Patent ID: 8459755
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. An expandable and foldable wardrobe structure having a rectangular rear wall adapted for mounting on a room wall, a rectangular first side wall fixed in a permanent position on and at a right angle with respect to a first vertical portion of said rear wall and extending outwardly and forwardly therefrom, a rectangular first side panel pivotally mounted on an outer vertical edge portion of said first side wall and adapted to be swung toward or away from a center plane of said wardrobe structure, a rectangular first door panel pivotally mounted on an outer vertical edge portion of said first side panel and adapted to be swung toward or away from said center plane, a rectangular second side panel pivotally mounted on a second vertical portion of said rear wall and spaced laterally from said first vertical portion and adapted to be swung toward or away from said center plane, a rectangular second side wall pivotally mounted on an outer vertical edge portion of said rectangular second side panel and adapted to be swung toward or away from said center plane, and a rectangular second door panel pivotally mounted on an outer vertical edge portion of said second side wall, wherein one end of a first tandem strut is pivotally attached to said second side wall and the other end of said first tandem strut is pivotally attached to said rear wall, and wherein one end of a second tandem strut is pivotally attached to said first side panel and the other end of said second tandem strut is pivotally attached to said second side panel, wherein the angular positions and lengths of said struts are selected to rotate laterally all of said components in unison between expanded and folded states, wherein pivotal mountings allow the side panels, the second side wall and the door panels to be swung laterally in unison about the mountings (A) to form an expanded rectangular ready-to-use wardrobe having a lateral dimension which is markedly contracted and having a longitudinal dimension which is markedly expanded, or (B) to form a folded, rectangular stored wardrobe having a lateral dimension which is markedly lengthened and having a longitudinal dimension which is markedly contracted.