Patent ID: 9677307
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A47B,E05D

Claim:
1. A vertically floating hinge system for attachment to a swinging work piece, comprising: a pin having a linear configuration; a first leaf having a pair of spaced apart first-leaf knuckles rotatably coupled to said pin and being spaced apart from one another so as to define a first-leaf space therebetween, each first-leaf knuckle defining a first-leaf knuckle channel configured to receive said pin therethrough; and a second leaf having at least one second-leaf knuckle rotatably coupled to said pin, said second-leaf knuckle situated between said pair of spaced apart first-leaf knuckles and configured to slide along said pin between said pair of first-leaf knuckles; wherein said at least one second-leaf knuckle is smaller than said first-leaf space so as to selectively slide vertically along said pin between said pair of first-leaf knuckles; an upstanding base member having a first side and a second side opposite said first side; a plurality of first shelf assemblies pivotally coupled to said first side of said base member, each first shelf assembly being movable between a first rearward configuration generally perpendicular to said base member and a first forward configuration forwardly offset relative to said rearward configuration; wherein said first leaf includes a planar surface coupled to said base member and said second leaf includes a planar surface coupled to a respective one of the first shelf assemblies; a plurality of second shelf assemblies pivotally coupled to said second side of said base member, each second shelf assembly being movable between a second rearward configuration generally perpendicular to said base member and a second forward configuration forwardly offset relative to said rearward configuration; wherein said base member is a base shelving unit having a bottom shelf, an intermediate shelf upwardly displaced from said bottom shelf, and an upper shelf upwardly displaced from said intermediate shelf; wherein said base shelving unit defines an open front, an open first side, and an open second side.