Patent ID: 6547087
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A storage structure including hinged, generally rectangular panels adapted to receive and support objects, wherein:said panels are organized into at least one first group of generally rectangular panels, oriented vertically, and which are each hinged directly about a respective hinge pin, in the vicinity of a first vertical edge, to a common connecting structure to pivot approximately 90Â° between two limit orientations; respective hinge pins of consecutive hinged panels are offset laterally on said common connecting structure by a distance chosen to allow said hinged panels to rotate between said limit orientations: at least some panels include, on their bottom horizontal edge, a support means at a distance from said hinge pin of said panel and adapted to bear on a floor and thereby stabilize the structure as a whole on said floor; and wherein the storage structure includes end panels which are solid, constituting covering walls for enclosing all intermediate panels in a folded configuration.