SLIDING COVER AND HOUSING DEVICE THEREOF

• US 3,570,579 A
• Filed: 03/12/1969
• Issued: 03/16/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/1968
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Matsushima Shunichi
• Original Assignee: Matsushima Shunichi
• Inventors: MATSUSHIMA SHUNICHI
• Application Number:
  US04/806,576
• Time in Patent Office: 734 Days
• US Class Current: 160/235
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 17/04 with secret or fireproof compartments ; Trays or the like countersunk in the table top and obturable, e.g. by means of a roller or sliding shutter
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 1/04 with guide members shaped as circular arcs
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/20 for furniture, e.g. cabinets
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/482 specially adapted for furniture

Abstract

A sliding cover and housing device thereof which comprises a sliding cover consisting of a plurality of cover pieces being linked with hinges and a pair of guides being provided along the upper inside walls of a cabinet, whereby the cover assembly can be housed in the rear and upper space of the cabinet in folded state.

Claims

1. A sliding cover comprising cover pieces having at the opposite ends thereof curved projections the cross section of which are formed by the arcs of circles and edge projections, said curved and edge projections forming therebetween slots, said cover pieces having at the opposite ends thereof slots opening in the opposite direction to each other, the inner walls of said edge projections defining said slots being arched concentrically with the opposite surfaces of said curved projections;

and a hinge connecting said cover pieces having two fitting edges extending towards each other, two guiding edges each connected to the corresponding fitting edge and formed into an arcuate portion to be received in said corresponding slot, and a central portion connecting said two guiding edges, said fitting and guiding edges forming fitting slots therebetween receiving said curved projections, and said fitting slots having parallel walls concentric with the opposite surfaces of said curved projections.

2. A sliding cover as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cover pieces are provided at their opposite ends with stepped portions located at the sides of said curved projections opposite to the sides defining said slots, and said central portion is formed into a plate having opposite flat surfaces allowing said stepped portions or said edge projections to be seated thereon when said cover pieces are turned with respect to said hinge.