RTA modular desktop cabinet

• US 7,530,651 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2007
• Issued: 05/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Grace Chance Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Grace Chance Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Ho, Wen-Te
• Primary Examiner(s): HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE
• Application Number:
  US11/777,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20090015122A1
• Time in Patent Office: 669 Days
• Field of Search: 312/194, 312/195, 312/196, 312/107, 312/108, 312/111, 312/140, 312/203, 312/257.1, 312/263, 108/50.01, 108/50.11, 108/59, 108/60, D64/22, D64/37, D64/38, D64/39, D64/45, D65/09, 242/87, 24D/IG.53, 403/231, 403/348, 403/349, 403/409.1, 403/DIG.12, 403/DIG.13, 411/349, 411/549, 411/550, 411/553
• US Class Current: 312/203
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2220/0058 Furniture panels with assembly holes
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 47/042 Panels connected without frames
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 12/2009 actuated by rotary motion

Abstract

A ready-to-assemble (RTA) modular desktop cabinet has a multiple dowels, multiple clasp connectors, two side panels, a rear panel, a main shelf, a pedestal assembly and a top panel. The rear panel has a top board and a bottom board. The side panels are mounted parallelly and detachably mounted to the rear panel, the main shelf, the pedestal assembly and the top panel independently using dowels or clasp connectors. Further, the bottom board is hinged to the top board, so that the footprint of the folded rear panel is reduced for transport and storage. Furthermore, the RTA modular cabinet can be assembled and disassembled easily without needing tools.

Claims

1. A RTA modular desktop cabinet comprising

two side panels corresponding to and being mounted parallelly to each other, and each having

an inner surface;

a bottom edge;

a front edge;

a rear edge; and

a top edge;

a rear panel having

a top board having

a front surface;

a longitudinal connecting edge; and

two side edges being respectively mounted detachably to the inner surfaces of the side panels close to the rear edges using at least one dowel and multiple clasp connectors;

a bottom board corresponding to the top board and having

a front surface;

a longitudinal connecting edge being connected pivotally to the longitudinal connecting edge of the top board; and

two side edges being connected detachably to the inner surfaces of the side panels using at least one dowel and multiple clasp connectors; and

a main shelf comprising

a main shelf base being a rectangular board and having

two connecting edges being detachably mounted perpendicularly on the inner surfaces of the side panels using at least one dowel and multiple clasp connectors; and

a top surface having a front edge; and

at least one partition being mounted perpendicularly on the top surface of the main shelf base, and having

a bottom edge being detachably mounted on the top surface of the main shelf base;

a top edge; and

two side surfaces;

a pedestal assembly having

a shelf panel having

a top edge of the shelf panel connected detachably to the bottom surface of the main shelf base;

a rear edge being connected detachably to the front surface of the bottom board; and

an inner surface; and

at least one pedestal shelf having two connecting edges being respectively connected detachably to the inner surface of the shelf panel and a corresponding side panel using at least one dowel and multiple clasp connectors; and

a top panel being a rectangular board and having a bottom surface having

two connecting edges being respectively mounted detachably on the top edges of the side panels using multiple clasp connectors; and

a front edge;

wherein

each clasp connector comprises

a catch having

an inner surface; and

a shoulder being formed on and protruding from the inner surface of the catch; and

a latch having

a base; and

a latch bar being mounted rotatably in the base and having

a distal end protruding from the base;

a lever being mounted on the latch bar; and

a head being formed on and perpendicularly protruding diametrically from the distal end of the latch bar and corresponding with the shoulder of the catch.

2. The RTA modular desktop cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main shelf further has

at least one ancillary shelf base having

two connecting edges being respectively connected to the at least one partition and a corresponding side panel using multiple shelf connectors;

and

a bottom surface; and

at least one shelf divider being detachably connected perpendicularly between the at least one ancillary shelf base and the shelf base using multiple shelf connectors.

3. The RTA modular desktop as claimed in claim 2, wherein the shelf connectors are dowels.

4. The RTA modular desktop cabinet as claimed in claim 2, wherein the shelf connectors are clasp connectors.

5. The RTA modular desktop cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RTA modular desktop further comprises

a rail protruding along the front edge of the top surface of the main shelf base;

a door slot being formed along the bottom surface of the top panel, being parallelly and being located corresponding to the rail; and

multiple doors being mounted slidably between the shelf base and the top panel, and each door having

a frame having

a top piece having

an inner surface;

a top edge;

multiple sliding bases being mounted in the inner surface of the top piece of the frame of the door and each having an opening; and

multiple sliding rods, each sliding rod being inserted rotatably inside one of the sliding bases and having

a distal end being adjustably extended into the door slot; and

an adjusting wheel being mounted around the sliding rod corresponding to the opening;

a bottom piece having a bottom edge being detachably mounted slidably on the rail; and

a window being mounted in the frame.