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Cabinet structure that is expandable into platform ladder

Patent 5735586 Issued on April 7, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject April 3, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Issued on: 02/07/1984
Inventor: Brooks

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Patent #: 5107957
Issued on: 04/28/1992
Inventor: Bennett

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Issued on: 10/25/1994
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Inventor

Application

No. 832450 filed on 04/03/1997

US Classes:

312/235.1, WITH STEP182/35, Furniture312/237, COMBINED312/258Foldable

Examiners

Primary: Brittain, James R.
Assistant: Tran, Huan

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 3258 GB 01/24/1891
  • 694988 GB 07/24/2013

International Class

A47B 083/00

Abstract

A cabinet structure includes a parallelepiped frame having a top side, a bottom side, a front side, a rear side and two opposite lateral sides. A drawer is provided on the upper portion of the frame, having a front panel comprised of four boards overlapping each other and releasably secured together by means of a bolt. Two L-shaped door panels are respectively hinged to two opposite sides of the frame to openably cover the front side. By opening the two door panels to be opposite to each other and un-folding the boards of the front panel of the drawer to have the boards supported on the L-shaped door panels, a stair-like platform ladder is formed with the top side of the cabinet serving as the platform. A safety rack is provided on the platform and is collapsible into a channel formed inside the cabinet so as to be selectively expanded when the cabinet is converted into the platform ladder. A bench includes a horizontal top plate having a first end movably received within and supported by the cabinet and a second end selectively extendible out of one of the lateral sides of the cabinet and supported by a vertical support plate so that the bench is selectively expanded from the cabinet. A stool is removably stored inside the cabinet and is selectively and removably mounted to the platform to provide an additional step to the ladder.

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