Patent ID: 8851306
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. A concealable storage rack mounted to an underside of a shelf, said storage rack hangidly supporting containers, said storage rack comprising: a pair of mounting brackets, each of said pair of mounting brackets having a mounting arm and a support arm defining a generally L-shape, each of said mounting arms having an upper mounting surface mounted to the underside of the shelf and an opposite lower surface, and each of said support arms extend downwardly with respect to the underside of the shelf; a plate member having a generally planar top surface with a front end and an opposite rear end and a pair of side walls that extend between said front end and said rear end and a plurality of apertures adapted to hangidly support the containers; a pair of front link members and a pair of rear link members, said pair of front link members having a length greater than a length of said pair of rear link members, one of each of said pair of front link members and said pair of rear link members extends rigidly between said support arm of one of said mounting brackets and one of a pair of side walls of said plate member, and an other of each of said pair of front link members and said rear link members extends rigidly between said support arm of an other of said mounting bracket and an other of said pair of side walls of said plate member; said plate member being pivotally attached to said mounting bracket by said pair of front link members and said pair of rear link members for movement between a storage position and a use position, in said storage position said top surface of said plate member contacts said lower surface of each of said mounting arms and in said use position said plate member is spaced apart from said shelf such that a vertical distance between said front end of said plate member and the underside of the shelf is greater than a vertical distance between said rear end of said plate member and the underside of the shelf and in which said front end of said plate member extends farther in a forward direction than said front end of said plate member in said storage position.