Patent ID: 6053591
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A47B,E06B,F16B

Abstract:
A cabinet for storing articles comprising:a pair of side panels, each side panel having an inner surface and an outer surface oppositely disposed from said inner surface, each side panel further including a top edge and an oppositely disposed bottom edge, each side panel including a forward edge and an opposite disposed rearward edge, each side panel including a pair of supports disposed on said inner surface, each support of said pair of supports being a plurality of apertures, each side panel of said pair of side panels including a channel disposed on the inner surface;a top panel disposed proximate said top edge of said first panel and said top edge of said second panel;a bottom panel disposed proximate said bottom portion of said first side panel and said second side panel;a tambour door disposed between said first side panel and said second side panel, said tambour door having a plurality of slats, each slat having a first longitudinal edge and an oppositely disposed second longitudinal edge, each slat further including a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said tambour door including a mechanical hinge, said mechanical hinge including a male member integrally formed along said first longitudinal edge of each slot and a female member integrally formed along the second longitudinal edge of each slat, each female member being coupled with a male member on an adjacent slat such that each slat is hingedly connected to said adjacent slat, said tambour door further including at least one flex hinge formed in each slat, said slat having a rigid portion and a flex hinge, said flex hinge being a flexible portion; andan attachment mechanism interconnecting the top panel and the lower panel to the pair of side panels, said attachment mechanism including a plurality of joints, each joint comprising a male anchor disposed on at least one panel and a socket disposed on a corresponding panel, said male anchor including a shank portion and a head portion, the heading portion including a first flange portion and an oppositely disposed second flange portion, said socket comprising an inwardly sloped portion, a passage adjacent the inwardly sloped portion, and an undercut portion adjacent the passage portion, the passage being sized and shaped to mate with said shank and said head being sized and shaped to mate with said undercut portion.