Jewelry cabinet

• US 7,651,178 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2004
• Issued: 01/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: For Your Ease Only
• Original Assignee: For Your Ease Only
• Inventors: Greiner, Lori
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, HANH VAN
• Application Number:
  US10/809,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20050093405A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,133 Days
• Field of Search: 312224-226, 312/321.5, 312/351.1, 312/359.9, 312/204, 248/469, 248/474, 248/130, 248/133, 248/139, 248/140, 248/142, 248/371
• US Class Current: 312/226
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 67/02 Cabinets for shaving tackle, medicines, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 97/00 Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/03 with horizontal rotation axis rotation of merchandise around a horizontal axis in show cabinets A47F3/085; rotary show cabinets A47F3/10
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/02 for jewellery, dentures, watches, eye-glasses, lenses, or the like

Abstract

A jewelry storage system for storing and allowing access to and removal of jewelry pieces includes a jewelry cabinet and a stand. The jewelry cabinet defines an interior space for holding jewelry items. The jewelry cabinet includes a box frame and a door connected to the box frame wherein the door extends substantially from the top wall to the bottom wall. A plurality of jewelry storage elements are attached within the interior space. In one embodiment, a stand is configured to receive the jewelry cabinet to hold the jewelry cabinet in an upright position so that the back wall of the jewelry cabinet forms an angle from the horizontal.

Claims

1. A jewelry storage system for storing and allowing access to and removal of jewelry pieces, comprising:

a jewelry cabinet defining an interior space, the jewelry cabinet comprising;

a frame including a top wall, bottom wall, two sidewalls and a back wall, at least one of the two sidewalls including an opening;

a door connected to the frame wherein the door extends substantially from the top wall to the bottom wall; and

a plurality of jewelry storage elements attached within the interior space;

a stand receiving the jewelry cabinet in an upright position so that the back wall of the jewelry cabinet is substantially perpendicular to a horizontal plane; and

a peg placed in the opening in the cabinet sidewall such that the peg extends from the sidewall of the cabinet and rests against an exterior surface of the stand, without being secured thereto to position the cabinet so that the back wall of the cabinet is no longer substantially perpendicular to the horizontal plane but is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane.

2. The jewelry storage system according to claim 1, further comprising a mirror attached to an exterior surface of the door.

3. The jewelry storage system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of jewelry storage elements includes a bracelet bar and a plurality of shelves attached to one of an interior surface of the frame and the door.

4. The jewelry storage system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of jewelry storage elements is detachable so that it can be relocated within the jewelry cabinet.

5. The jewelry storage system according to claim 3, wherein the bracelet bar is removably attached to the interior surface of the door, wherein the bracelet bar can be moved and relocated to other locations on an interior surface of the door.

6. The jewelry storage system according to claim 5, wherein the bracelet bar is removably attached to the interior surface of the door by at least one magnet.

7. The jewelry storage system according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of shelves include at least one front wall member, the front wall member extending upward from a front surface of the shelves.

8. The jewelry storage system according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of shelves further include movable dividers that divide a top surface of the shelves.

9. The jewelry storage system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of jewelry storage elements include a hook bar, the hook bar having a plurality of hooks and being attached to at least one of an interior surface of the door and the frame.

10. The jewelry storage system according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of jewelry storage elements further include a pouch, wherein the pouch is located beneath the hook bar and is configured to capture lengthy pieces of jewelry placed on the plurality of hooks.

11. The jewelry storage system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of jewelry storage elements include an earring bar, the earring bar having a plurality of openings and being attached to at least one of an interior surface of the door and the frame.

12. The jewelry storage system of claim 3, wherein the plurality of jewelry storage elements further includes a plurality of earring bars disposed above the bracelet bar and attached to the interior surface of the door via a first vertical element and a second vertical element, each of the plurality of earring bars extending between the first vertical element and the second vertical elements, and each of the plurality of earring bars including a plurality of slits disposed between the first and second vertical elements.

13. The jewelry storage system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of jewelry storage elements includes a ring storage element comprising a plurality of slits for receiving rings.

14. The jewelry storage system of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the interior space of the jewelry cabinet is lined with antitarnish cloth.

15. The jewelry storage system of claim 3, wherein the bracelet bar is permanently attached.

16. The jewelry storage system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of jewelry storage elements includes a bracelet bar attached to an interior surface of one of the back wall of the frame and the door, via a mounting element, the bracelet bar including a first pole having a first free end and extending from a first side of the mounting element to the first free end, and a second pole having a second free end and extending from a second side of the mounting element to the second free end, the first and second poles extending approximately parallel to the interior surface and in close proximity thereto.

17. The jewelry storage system of claim 16, wherein the bracelet bar is attached to the interior surface of the door.

18. The jewelry storage system of claim 16, wherein the plurality of jewelry storage elements further includes a plurality of earring bars disposed above the bracelet bar and attached to the interior surface via a first vertical element and a second vertical element, each of the plurality of earring bars extending between the first vertical element and the second vertical elements, and each of the plurality of earring bars including a plurality of slits disposed between the first and second vertical elements.

19. The jewelry storage system of claim 16, wherein the plurality of jewelry storage elements further includes a plurality of hooks attached to the interior surface, being disposed below the bracelet bar.

20. The jewelry storage system of claim 13 wherein the ring storage element is bordered by the two sides of the frame.

21. The jewelry storage system of claim 9 further comprising a bracelet bar wherein the plurality of hooks is attached to the interior surface of the door below the bracelet bar.

22. The jewelry storage system of claim 9 further comprising a plurality of earring bars attached to an interior surface of the door via a first vertical element and a second vertical element, wherein the plurality of hooks is attached to the interior surface of the door below the plurality of earring bars.