Storage box

• US 4,060,292 A
• Filed: 07/19/1976
• Issued: 11/29/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Carmen Medina
• Original Assignee: Carmen Medina
• Inventors: Medina, Carmen
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilliam, Paul R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Grosz, Alex
• Application Number:
  US05/706,146
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: 312/247, 312/306, 5/10 R, 5/10 B, 187/3, 187/4, 187/5, 182/142, 248/320, 248/317
• US Class Current: 312/247
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2051/005 Ceiling mounted containers
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 51/00 Cabinets with means for moving compartments up and down for cabinets with parts rotating about a horizontal axis A47B46/005; for show or display A47F3/06

Abstract

A ceiling mounted storage box which is reciprocable on vertical guide rails mounted on opposed walls of an enclosure. The box is raised and lowered by a rope threaded through an eyebolt attached to the ceiling. The eyebolt projects into the interior of the box. The end of the rope threaded through the eyebolt is fixed to the interior floor of the box, so by lowering or raising the rope through the eyebolt, the box is lowered or raised on the vertical guide rails.

Claims

1. A storage box construction comprising:

a substantially rectangular container in mating engagement with vertical guide rails mounted on opposed side walls of an enclosed space having a ceiling and a floor,

a door mounted on said container providing access to the interior of said container, and

means for raising and lowering said container from a position adjacent said ceiling to a position adjacent said floor, said means including an eyebolt extending through an aperture located in a top surface of said container, said eyebolt connected to said ceiling, a ring on the bottom interior surface of said container, a bracket on the bottom interior surface of said container, a clamp mounted on said bracket, and a rope connected to said ring and threaded in sequence through said eyebolt, and said clamp, said rope selectively threadable through the opening in which said door is mounted.

2. The box construction of claim 1 wherein said clamp is substantially u-shaped in cross-section and includes a mounting screw threadedly connected to said bracket.

3. The box construction of claim 2 including a door pivotably mounted on the bottom surface of said container for providing access to said rope.

4. The box construction of claim 3 including a rotatable latch on said door cooperating with the bottom surface of said container for locking said door.

5. The box construction of claim 1 wherein the corners of said rectangular container include vertical slots disposed therein, and vertical guide rails being seated within said vertical slots.