Portably suspended retractable shelf

• US 10,136,737 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2018
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dconnect Group LLC
• Original Assignee: Dconnect Group LLC
• Inventors: Cass, Dan
• Primary Examiner(s): Parihar, Suchin
• Application Number:
  US15/891,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20180271301A1
• Time in Patent Office: 293 Days
• Field of Search: 320107
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 21/00 Attachments for beds, e.g. sheet holders, bed-cover holders bed tables supported on the bedstead A47B23/02; for children's beds A47D7/00, A47D15/00; Ventilating, cooling or heating means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/00 Details or accessories for chairs, beds, or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass, e.g. upholstery fasteners, mattress protectors, stretching devices for mattress nets
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 23/0225 attachable to a plate, table, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction

Abstract

There is disclosed a portably suspended retractable shelf for storing bedside items and which includes a horizontal platform having an inner portion and an outer portion. In various embodiments, the inner portion is adapted to be slidably captured between a mattress and a mattress supporting structure. At least one of the following upward-facing compartments is disposed on the outer portion of the horizontal platform and is accessible to a user on the mattress: a collapsible basin, a hanging flexible pocket, a foldable box. The compartments are collapsible for allowing the horizontal platform to be slidably retracted under the mattress. A cutout hole is configured to hold a cup or other object in a suspended configuration through the shelf. A downward-facing sliding drawer compartment of various sizes is mounted and/or supported underneath the outer portion of the shelf. A storage container extends from a leading surface of the portable suspended retractable shelf. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A portably suspended retractable shelf for storing items proximate to a piece of furniture, comprising:

a horizontal platform having an inner portion and an outer portion, the inner portion adapted to be frictionally engaged within a select location along a seam formed between an upper cushion member of the piece of the furniture and a lower cushion support member of the piece of the furniture, the frictional engagement created by the seam having a thickness that is less than a thickness of the horizontal platform, the outer portion of the horizontal platform extending outward from the seam of the piece of the furniture; and

a wireless charger disposed within the outer portion of the horizontal platform, and the wireless charger configured to supply power to at least one of an electrical device on and an electronic device adjacent to the horizontal platform.

2. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is stored on a bottom surface of the horizontal platform.

3. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is embedded and integrated into the horizontal platform.

4. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is stored within a storage cup of the horizontal platform.

5. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is integrated electrical wiring into material of the horizontal platform.

6. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is integrated electronic wiring into material of the horizontal platform.

7. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is integrated current carrying conductors into material of the horizontal platform.

8. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is configured to supply AC power to the electrical device.

9. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is configured to supply DC power to the electrical device.

10. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is configured to supply USB power to the electrical device.

11. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is configured to supply magnetic inductive power to the electrical device.

12. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is configured to receive and supply near field radio frequency (RF) power to the electrical device.

13. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is configured to supply receive and supply radio frequency (RF) chip converted power to the electrical device.

14. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is configured to receive and supply magnetic resonance charging power to the electrical device.

15. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is configured to supply power to the electrical device when the electrical device is stored within a storage cup.

16. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is configured to supply power to the electrical device when the electrical device is supported on the horizontal platform.

17. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is configured to supply at least one of a battery and a set of batteries for closed loop charging power to at least one of an electrical device and an electronic device.

18. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is configured to receive and supply and convert infrared light into electronic chip power to at least one of an electrical device and an electronic device.

19. The portable shelf of claim 1, wherein the wireless charger is configured to receive and supply and convert light emitting diode LED lighting into electronic chip electric power to at least one of an electrical and an electronic device.

20. A portably suspended retractable shelf for storing items proximate to a piece of furniture, comprising:

a horizontal platform defining a horizontal plane, the horizontal platform having an inner portion and an outer portion, the inner and the outer portions disposed upon the horizontal plane, and the inner portion adapted to be frictionally captured within a seam formed between an upper cushion member of the piece of the furniture and a lower cushion support member of the piece of the furniture, the seam having a thickness that is less than a thickness of the horizontal platform; and

a wireless charger disposed within the outer portion of the horizontal platform, and the wireless charger configured to supply power to at least one of an electrical device on and an electronic device adjacent to the horizontal platform, wherein a portion of the wireless charger intersects the horizontal plane.