Abstract
A trapezoidal blind-corner cabinet (see FIG. 9), particularly a blind-corner cabinet generally shaped as a right-angle-trapezoid (see FIG. 8), or a truncated right-angle-trapezoid (see drawing 901), with a diagonal sidewall/blind-panel (see drawing 902), forming a cabinet with a back that is longer (i.e., wider) than the cabinet's front and which is primarily designed for being placed in a corner, and or matching mechanized pull-out storage systems (see FIGS. 10 and 11 for example embodiments) designed to be installed in and to function with such trapezoidal blind-corner cabinets.
Claims
1. A cabinet in the general shape of a right-angle-trapezoid in which the front and back sides of such cabinet are parallel, one of the cabinet's sidewalls is perpendicular to both the front and the back of the cabinet, and the fourth major sidewall, which is also the blind-panel, is angled (see drawing 902), forming a cabinet with a back that is longer (i.e., wider) than the cabinet's front. The acute angle corner of the cabinet that is the object of this invention may be truncated as depicted in FIG. 9, drawing 901, so as to form a modified near-right-angle-trapezoidal shape that forms a pentagon-shaped cabinet rather than a true quadrilateral cabinet.
2. A mechanized pull-out storage systems consisting of shelves, trays, or baskets using pivoting, rotating, swinging, swiveling, and or sliding hardware, with such system designed to functionally fit in a right-angle-trapezoid cabinet that is the object of claim-1.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0016] FIG. 1 depicts in 2D (i.e., from a top-view) a blocked-out (i.e., an unutilized) blind-corner. The thick black perpendicular lines (drawing 101) represent the walls along which the cabinets are installed. The gray area (drawing 102) depicts the blind-corner space that is rendered inaccessible due to the layout of the cabinets depicted in FIG. 1.
[0017] FIG. 2 depicts in 2D (i.e., from a top-view) and in 3D an existing diagonal-door corner cabinet.
[0018] FIG. 3 depicts in 2D (i.e., from a top-view) and in 3D an existing Pie-Cut corner cabinet.
[0019] FIG. 4 depicts in 2D (i.e., from a top-view) and in 3D an existing Pie-Cut corner drawer-base cabinet (drawing 401). The gray area (drawing 402) depicts the blind-corner space that is rendered inaccessible due to the layout and form of the cabinets depicted in FIG. 4.
[0020] FIG. 5 depicts in 2D (i.e., from a top-view) and in 3D an existing Blind-Corner cabinet (drawings 501). The portion of the Blind-Corner rectangular cabinet that is offset to the side of the door-opening is indicated as drawings 502. The gray area (drawing 503) depicts the blind-corner space that is rendered inaccessible due to the layout and form of the cabinets depicted in FIG. 5. The panel adjacent to the cabinet's door, a.k.a. the blind-panel is indicated as drawing 504.
[0021] FIG. 6 depicts in 2D (i.e., from a top-view) and in 3D an existing Blind-Corner rectangular cabinet with, for example, one of the existing types of mechanized pull-out storage systems (in this example a single-axis half-moon lazy-Suzan) available for such existing Blind-Corner rectangular cabinets.
[0022] FIG. 7 is a screenshot of an ecommerce website depicting in 2D (i.e., from a top-view) an existing Blind-Corner rectangular cabinet with, for example, one of the existing types of mechanized pull-out storage systems (in this example, multi-joint multi-axis swiveling shelves) available for such existing Blind-Corner rectangular cabinets.
[0023] FIG. 8 depicts the shape known in the field of geometry as a Right-Angle Trapezoid or as a Right Trapezoid, which is a quadrilateral with two right angles, i.e., one of the legs of the trapezoid is perpendicular to both bases of the trapezoid.
[0024] FIG. 9 depicts in 2D (i.e., from a top-view) and in 3D the general form of the present invention as described in claim 1, i.e., a trapezoidal Blind-Corner cabinet.
[0025] FIG. 10 depicts in 2D (i.e., from a top-view) and in 3D one example embodiment of a mechanized pull-out storage system that is the present invention as described in claim 2 of this application. The example embodiment depicted in FIG. 10 consists of single-axis lazy-Suzan shelves forming a geometric Minor-Sector, i.e., a sector of a circle with a center angle that is less than 180 degrees and thus designed to fit and function in the trapezoidal Blind-Corner cabinet that is the object of claim 1 of the present invention.
[0026] FIG. 11 in 2D (i.e., from a top-view) an example embodiment of a multi-part multi-axis pull-out storage system designed to fit and function in the trapezoidal Blind-Corner cabinet that is the object of claim 1 of the present invention.
[0027] FIG. 12 depicts in 2D (i.e., from a top-view) and in 3D one example embodiment in which a pair of the cabinets that constitute the present invention are installed in a corner.
[0028] FIG. 13 depicts in 2D (i.e., from a top-view) and in 3D one example embodiment in which a pair of the cabinets that constitute the present invention are installed in a corner flanking an existing corner drawer base cabinet.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0029] The object of the present invention consists of a.) a cabinet in the general shape of a right-angle-trapezoid in which the front and back sides of such cabinet are parallel, one of the cabinet's sidewalls is perpendicular to both the front and the back of the cabinet, and the fourth major sidewall is angled forming a cabinet with a back that is longer than the cabinet's front (see FIG. 8), and or b.) mechanized pull-out storage systems consisting of shelves, trays, or baskets using various pivoting, rotating, swinging, swiveling, and or sliding hardware (for example, see FIGS. 9 and 10) with such system designed to fit the right-angle-trapezoid cabinet described in part (a) of this paragraph.
[0030] The object of the present invention, whether an empty trapezoid cabinet or a trapezoid cabinet equipped with a matching mechanized pull-out storage system, can provide kitchen designers with added functional and aesthetic flexibility in designing kitchen layouts. For example, the present invention can be used a.) in a pair positioned inside a corner (see FIG. 12), b.) in a pair flanking an existing diagonal-corner-drawer-base cabinet positioned inside a corner (see FIG. 13), c.) in a pair against a wall or at the edge of an island of cabinets, or d.) at the end of a peninsula run of cabinets. In the aforementioned examples (c) and (d), a decorative panel would typically be used to cover the trapezoid cabinet's exposed angled sidewall/blind-panel.
