STORAGE SYSTEMS

• US 20110110075A1
• Filed: 11/05/2010
• Published: 05/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharon Lynne Smith
• Original Assignee: Sharon Lynne Smith
• Inventors: Smith, Sharon Lynne
• Granted Patent: US 9,211,005 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/127
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2220/0077 Lighting for furniture, e.g. cupboards and racks
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 67/04 Chests of drawers; Cabinets characterised by the arrangement of drawers A47B67/02 takes precedence; drawers, guides for drawers, per se A47B88/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 81/00 Cabinets or racks specially adapted for other particular purposes, e.g. for storing guns or skis
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 81/06 Furniture aspects of radio, television, gramophone, or record cabinets for similar equipment supports attached to the wall or ceiling or floor stands F16M
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 6/005 with a lamp housing maintained at a distance from the floor or ground via a support, e.g. standing lamp for ambient lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 27/00 Cable-stowing arrangements structurally associated with lighting devices, e.g. reels storing lengths of cable in general B65H; the lighting devices being vehicle headlamps F21S41/192; the lighting devices being vehicle lights F21S43/195

Abstract

A furniture article that comprises a furniture housing which is configured to rest on a surface, and a cord-retractor that is configured to supply power from a wall outlet to an outlet located in or on the furniture housing.

Claims

1. A furniture article, comprising:

a furniture housing that is configured to rest on a surface; and

a cord-retractor that is configured to supply power from a wall outlet to an outlet located in or on the furniture housing.

2. The furniture article according to claim 1, the article further comprising:

a light emitting element that is configured to irradiate light.

3. The furniture article according to claim 1, wherein the furniture housing comprises a housing base that includes the cord-retractor.

4. The furniture article according to claim 1, wherein the furniture housing comprises an opening that is configured to allow the power cord to pass therethrough.

5. The furniture article according to claim 2, wherein the furniture article comprises a lamp.

6. The furniture article according to claim 5, wherein the lamp includes a table lamp.

7. The furniture article according to claim 5, wherein the lamp includes a floor lamp.

8. The furniture article according to claim 1, further comprising:

a panel that encloses a cavity defined by the furniture housing.

9. The furniture article according to claim 8, further comprising:

a drawer that is located in the furniture housing and substantially concealed by the panel when the panel is in a closed position.

10. The furniture article according to claim 9, wherein the drawer comprises clear injection molded plastic.

11. The furniture article according to claim 8, wherein the panel comprises a built-in unit that is configured to receive at least one of:

eye glasses;

a cell phone;

a wallet;

a purse;

a magazine;

an iPod;

an iPad;

or

a set of keys.

12. The furniture article according to claim 8, wherein the panel comprises at least one of:

an eye glass unit that is configured to receive eye glasses;

a magazine unit that is configured to receive a magazine or a document;

a cell phone unit that is configured to receive a cell phone;

a wallet unit that is configured to receive a wallet; and

a key unit that is configured to receive a set of keys.

13. A wall-mount flat screen television storage having a housing that defines a cavity for holding a flat screen television, the storage comprising:

a wall insert portion that is configured to be placed in a building wall;

a frame portion that is configured to rest against a surface of the building wall; and

a panel that is configured to enclose the cavity and substantially entirely conceal an interior of the cavity,

wherein the panel is further configured to receive and hold a decorative feature.

14. The storage according to claim 13, the storage further comprising:

a television mount bracket that holds the television.

15. A furniture article, comprising:

a furniture housing that is configured to rest on a surface;

a panel that encloses a cavity defined by the furniture housing; and

a drawer that is located in the furniture housing and substantially concealed by the panel when the panel is in a closed position.

16. The furniture article according to claim 15, wherein the drawer comprises clear injection molded plastic.

17. The furniture article according to claim 15, wherein the panel comprises a built-in unit that is configured to receive at least one of:

eye glasses;

a cell phone;

a wallet;

a purse;

a magazine;

an iPod;

an iPad;

or

a set of keys.

18. The furniture article according to claim 15, wherein the panel comprises at least one of:

an eye glass unit that is configured to receive eye glasses;

a magazine unit that is configured to receive a magazine or a document;

a cell phone unit that is configured to receive a cell phone;

a wallet unit that is configured to receive a wallet; and

a key unit that is configured to receive a set of keys.

19. The furniture article according to claim 15, further comprising a mirror.

20. The furniture article according to claim 19, wherein the mirror comprises a soft light.