Storage device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9756938-B2
Application number	US-201515323454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2015
Priority date	Jul 9, 2014
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

A storage device includes, in a box having an open front, a rotation mechanism section that rotatably holds a storage body that stores an object and is rotatable about a shaft extending along an up-down direction. The rotation mechanism section includes: a stationary rail affixed to a top surface of the box and including a guide groove open downward and forward and extending in a front-back direction and a guide body on a holding section protruding downward from a groove bottom surface of the guide groove; and a movable rail movable in the front-back direction along the guide groove in the stationary rail, coupled to the storage body via the shaft, and including: left and right sidewalls, a bottom wall, and a front end wall that define a receiving groove for receiving the guide body; and a top wall that forms a slit opening for receiving the holding section.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A storage device including, in a box having an open front, a rotation mechanism section that rotatably holds a storage body that stores an object, the storage body being rotatable about a shaft extending along an up-down direction,
wherein the rotation mechanism section includes a stationary rail affixed to a top surface of the box and a movable rail coupled to the storage body via the shaft, the stationary rail including: a guide groove open downward and forward and extending in a front-back direction; and a guide body on a holding section protruding downward from a groove bottom surface of the guide groove, the movable rail being movable in the front-back direction along the guide groove in the stationary rail, and
the movable rail includes left and right sidewalls, a bottom wall, a front end wall, and a top wall, the left and right sidewalls, the bottom wall, and the front end wall defining a receiving groove for receiving the guide body, the top wall forming a slit opening for receiving the holding section.

2. The storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
the movable rail has a structure in which the slit opening is located between (i) one of left and right ends of the top wall and (ii) a top end of one of the left and right sidewalls.

3. The storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
the holding section includes an insertion tongue part whose thickness direction extends along a left-right direction and that inserts into the slit opening.

4. The storage device according to claim 3 , wherein
the holding section is formed by cutting and raising a top wall defining the groove bottom surface of the stationary rail.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ueda Shigeyuki

Classifications

• A47B57/08

  consisting of grooved or notched ledges, uprights or side walls {(A47B57/265 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• A47B61/04

  for shoes, hats, umbrellas, or the like {(shoe racks as an implement for the manufacture of shoes A43D117/00)} · CPC title

• A47B49/002

  Cabinets with compartments provided with trays revolving on a horizontal axis · CPC title

• A47B57/04 Primary

  with means for adjusting the inclination of the shelves · CPC title

• A47B88/48 Primary

  Drawers which can be rotated while or after sliding out · CPC title