21 is respectively fixedly provided at the back side of each hard support plate 2 for fastening to a loop pad (or hook pad) 151 at the inner surface of the back panel 15 to hold the hard support plates 2 in vertical.
  • the hook pads (or loop pads) 21 are disengaged from the loop pad (or hook pad) hook pad (or loop pad) 151, and then the hard support plates 2 are respectively turned to a horizontal position and respectively closely attached to the top panel 11 and the bottom panel 12 for enabling the cabinet body 1 to be folded into a flat collapsed condition (see FIG. 6 ).
  • a partition member 3 may be inserted into the cabinet body 1 to divide the inside space of the cabinet body 1 into many separated small spaces for keeping different items.
  • the partition member 3 can be directly stitched to the inside wall of the cabinet body 1.
  • hook and loop materials may be used to detachably fasten the partition member 3 to the inside wall of the cabinet body 1.
  • the partition member 3 may be variously embodied.
  • the partition member 3 shown in FIG. 1 is a crossed member that divides the inside space of the cabinet body 1 into four separated small spaces
  • the partition member 3 shown in FIG. 2 is a flat board horizontally fastened to the inside wall of the cabinet body 1 to divide the inside space of the cabinet body 1 into two vertically spaced small spaces
  • the collapsible cabinet does not use a partition member.
  • only one single hard support plate 2A is used and stitched to the rear side of the top panel of the cabinet body, and can be turned between a horizontal position and a vertical position.
  • the hard support plate 2A has a size approximately equal to the size of the back panel of the cabinet body.
  • the hook pad (or loop pad) 21 at the back side of the hard support plate 2A is fastened to the loop pad (or hook pad) 151 at the inner surface of the back panel 15.
  • each collapsible cabinet may be horizontally and vertically abutted against one another and fastened to one another by means of the respective hook and loop pads 17, forming a combination cabinet unit. Further, each collapsible cabinet may be provided with a drawer 4, or covered with a hinged door panel 5 (see FIG. 7 ).
  • FIGS. 1 ⁇ 10 A prototype of collapsible cabinet has been constructed with the features of FIGS. 1 ⁇ 10 .
  • the collapsible cabinet functions smoothly to provide all of the features disclosed earlier.

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  1. Armoire pliable comprenant :
    un corps d'armoire rectangulaire (1) constitué d'un matériau en nappe de tissu souple, ledit corps d'armoire ayant un panneau supérieur (11), un panneau inférieur (12) opposé audit panneau supérieur, un panneau latéral gauche (13) et un panneau latéral droit (14) cousus audit panneau supérieur (11) et audit panneau inférieur (12) et reliés entre ceux-ci sur deux côtés latéraux opposés, un panneau arrière (15) cousu de manière périphérique sur un bord latéral arrière respectif dudit panneau supérieur (11), dudit panneau inférieur (12), dudit panneau latéral gauche (13) et dudit panneau latéral droit (14), et une ouverture avant (16) à travers laquelle des articles de rangement sont insérés dans l'espace intérieur dudit corps d'armoire (1) entouré dudit panneau supérieur (11), dudit panneau inférieur (12), dudit panneau latéral gauche (13), dudit panneau latéral droit (14) et dudit panneau arrière (15),
    des patins à boucles et crochets (17) agencés fixement sur ledit panneau supérieur (11), ledit panneau inférieur (12), ledit panneau latéral gauche (13) et ledit panneau latéral droit (14) de manière à pouvoir fixer ensemble de multiples armoires pliables afin de former un bloc d'armoires combinées ;
    caractérisée par :
    au moins une plaque de support dure (2, 2A) respectivement articulée sur une paroi intérieure dudit corps d'armoire sur la bordure dudit panneau arrière (15) pour supporter ledit corps d'armoire (1) en forme, dans laquelle ledit panneau arrière (15) a une étroite fente diagonale allongée (18).
  2. Armoire pliable selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle le nombre desdites au moins une plaque de support dure (2, 2A) est égal à 2, et les deux plaques de support dures sont respectivement articulées sur deux bords latéraux opposés dudit panneau arrière (15) à l'intérieur dudit corps d'armoire (1), et la taille des plaques de support dures (2) est approximativement égale à la moitié de la taille dudit panneau arrière (15).
  3. Armoire pliable selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle le nombre desdites au moins une plaque de support dure (2, 2A) est égal à un, et cette plaque de support dure unique (2, 2A) est articulée sur un bord latéral dudit panneau arrière (15) à l'intérieur dudit corps d'armoire, et la taille de cette plaque de support dure unique (2, 2A) est approximativement égale à la taille dudit panneau arrière (15).
  4. Armoire pliable selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre un élément de séparation (3) fixé sur l'intérieur dudit corps d'armoire (1) pour diviser l'espace intérieur dudit corps d'armoire (1) en multiples petits espaces de rangement.
  5. Armoire pliable selon la revendication 4, dans laquelle ledit élément de séparation (3) est un élément croisé fixé sur l'intérieur dudit corps d'armoire pour diviser l'espace intérieur dudit corps d'armoire en quatre petits espaces de rangement.
  6. Armoire pliable selon la revendication 4, dans laquelle ledit élément de séparation (3) est un élément plat fixé horizontalement sur l'intérieur dudit corps d'armoire pour diviser l'espace intérieur dudit corps d'armoire en deux petits espaces de rangement espacés verticalement.
  7. Armoire pliable selon la revendication 4, dans laquelle ledit élément de séparation (3) est un élément plat fixé verticalement sur l'intérieur dudit corps d'armoire pour diviser l'espace intérieur dudit corps d'armoire en un espace de rangement gauche et un espace de rangement droit.
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