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Wall-mounted appliance cabinet with appliance supports, an electrical outlet and a cord management system

  • US 7,959,240 B2
  • Filed: 01/15/2008
  • Issued: 06/14/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wall mounted cabinet comprisinga housing defining an interior compartment with a top, bottom, left side and right side;

  • said housing being recess mounted in a corresponding hole formed in the wall; and

    a door hingedly mounted to said housing; and

    a plurality of supports attached to the housing and configured to support a plurality of objects within the interior compartment, said plurality of objects including at least one electrical appliance; and

    an outlet aperture in said housing, said outlet aperture configured for receiving an electrical outlet for supplying electrical power to the electrical appliance; and

    an electrical cord management device for controllably extending and retracting an electrical cord of an electrical appliance to facilitate use of the appliance and storage of the cord, said at least one electrical cord management device being attached to the bottom of said housing; and

    a tube aperture in the bottom of the housing; and

    said electrical cord management device comprising a tube containing a cord weight, said cord weight including a mass and a means for movable attachment to the electrical cord, said cord weight being disposed within and movable along a longitudinal axis of the tube from a top position of the tube to bottom position of the tube, said tube having an open proximal end and a closed distal end, the proximal end being attached to the bottom of the housing at the tube aperture and the distal end being outside of the housing, the tube defining a passageway, behind the wall, from the bottom of the housing to the distal end of the tube.

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