Patent ID: 7938496

Claim:
A method of utilizing a hinged turntable with cabinets, said method comprising the steps of: providing a round platform further comprising: a center shelf portion; first and second side shelf portions; a pair of axial piano-type hinges arranged in a parallel manner, said pair of hinges are partially recessed along a top surface thereof; a removable hinge pin extending through each of said pair of hinges, said hinge pin having a threaded end for retaining said hinge pin at a substantially stable position; a rim portion formed along said top surface thereof, said rim portion having a plurality of beveled edges spaced along a perimeter of said platform and positioned adjacent to said hinges respectively such that said first and second side shelf portions pivot relative to said center shelf portion; a plurality of ball bearing rollers attached to each of said first and second shelf portions, such that each of said ball bearing rollers is recessed so as to be coplanar with a turntable at said center shelf portion; pivotally connecting said first and second side shelf portions to opposite sides of said center shelf portion via said hinges such that said platform is divided into three sections; providing and statically attaching an anchor plate to said platform; providing and rotatably attaching a turntable to said anchor plate; upwardly folding said first and second side shelf portions from a coplanar horizontal position to a parallel vertical orientation defined perpendicular to said center shelf portion; inserting said turntable in said parallel vertical orientation in a space having a narrow opening.