Shelf apparatus

• US 5,269,231 A
• Filed: 04/07/1992
• Issued: 12/14/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John I. Johnson
• Original Assignee: John I. Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, John I.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brittain, James R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Anderson, Gerald A.
• Application Number:
  US07/864,561
• Time in Patent Office: 616 Days
• Field of Search: 108/23, 108/93, 108/94, 108/103, 108/104, 108/105, 108/152, 108/139
• US Class Current: 108/23
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 49/00 Revolving cabinets or racks; Cabinets or racks with revolving parts for show or display A47F3/06, A47F3/10, A47F5/0081, A47F5/02
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 81/002 Corner cabinets; Cabinets designed for being placed in a corner or a niche corner cabinets provided with trays revolving on a vertical axis A47B49/006
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 11/10 Arrangements of light sources

Abstract

A central tubular post pivotally mounts respective right and left shelf plates orthogonally relative to the central post, with the right and left shelf plates having orthogonally and fixedly directed therethrough respective right and left post members. A modification of the invention includes a mounting structure relative to the right and left shelves, as well as auxiliary illumination structure.

Claims

1. A shelf apparatus, the shelf apparatus including a central tubular post, and

the central tubular post having a lower distal end face,

and

a right post spaced from and parallel the central tubular post, and a left post spaced from and parallel the central post, the right post having a right post lower distal end face, the left post having a lower distal end face, and a plurality of first shelf plates rotatably mounted relative to the central tubular post orthogonally oriented relative to the central tubular post, with the first shelf plates fixedly and orthogonally mounted to the right post,

and

a plurality of second shelf plates spaced from and parallel the first shelf plates are rotatably mounted in an orthogonal relationship about the central tubular post and fixedly mounted in an orthogonal relationship relative to the left tubular post.

2. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein the central tubular Post lower end face, the right Post lower end face, and the left Post lower end face are arranged in a coplanar relationship.

3. An apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein at least one of the respective first and second shelf plates includes a shelf support flange fixedly and orthogonally mounted to a bottom surface thereof, wherein the support flange includes a support flange bore orthogonally directed through the support flange, and the support flange bore includes a frangible web mounted within the support flange bore, the frangible web includes a fastener fixedly secured to the frangible web, with the fastener orthogonally oriented relative to the shelf support flange.

4. An apparatus as set forth in claim 3 wherein a lowermost shelf Plate of said first and second shelf plates includes an illumination housing fixedly mounted to a bottom surface thereof, with the illumination housing including an illumination bulb contained therewithin, and the illumination housing further including a battery contained therewithin, and an on/off switch mounted to the illumination housing to effect selective illumination of the illumination bulb, and a fiber optic cable directed into the illumination housing having a first end positioned adjacent the illumination bulb, and the fiber optic cable directed through the central tubular post.

5. An apparatus as set forth in claim 4 wherein the fiber optic cable includes a plurality of fiber optic cable junctions, wherein each of the junctions includes a fiber optic cable second end portion extending from the junction positioned above one of the first and second shelf Plates, and the fiber optic cable including an upper distal third end spaced above an uppermost shelf of said first and second shelf plates directed towards said uppermost shelf plate.