DECORATIVE WALL HANGING, DROPDOWN SHELF STORAGE SYSTEM FOR ACCENT BEDDING AND PILLOWS

• US 20090114611A1
• Filed: 11/06/2008
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joyce M. Munyan
• Original Assignee: Joyce M. Munyan
• Inventors: Munyan, Joyce M.
• Application Number:
  US12/266,187
• Publication Number:
  US 20090114611A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/90.20
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 46/005 by displacement in a vertical plane; by rotating about a horizontal axis

Abstract

A storage solution is provided for decorative pillows and the like, including a decorative front panel when in the first configuration is flat and in the second configuration is a storage area. The second configuration is presented by a dropdown motion of the front panel, which produces a shelf for decorative pillows, bedding items or other items when not in use.

Claims

1. A shelf unit for storing bedding items comprising:

a wall mountable frame assembly and

a front panel comprising a front face and a back face, wherein said front panel is connected at the bottom to the bottom edge of the frame assembly such that said front panel may swing down from an upright closed position, in parallel to the frame assembly, to an open position, where the hack face is defined as a shelf and is perpendicular to the frame assembly.

2. The shelf unit of claim 1 further comprising a pair of side hinges, connecting the side edges of the frame assembly to the side edges of the front panel.

3. The shelf unit of claim 2, wherein said side hinges prevent said front panel from swinging more than ninety degrees down from the upright closed position.

4. The shelf unit of claim 2, wherein said side hinges are in the form of a flexing strap.

5. The shelf unit of claim 2, wherein said side hinges are in the form of a spring.

6. The shelf unit of claim 1, wherein the connection between the bottom of the front panel and the bottom edge of the frame assembly is formed by at least one attachment hinge.

7. The shelf unit of claim 1 further comprising:

a back closing member centrally mounted on the upper edge of the frame assembly and

a front closing member centrally mounted on the upper edge of the back face of the front panel for fastening to the back closing member when the front panel is in the upright closed position.

8. The shelf unit of claim 1, wherein said wall mountable frame assembly comprises a support post connected at one end to the center of the upper edge and at the other end to the center of the lower edge.

9. The shelf unit of claim 1, wherein said front panel further comprises a decorative element incorporated on said front lace.

10. The shelf unit of claim 1, wherein said decorative element further comprises a fabric material.

11. The shelf unit of claim 10, wherein said fabric comprises a cover in the form of a sham.

12. The shelf unit of claim 11, wherein said fabric coordinates with a bedding fabric located in a room where the shelf unit is located.

13. The shelf unit of claim 1, wherein said front panel further comprises an identification marker signifying that said front panel swings to the open position, where the back face is defined as a shelf.

14. The shelf unit of claim 1, wherein said front panel further comprises:

an opening;

a support board covering said opening on the back face; and

at least four clasps mounted to said back face, wherein said clasps may be twisted closed to hold said support board over said opening or twisted open to allow for removal of said support board for access to said opening.

15. The shelf unit of claim 14, wherein said front panel further comprises a decorative item displayed in the opening of the front face.

16. The shelf unit of claim 1 further comprising panel doors mounted to the frame assembly, wherein said panel doors close to conceal the front panel when the front panel is in the upright closed position and open to allow the front panel to swing down to the open position.

17. A shelf unit for storing bedding items comprising:

a wall mountable frame assembly;

a front panel comprising a from face and a back face, wherein said front panel is connected at the bottom to the bottom edge of the frame assembly such that said front panel may swing down from an upright closed position, in parallel to the frame assembly, to an open position where the back face is defined as a shelf and is perpendicular to the frame assembly;

means for connecting the front panel and the frame assembly for preventing said front panel from swinging more than ninety degrees down from the upright closed position; and

a closing member mounted on the frame assembly and the front panel for fastening the front panel is in the upright closed position.

18. The shelf unit of claim 17, wherein said connection between the bottom of the front panel and the bottom edge of the frame assembly is by at least one connection hinge.

19. The shelf unit of claim 17 further comprising:

an opening in said front panel;

a support board covering said opening on the back face of the front panel; and

a clasp for selectively opening to allow for removal of said support board for access to said opening.

20. The shelf unit of claim 19, wherein said front panel further comprises a decorative item, positioned in the opening of the front face.