Abstract:
Disclosed is a hanging cabinet which includes a cabinet body that defines therein a plurality of storage compartments each having an opening and a sloping bottom wall sloping backwardly downwards from the respective opening toward the respective inner side, a swivel hook provided at the top side of the cabinet body for hanging, and a plurality of pockets symmetrically provided at two opposite lateral sides of the cabinet body.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
       [0001]     (a) Technical Field of the Invention  
         [0002]     The present invention relates a cabinet and more particularly, to a hanging cabinet that can be hung inside a wardrobe or on an overhead place to keep clothes or other things.  
         [0003]     (b) Description of the Prior Art  
         [0004]     Due to limited house space, people may hang a hanging cabinet on the back side of the door panel of the door of the kitchen or a wall inside a room for keeping small items. A conventional hanging cabinet is known comprising a body shell formed of tough and flexible sheet material (for example, canvass) and arranged around the top, bottom left and right sides, and a plurality of partition members arranged in the body shell at different elevations to divide the holding space of the body shell into having a plurality of front-open compartments for keeping things. A top opening may be formed in the top side of the body shell for the mounting of a hanger for hanging on a hanging rod inside a wardrobe or at a wall. Hook and loop materials may be used to secure the hanging cabinet to a hanging rod inside a wardrobe or at a wall. According to the aforesaid conventional design, the front-open compartments of the hanging cabinet each have a flat bottom wall that is kept in horizontal. Storage items may protrude over the front side of the front-open compartments, destructing the sense of beauty of the hanging cabinet. Further, storage items may fall out of the front-open compartments when the hanging cabinet is vibrated accidentally, Further, after installation of the hanging cabinet, the user cannot rotate the hanging cabinet through 360-degrees. This limitation narrows the application of the hanging cabinet.  
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
       [0005]     The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a hanging cabinet, which keeps storage items in a neat status. It is another object of the present invention to provide a hanging cabinet, which prevents storage items from falling out accidentally. It is still another object of the present invention to provide a hanging cabinet, which has added side storage space for holding things.  
         [0006]     To achieve these and other objects of the present invention, the hanging cabinet comprises a cabinet body, which defines therein a plurality of storage compartments each having an opening and a sloping bottom wall sloping backwardly downwards from the respective opening toward the respective inner side, and a plurality of pockets symmetrically provided at two opposite lateral sides of the cabinet body. The pockets may be fastened to the cabinet with stitches, hook and loop materials, or snaps. Further, a swivel hook is provided at the top side of the cabinet body for hanging. By means of the swivel hook, the hanging cabinet can be hung on a rod member inside a wardrobe and freely rotated through 360-degrees.  
         [0007]     The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.  
         [0008]     Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example.  
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0009]      FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a hanging cabinet according to a first embodiment of the present invention.  
         [0010]      FIG. 2  is a perspective view of an alternate form of the hanging cabinet according to the present invention.  
         [0011]      FIG. 3  is a perspective view of another alternate form of the hanging cabinet according to the present invention.  
         [0012]      FIG. 4  is a schematic side plain view of the hanging cabinet according to the present invention.  
         [0013]      FIG. 5A  is schematic front plain view of the top hook according to the present invention.  
         [0014]      FIG. 5B  is a side view of the top hook according to the present invention.  
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS  
       [0015]     The following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments only, and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following description provides a convenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement of the elements described without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.  
         [0016]     Referring to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , a hanging cabinet in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention is shown comprising a cabinet body  1  made out of a tough and flexible sheet material (for example, canvass). The cabinet body  1  has two vertical side panels  11 , a vertical middle partition panel  12  connected between the two vertical side panels  11  on the middle, and a plurality of transverse partition panels  13  respectively symmetrically connected between the two vertical side panels  11  at two opposite sides of the vertical middle partition panel  12  at different elevations. Each transverse partition panel  13  defines with the two vertical side panels  11  and the vertical middle partition panel  12  a storage open chamber  10  for keeping things. One or a number of small vertical partition panels  17  may be installed in each storage open chamber  10  to divide the respective storage open chamber  10  into multiple small storage open chambers (see FIG  1 ). Further, each transverse partition panel  13  slopes downwardly backwards toward the vertical middle partition panel  12  at a sloping angle, for example, 45-degrees. Therefore, each storage open chamber  10  has a sloping bottom wall sloping downwardly inwards toward the inner side to prevent falling of storage items upon vibration of the hanging cabinet accidentally. The transverse partition panels  13  may be arranged in parallel. Alternatively, the transverse partition panels  13  can be set at different sloping angles. Further, the partition panels  13  can be fixedly fastened to the vertical side panels  11  and the vertical middle partition panel  12  with stitches, hook and loop materials, snaps, or any of a variety of fastening means.  
         [0017]     Further, a covering  14  is prepared from a flexible sheet material (canvass, meshed cloth) and fixedly fastened to the outer side of each vertical side panel  11  of the cabinet body  1  and stitched with transverse seam lines  142  and vertical seam lines  143 , thereby forming a plurality of pockets  141  for keeping things. The transverse seam lines  142  can be made sloping in one direction as shown in  FIGS. 1 and 2 , or in horizontal as shown in  FIG. 3 .  
         [0018]     Further, the side bag  14  can be fastened to the cabinet body  1  with hook and loop materials, snaps, or any suitable fastening means.  
         [0019]     Further, a hanging plate  15  is provided at the top side of the vertical middle partition panel  12 . The hanging plate  15  has a top hook  2  for hanging on a rod member  3 .  
         [0020]     Referring to  FIGS. 5A and 5B , the top hook  2  is pivotally coupled to a holder frame  23  that is fastened to a rod  16  at the top side of the hanging plate  15 . Bending a metal plate member into a predetermined shape, having a through hole  231 , makes the holder frame  23 . Before bending the metal plate member into shape to form the holder frame  23 , the hook  2  is inserted through the through hole  231  with the expanded endpiece  21  thereof stopped at one side of the metal plate member. Further, a washer  22  is mounted on the hook  2  and stopped between the expanded endpiece  21 . After insertion of the hook  2  through the through hole  231 , the metal plate member is bent into shape around the rod  16  at the top side of the hanging plate  15 . When installed, the top hook  2  can be rotated through 360-degrees relative to the hanging plate  15 .  
         [0021]     Referring to  FIG. 4  and  FIGS. 1-3  again, because the storage open chambers  10  and the pockets  141  respectively downwardly slope toward the respective inner side, storage items can be well kept inside the storage open chambers  10  and the pockets  141  and will not fall out of the storage open chambers  10  or the pockets  141  when the hanging cabinet is oscillated or shaken by an external force accidentally.  
         [0022]     It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together may also find a useful application in other types of methods differing from the type described above.  
         [0023]     While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention. I claim: