Electronic component furniture construction and methods and apparatus therefor

• US 7,552,980 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2004
• Issued: 06/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Carl H. Schulman
• Original Assignee: Carl H. Schulman
• Inventors: Schulman, Carl H.
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, HANH VAN
• Application Number:
  US10/815,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20050012437A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,916 Days
• Field of Search: 312/223.3, 312/194, 312/310, 312/311, 312/208.1, 312/322, 312/323, 312/312, 312/270.1, 312/270.2, 312/270.3, 312/291, 312/246, 312/330.1
• US Class Current: 312/323
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 46/00 Cabinets, racks or shelf units, having one or more surfaces adapted to be brought into position for use by extending or pivoting A47B63/04, A47B77/10 take precedence; writing tables with extensible leaves A47B17/03; with extensible garment holders A47B61/02
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 81/061 the device supports being adjustable

Abstract

There is provided a furniture construction having a moveable support structured to support at least one electronic component in a first position that is generally horizontal and in a second position that is at a downwardly inclined angle at least partially within the interior of a housing so that the front and rear of the electronic component can be easily accessed.

Claims

1. A furniture construction for housing at least one electronic component, comprising:

a housing having a top, and at least two side walls and defining an interior that is at least partially enclosed;

means defining an angled opening in an upper portion of the housing at the top and adapted to permit viewing the electronic component in its normal operating position; and

a support assembly for supporting the at least one electronic component in an access position that is generally horizontal and disposed extending at least partially through the opening, and in the normal operating position that is at a downwardly inclined angle at least partially within the interior of said housing adapted to permit the operation of the component;

the support assembly including a movable drawer having a bottom, upstanding walls, a substantially open front and an upward rear-end portion at the upstanding walls, the rear-end portion serving as a stop engageable member;

at least one fixed inclined member extending along and parallel to the bottom of the drawer and extending at said downwardly inclined angle to support the drawer in the normal operating position;

at least one roller mounted on the housing near the angled opening to allow the drawer to move angularly relative to the inclined member through the opening until the drawer pivots under its weight into a substantially horizontal position;

a stop forming a part of the top of the housing at the interior of the housing adjacent to the angled opening; and

the walls of the drawer being suitably dimensioned to allow the drawer rear-end portion to engage the stop to limit the pivoting movement of the drawer to allow the drawer to assume the horizontal access position.

2. A furniture construction according to claim 1, wherein the inclined member includes an upstanding rear wall.

3. A furniture construction for housing at least one electronic component and a plurality of media packages, comprising:

a housing having a top, and at least two side walls and defining an interior that is at least partially enclosed;

means defining an angled opening in an upper portion of the housing at the top and adapted to permit viewing of the electronic component in its normal operating position;

at least one support assembly for supporting the at least one electronic component in an access position that is generally horizontal and disposed extending at least partially through the opening, and in the normal operating position that is at a downwardly inclined angle at least partially within the interior of said housing adapted to permit the operation of the component; and

at least one storage compartment adapted to receive the plurality of media packages and store the plurality of media packages within the interior of said housing,

the support assembly including a movable drawer having a bottom, upstanding side walls, a substantially open front and an upward rear-end portion at the upstanding walls, the rear-end portion serving as a stop engageable member;

at least one inclined member extending along and parallel to the bottom of the drawer and extending at said downwardly inclined angle to support the drawer in the normal operating position;

at least one roller mounted on the housing near the angled opening to allow the drawer to move angularly relative to the inclined member through the opening until the drawer pivots under its weight into a substantially horizontal position;

a stop forming a part of the top of the housing at the interior of the housing adjacent to the angled opening; and

the walls of the drawer being suitable dimensioned to allow the drawer rear-end portion to engage the stop to limit the pivoting movement of the drawer to allow the drawer to assume the horizontal access position.

4. A furniture construction according to claim 3, wherein the inclined member includes an upstanding rear wall.