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US3193339A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Storage facility for small articles

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-10-28
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Granted: 1965-07-06
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Expires: 1983-10-28
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 William A Cooper

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 18:56
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47F; A47F5/00; A47F5/0018; A47F5/0025; A47F5/0037

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 285 words
A STORAGE FACILITY FOR STORING AND DISPENSING SMALL ARTICLES COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE HOUSING OPEN THROUGHOUT THE REAR SIDE THEREOF AND ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED WITH SAID OPEN SIDE AGAINST A BUILDING WALL, SAID HOUSING HAVING A FORWARD FACE PROVIDED WITH A HORIZONTAL ROW OF RECTANGULAR OPENING EACH HAVING ALIGNED SEAT MEANS ALONG THEIR OPPOSITE VERTICAL EDGES SHAPED TO PROVIDE A SEAT FOR TRUNNION MEANS, A SEPARATE ELONGATED GENERALLY RECTANGULAR ARTICLE RECEPTACLE MOUNTED IN SAID RECTANGULAR OPENINGS AND EACH HAVING TRUNNION MEANS CENTRALLY OF THEIR OPPOSITE VERTICAL SIDES SEATED IN SAID ALIGNED SEAT MEANS ALONG THE VERTICAL EDGES OF SAID RECTANGULAR OPENINGS AND COOPERATING THEREWITH IN PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SAID ARTICLE RECEPTACLES, SAID RECEPTACLES AND THE CONTENTS THEREOF BEING READILY REMOVABLE FROM SAID HOUSING AND EACH HAVING A SINGLE ACCESS OPENING IN ITS REAR WALL ADJACENT THE UPPER END THEREOF WHICH ACCESS OPENING OVERLAPS AND IS NORMALLY SEATED AGAINST AND CLOSED BY THAT PORTION OF THE FRONT FACE OF SAID HOUSING ADJACENT THE UPPER TRANSVERSE EDGE OF SAID OPENINGS IN SAID HOUSING, THE UPPER OUTER FORWARD END CORNERS OF SAID RECEPTACLES BEING ROUNDED AND EFFECTIVE TO CHANNEL THE CONTENTS OF THE RECEPTACLE TOWARD THE PLANE OF SAID ACCESS OPENING WHEN SAID RECEPTACLES ARE PVIOTED FORWARDLY AWAY FROM SAID HOUDING FACE, AND SAID TRUNNION MEANS BEING SO DISPOSED RELATIVE TO THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID RECTANGULAR OPENINGS IN SAID HOUSING THAT SIDE UPPER EDGE ENGAGES THE BACK SIDES OF SAID RECEPTACLES AND ACTS AS A STOP LIMITING OPENING MOVEMENT THEREOF WITH THE NORMALLY UPPER ENDS OF THE RECEPTACLES TILTED DOWNWARDLY AND FORWARDLY BELOW A HORIZONTAL PLANE THROUGH SAID TRUNNION MEANS AND WITH THEIR CONTENTS SHIFTED TO THEIR DOWNWARDLY TILTED ENDS CONVENIENTLY ACCESSIBLE FOR RENOVABLE THROUGH SAID ACCESS OPENINGS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 285 words
A STORAGE FACILITY FOR STORING AND DISPENSING SMALL ARTICLES COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE HOUSING OPEN THROUGHOUT THE REAR SIDE THEREOF AND ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED WITH SAID OPEN SIDE AGAINST A BUILDING WALL, SAID HOUSING HAVING A FORWARD FACE PROVIDED WITH A HORIZONTAL ROW OF RECTANGULAR OPENING EACH HAVING ALIGNED SEAT MEANS ALONG THEIR OPPOSITE VERTICAL EDGES SHAPED TO PROVIDE A SEAT FOR TRUNNION MEANS, A SEPARATE ELONGATED GENERALLY RECTANGULAR ARTICLE RECEPTACLE MOUNTED IN SAID RECTANGULAR OPENINGS AND EACH HAVING TRUNNION MEANS CENTRALLY OF THEIR OPPOSITE VERTICAL SIDES SEATED IN SAID ALIGNED SEAT MEANS ALONG THE VERTICAL EDGES OF SAID RECTANGULAR OPENINGS AND COOPERATING THEREWITH IN PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SAID ARTICLE RECEPTACLES, SAID RECEPTACLES AND THE CONTENTS THEREOF BEING READILY REMOVABLE FROM SAID HOUSING AND EACH HAVING A SINGLE ACCESS OPENING IN ITS REAR WALL ADJACENT THE UPPER END THEREOF WHICH ACCESS OPENING OVERLAPS AND IS NORMALLY SEATED AGAINST AND CLOSED BY THAT PORTION OF THE FRONT FACE OF SAID HOUSING ADJACENT THE UPPER TRANSVERSE EDGE OF SAID OPENINGS IN SAID HOUSING, THE UPPER OUTER FORWARD END CORNERS OF SAID RECEPTACLES BEING ROUNDED AND EFFECTIVE TO CHANNEL THE CONTENTS OF THE RECEPTACLE TOWARD THE PLANE OF SAID ACCESS OPENING WHEN SAID RECEPTACLES ARE PVIOTED FORWARDLY AWAY FROM SAID HOUDING FACE, AND SAID TRUNNION MEANS BEING SO DISPOSED RELATIVE TO THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID RECTANGULAR OPENINGS IN SAID HOUSING THAT SIDE UPPER EDGE ENGAGES THE BACK SIDES OF SAID RECEPTACLES AND ACTS AS A STOP LIMITING OPENING MOVEMENT THEREOF WITH THE NORMALLY UPPER ENDS OF THE RECEPTACLES TILTED DOWNWARDLY AND FORWARDLY BELOW A HORIZONTAL PLANE THROUGH SAID TRUNNION MEANS AND WITH THEIR CONTENTS SHIFTED TO THEIR DOWNWARDLY TILTED ENDS CONVENIENTLY ACCESSIBLE FOR RENOVABLE THROUGH SAID ACCESS OPENINGS.

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