Concealment enclosure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11666148-B2
Application number	US-202117189206-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2021
Priority date	Feb 28, 2020
Publication date	Jun 6, 2023
Grant date	Jun 6, 2023

Abstract

A shelf assembly and components thereof, for concealing items of value of an owner from a passerby. The shelf assembly forms a concealment enclosure including a door movably connected to a shelf to permit movement of the door with respect to the shelf between an open position and a closed position. In the closed position, the door hides an interior. In the open position, access to the interior is permitted. The door includes a support surface, including a plurality of openings, arranged to be in the concealed interior when the door is closed position. A plurality of pegs are sized and shaped to be received in the plurality of openings to support the pegs extending outward from the support surface to form a customized mount for holding items of value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shelf assembly for supporting at least one object for display and concealing items of value of an owner from a passerby, the shelf assembly being useable with a concealment enclosure sensor, said shelf assembly comprising:
a shelf defining a support surface configured to support the at least one object on the shelf for display;
a door movably connected to the shelf to permit movement of the door with respect to the shelf between an open position and a closed position without disconnecting the door from the shelf, the door in the closed position concealing an interior between the door and the shelf, the door in the open position permitting access to the interior, the door comprising a support surface including a plurality of receivers, the support surface being arranged to be in the interior when the door is closed;
at least one of the shelf or the door comprising a retainer including a latch, and the other of the shelf or the door including a keeper configured to engage the latch, the latch being configured to be actuated by a magnet to unlatch the latch;
a plurality of item supports, each item support including an end portion sized and shaped to be received by a selected one of the receivers to support the item supports extending outward from the support surface, wherein the item supports are arrangeable with respect to each other and the support surface to form a customized mount with the end portions of the plurality of item supports received by the receivers for holding the items of value, such that when the door is in the closed position the items of value are hidden from the passerby and when the door is in the open position the items of value are accessible to the owner;
wherein at least one of the shelf or the door includes a first shelf assembly connector configured to connect to the concealment enclosure sensor to mount the concealment enclosure sensor, the first shelf assembly connector being different than the latch.

2. A shelf assembly as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the door is pivotable downward away from the shelf and the receivers are arranged for the item supports to extend upward from the support surface when the door is in the closed position and the item supports are received by the receivers.

3. A shelf assembly as set forth in claim 1 , in combination with the concealment enclosure sensor, the concealment enclosure sensor including a motion sensor or a position sensor.

4. A shelf assembly as set forth in claim 3 , wherein the first shelf assembly connector comprises ferromagnetic material and the concealment enclosure sensor includes a second connector comprising a magnet arranged to connect to the ferromagnetic material.

5. A shelf assembly as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the first shelf assembly connector comprises a plurality of first shelf assembly connectors configured to connect to the concealment enclosure sensor at the same time.

6. A shelf assembly as set forth in claim 1 , in combination with the concealment enclosure sensor, the concealment enclosure sensor including a magnet sensor and including a first concealment enclosure sensor connector, the first concealment enclosure sensor connector being arranged to form a connection with the first shelf assembly connector to mount the concealment enclosure sensor on the shelf assembly, wherein the shelf assembly includes a magnet located with respect to the first shelf assembly connector to be sensed by the magnet sensor when the concealment enclosure sensor is mounted on the shelf assembly by connection of the first shelf assembly connector and the first concealment enclosure sensor connector.

7. A shelf assembly as set forth in claim 1 , including an illumination system, the illumination system including:
a light emitting diode (LED);
an LED activator; and
an LED actuator arranged to, when the door is in the closed position, engage the LED activator to cause the LED to not emit light.

8. A shelf assembly as set forth in claim 7 , wherein the LED actuator is arranged to, when the door is in the open position, not engage the LED activator to cause the LED to emit light.

9. A shelf assembly as set forth in claim 1 , in combination with the magnet, the magnet being configured to be located with respect to the retainer to release the latch from the keeper to permit the door to move from the closed position to the open position.

10. A shelf assembly as set forth in claim 9 , further comprising a ferromagnetic aligner arranged to attract the magnetic key toward a release position to release the latch.

11. A shelf assembly as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising a piston, wherein a first end portion of the piston is connected to the door and a second end portion of the piston is connected to the shelf, the piston being arranged to control movement of the door away from the closed position toward the open position.

Assignees

• Aob Products Company

Inventors

• Steere Brian
• Cottrell Michael
• Martin Kyle
• Smith Curtis
• Tayon James

Classifications

• A47B81/005 Primary

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• A47B96/021 Primary

  Structural features of shelf bases · CPC title

• A47B96/025

  Shelves with moving elements, e.g. movable extensions or link elements (cabinets, racks or shelf units enabling enlargement in height, length or depth A47B45/00) · CPC title

• A47B88/60

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• A47B96/027

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