Coffee maker stand with drawer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9961994-B2
Application number	US-201615061716-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2016
Priority date	Mar 4, 2016
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

A coffee maker stand includes a drawer for brewing cartridges and a two position latch or handle. The latch or handle has a first position locking the drawer into the stand and extending rollers under the stand allowing easy movement of the stand, and second position retracing the rollers to resist moving the stand and releasing the drawer.

First claim

I claim:

1. A coffee maker stand and drawer, comprising:
a housing having a housing top, housing sides, housing front, housing rear, and housing bottom;
rear rollers attached to the housing bottom proximal to the housing rear;
a roller assembly attached to the housing bottom proximal to the housing front, the roller assembly including at least one roller, the roller assembly pivotable from a first position to a second position;
a drawer residing in the housing and slideable out of the housing; and
a horizontal actuator attached to the drawer, the actuator movable laterally to rotate a cam to rotate an increasing radius surface of the cam against the roller assembly to pivot the roller assembly to the second position to support the housing by the at least one roller.

2. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 1 , wherein the actuator further cooperates with the housing to lock the drawer in a closed position.

3. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 2 , wherein the actuator simultaneously locks the drawer in the closed position and moves the roller assembly to support the housing by the at least one roller.

4. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 1 , wherein the rollers are ball rollers.

5. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 1 , wherein the rear rollers are wheels.

6. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 1 , wherein the rear rollers are casters.

7. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 1 , further including feet extending down from the housing bottom at locations proximal to the housing front and housing sides, the feet configured to support the housing when the roller assembly is pivoted towards the housing.

8. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 1 , wherein the at least one roller comprises two laterally spaced apart rollers.

9. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 1 , wherein the two laterally spaced apart rollers are two ball rollers.

10. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 1 , wherein:
the horizontal actuator includes an interior portion residing inside the drawer;
the cam includes a first position wherein a top surface resides generally diagonally sloping up and away from the interior portion of the horizontal actuator; and
horizontal movement of the horizontal actuator urges the interior portion against the top surface of the cam and rotates the cam to move the increasing radius portion down against the roller assembly to pivot the roller assembly to the first position to support the housing by the at least one roller.

11. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 10 , wherein the horizontal movement of the horizontal actuator urges the interior portion against the top surface of the cam and rotates the cam to move the increasing radius portion through a slot in the housing to lock the drawer in the housing.

12. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 11 , wherein the cam has generally parallel sides and the increasing radius portion is generally straight and orthogonal to the sides, and the top surface is generally straight and is not parallel to either the side or the increasing radius portion.

13. A coffee maker stand and drawer, comprising:
a housing having a housing top, housing sides, housing front, housing rear, and housing bottom;
rear rollers attached to the housing bottom proximal to the housing rear and housing sides;
a roller assembly attached to the housing bottom proximal to the housing front, the roller assembly including at least one ball roller, the ball roller assembly pivotable to support the housing by the at least one ball roller;
feet extending down from the housing bottom at locations proximal to the housing front and housing sides, the feet configured to support the housing when the roller assembly is pivoted towards the housing;
a drawer residing in the housing and slideable out of the housing; and
an actuator attached to the drawer and operatively cooperating with the roller assembly to simultaneously lock the drawer in the closed position and move the roller assembly to support the housing by the rollers.

14. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 13 , wherein the actuator rotates a cam to engage a slot in the housing to lock the drawer in the closed position, and to rotate an increasing radius surface of the cam against the roller assembly to pivot the roller assembly down to support the housing by the at least one roller.

15. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 14 wherein the actuator moves laterally to rotate the cam.

16. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 13 , wherein:
the actuator includes an interior portion residing inside the drawer and a lever portion outside the drawer;
a pivoting cam includes a first position wherein a top surface resides generally diagonally sloping up and away from the interior portion of the actuator, and an increasing radius portion opposite to the top surface; and
horizontal movement of the lever portion of the actuator urges the interior portion of the actuator against the top surface of the cam and rotates the cam to move the increasing radius portion down against the roller assembly to pivot the roller assembly down to support the housing by the at least one roller and to engage a slot in the housing to lock the drawer in the housing.

17. A coffee maker stand and drawer, comprising:
a housing having a housing top, housing sides, housing front, housing rear, and housing bottom;
two laterally spaced apart rear rollers attached to the housing bottom proximal to the housing rear and proximal to the housing sides;
a roller assembly attached to the housing bottom proximal to the housing front, the roller assembly including two laterally spaced apart ball rollers, the roller assembly pivotable to support the housing by the ball rollers;
feet extending down from the housing bottom at locations proximal to the housing front and housing sides, the feet configured to support the housing when the roller assembly is pivoted towards the housing;
a drawer residing in the housing and slideable out of the housing; and
a horizontal actuator attached to the drawer and operatively cooperating with the roller assembly to simultaneously lock the drawer in the closed position and pivot the roller assembly to support the housing by the rollers.

18. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 17 , wherein the horizontal actuator rotates a cam to engage a slot in the housing to lock the drawer in the closed position, and to rotate an increasing radius surface of the cam against the roller assembly to pivot the roller assembly down to support the housing by the at least one roller.

19. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 18 wherein the horizontal actuator moves laterally to rotate the cam.

20. The coffee maker stand and drawer of claim 17 , wherein:
the actuator includes an interior portion residing inside the drawer and a lever portion outside the drawer;
a pivoting cam includes a first position wherein a top surface resides generally diagonally sloping up and away from the interior portion of the horizontal actuator, and an increasing radius portion opposite to the top surface; and
horizontal movement of the lever portion of the actuator urges the interior portion of the horizontal actuator against the top surface of the cam and rotates the cam to move the increasing radius portion down against the roller assembly to pivot the roller assembly down to support the housing by the at least one roller and to engage a slot in the housing to lock the drawer in the housing

Assignees

• Rivera Adrian

Inventors

• Rivera Adrian

Classifications

• A47B88/0477

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A47B88/0411

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A47B2095/024

  Drawer handles · CPC title

• A47B95/02

  Handles {(similar handles for doors in general E05B1/0015)} · CPC title

• A47B37/00 Primary

  Tables adapted for other particular purposes {(glass cutting tables C03B33/03)} · CPC title