WO1999049757A1

WO1999049757A1 - Wall cupboard with self-moving shelves by means of a guide track which is assembled inside and which is fixed to the wall

Info

Publication number: WO1999049757A1
Application number: PCT/IT1999/000064
Authority: WO
Inventors: Sergio Natale Epis
Original assignee: Sergio Natale Epis
Priority date: 1998-03-26
Filing date: 1999-03-19
Publication date: 1999-10-07
Also published as: ES2197629T3; EP1067852B1; DE69906957D1; ITMI980627A1; DE69906957T2; EP1067852A1; AU2956199A; IT1298806B1

Abstract

The advantages which can be obtained with this invention are: the usage of high spaces of the rooms in a practical and fast way, spaces which one could not reach without the help of a ladder or other stands; the usage of the high part of the walls without any obstruction of the space below, used for the passage of people; extreme flexibility of the aesthetic result; a new way to organize spaces.

Description

DESCRIPTION

Wall cupboard with self-moving shelves by means of a guide track which is assembled inside and which is fixed to the wall

TECHNICAL FIELD

Industrial production for furnishing.

BACKGROUND ART

5. At present, according to the knowledge acquired by the inventor, the only industrial application used for a fast access to portions of room otherwise not reachable is a rod, which can be applied to the usual wardrobe, and which is generally used to hang up the dress-hangers.

10 DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

The present invention comes from the necessity of being able to use the room which has not been used till now or which is accessible with difficulty, which is over the heights within which we operate every day. The practical development of the invention avails itself of the use of a sliding device

15. which is composed of a track and of a shelf slide.

The guide track has got a counterweight inside, which is connected to the shelf slide in order to make shiftings easier.

The movable shelves which are inside the wall cupboard, when removed, can be easily driven till the end of the possible travel in order to reach in a practical and fast way a

20. height which permits the best accessibility and, as a result, the best utilization and then to be put again in the initial position.

The security lock which keeps the shelves in the upper part is managed by the hold system (handle) with which the shelves themselves are moved. The inside volume of the cupboard, thanks to the vertical translation, becomes accessible volume.

1 - The representation of the drawings of the wall cupboard, obtained thanks to the computer graphics, is shown in the enclosed FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8. It can be useful in every room which is inhabited or which has got a commercial activity

5. of different kinds.

In the house, it can be put in the entrance or in the hall, as a wardrobe and a store-room. Its best usage is in the kitchen: in fact this room is usually frill of voluminous things, such as pots, so it requires the maximum exploitation of all spaces and this can be made in a complete and easy way thanks to this wall cupboard. The same function can be

10. made in the bathroom. Outside the house, its usage is always the one of a system for the storage of things which must have a precise disposition and, in the meantime, an easy and comfortable position to guarantee their reaching without any effort. Any room which has the necessity "to order" and to make more rational its space can use this cupboard.

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BEST MODE FOR CARRYNG OUT THE INVENTION

According to the existing industrial procedures, the practical development of this invention finds the best compromise (between economy, speed and quality of production) in the usage of extrudates of aluminum for the creation of the frames, of the slide and of the track

20 fc>^r the shelves, because of its general and aesthetic features (lightness, rigidity, resistance to oxidation, etc.); in the usage of laminated plastics for the walls of the shelves and of the external box because of their lightness and chromatic variety; in the usage of plastic materials for the little pieces, besides the usage of the usual commercial things such as screws, etc.

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Claims

1. Cupboard equipped with sliding devices assembled inside the cupboard itself, which permit the access to volumes of room which are not normally used.

2. The vertical sliding of the shelf slide is facilitated by the action of the counterweight 5. which is inside the guide track of the shelf slide.

3. The usage of the integrated handle system with the permanent security lock and of the system of stop in the superior and inferior end-travel points.

4. We are not claiming: the drawing, the materials for the construction and the number, and the morphology of the shelves.