Patent ID: 6755492
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A sliding cabinet comprising:a support frame having a left wall and a right wall, said left wall aligned parallel to said right wall; an outer cabinet having a left wall, a right wall parallel to said left wall, and a top wall perpendicular to said left and right walls; an inner cabinet having a left wall, a right wall parallel to said left wall, and a top wall perpendicular to said left and right walls; a plurality of shelves movably fixed to the inside of the inner cabinet's left and right walls; a set of vertical tracks, a first vertical track attached to the inside of the outer cabinet's left wall and a second vertical track attached to the inside of the outer cabinet's right wall; a plurality of vertically aligned rollers attached to the outside of the inner cabinet's left and right walls, said vertically aligned rollers shaped and dimensioned for slidable movement in the vertical tracks; a set of horizontal tracks, a first horizontal track attached to the outside of the outer cabinet's left wall and second horizontal track attached to the outside of the outer cabinet's right wall; a set of horizontal rollers attached to the inside of the support frame's left and right walls, said horizontal rollers shaped and dimensioned for slidable movement in the horizontal tracks; a counterweight; a plurality of counterweight cables, said counterweight cables attached at one end to the counterweight and attached at another end to the outside of the inner cabinet's top wall; and a plurality of pulleys fixed to the outer cabinet's top wall, said pulleys shaped and dimensioned for movable support of the counterweight cables.