Patent ID: 6976595

Claim:
A retractable storage system that attaches to the underside of a horizontal surface, the system comprising: a) a bracket comprised of a top, sides and two bottom lips, with each lip extending from a respective side, thereby providing a track therebetween the top, sides and lips; b) a slide arm having a plurality of hooks extending from an underside of said slide arm, whereby the slide arm is mounted in the track of said bracket and includes a half circle slide arm pull at a forward end thereof, said slide arm pull providing means for pulling said slide arm forward from within said track to reach said hooks toward the rear of said slide arm; c) a plurality of hangers, each comprised of a hanger eye, a hanger stem, a hanger base having a substantially planar bottom surface that is wider than said hanger stem, and an adhesive disc covering said bottom surface of said hanger base, whereby the hanger eyes of said hangers are suspended from said hooks; and d) the adhesive disc of each of said hangers providing means for attaching containers to said hangers allowing said containers to be suspended from said hooks during storage, whereby when the hangers are suspended from the hooks, the bottom surfaces of said hanger bases lie in a plane substantially parallel to the underside of said slide arm.