Patent ID: 9010549
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A47B,A47F,A47G

Abstract:
1. A wardrobe lift for raising and lowering a carrier rod for supporting hanging clothes articles within a wardrobe closet, comprising: a carrier rod; a hollow motor tube having a pair of brackets at distal ends of the motor tube for mounting the motor tube between opposing side walls of the wardrobe closet; a motor stored within the motor tube, wherein the motor rotates the motor tube about a horizontal axis; a pair of bases each attached to a corresponding side wall of the wardrobe closet; an arm extending from each base parallel to the corresponding side walls of the wardrobe closet, each arm including a distal end and a proximal end; each of the arms being pivotable about an axis at the bases at the proximal end of each arm in order to raise and lower the distal ends of each arm between a raised and a lowered position; a receptacle attached to the distal end of each of the arms, each receptacle has a slot forming an opening at an edge of each receptacle for receiving the carrier rod within the slot; and a plurality of straps for supporting the carrier rod, each strap being connected to the carrier rod at one end and wound about the motor tube at the other end, the straps being selectively windable and unwindable about the motor tube as the motor tube rotates to increase or decrease a length of each strap extending from the motor tube; wherein the slots are angled to support and retain the carrier rod in the raised position and to release the carrier rod by gravity in the lowered position.