Patent ID: 9611691
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A47B,A47C,A47K,E06C

Claim:
1. An in-cabinet step stool configured to be used with a cabinet having a bottom wall displaced upwardly from a floor surface and having a front side that defines an opening giving access to a cabinet interior area, said in-cabinet step stool comprising: a framework having a pair of upstanding side walls laterally spaced apart from one another, each side wall having a rear section and a front section displaced from and extending away from said rear section; an upper step spanning between upper edges of respective said rear sections; a lower step spanning between upper edges of respective lower sections, said upper step being stepwise displaced from said lower step; wherein each rear section includes a rear foot having a rounded configuration defining a fulcrum such that said framework is pivotally movable on said rear foot between (1) a deployed configuration in which said rear foot rests upon the bottom wall of the cabinet while a portion between said rear and front sections extends through the opening of the cabinet and a front foot of each front section bears against the floor surface and (2) a stored configuration in which said rear foot rests upon the bottom wall of the cabinet and said front section is inside the cabinet interior area; wherein each side wall, when at said deployed configuration, extends forwardly and downwardly from said rear section; wherein said framework includes: a base member having an attachment section capable of selective mounting to the bottom wall of the cabinet and a guide section operatively coupled to said framework, said base member configured so that a bottom rounded surface of the rounded configuration of each rear foot is configured to remain in contact with the bottom wall while each rear foot rolls between the deployed and stored configurations; wherein: