Patent ID: 7004709

Claim:
A self-contained bin for library articles, comprising: a bin housing having a chamber defined by an uppermost housing plane and by substantially vertical pairs of (i) opposing side wall members and (ii) opposing forward and rearward wall members; a floor member within said chamber having a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least a pair of opposing cable apertures therethrough; at least a pair of cables for suspending said floor member within said chamber, said cables each having a first cable end and a second cable end, wherein (i) each said first cable end is secured in opposing relationship, respectively, to a selected wall member proximate to said uppermost housing plane, and (ii) each cable passes through, respectively, a corresponding one of said at least a pair of opposing cable apertures through said floor member; and a reversible cable driver secured to said bottom surface of said floor member with said second cable ends being secured to said driver, wherein (i) clockwise rotational motive force of said driver causes said floor member to climb upward on said cables to said uppermost housing plane, and (ii) counter-clockwise rotational motive force of said driver causes said floor member to descend downward from said uppermost housing plane.