Appliance supporting cabinet

Claim 1

A CABINET HAVING (A) A FIXED TOP WITH AN APERTURE THEREIN FOR PASSAGE OF A MACHINE HOUSED IN SAID CABINET, (B) A PANEL HAVING A FIRST POSITION OF REST NORMALLY OVERLYING SAID TOP AND MOVABLY THEREFROM TO A SECOND POSITION OF REST SUBSTANTIALLY BEHIND AND BEYOND THE BACK OF SAID CABINET, (C) A LEAF FOR SUPPORTING THE MACHINE HINGEDLY SECURED TO SAID TOP AND NORMALLY DISPOSED BELOW SAID APERTURE, PERMITTING SAID PANEL DIRECTLY TO OVERLIE SAID TOP, SAID LEAF BEING ROTATABLE THROUGH THE APERTURE TO A POSITION ABOVE SAID TOP, (D) A LEVER ARM PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO SAID PANEL ADJACENT A SIDE THEREOF AND DISPOSED BELOW SAID TOP WHEN THE PANEL IS IN SAID FIRST POSITION, (E) AN AXIALLY-ROTATABLE SHAFT SECURED BELOW SAID TOP AND OPERABLY CONNECTED TO SAID ARM, WHEREBY SWINGING OF SAID ARM BY SAID PANEL SERVES TO ROTATE SAID SHAFT, AND REVERSE ROTATION OF THE SHAFT REACTS ON SAID ARM, (F) MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTARY MOVEMENT OF SAID SHAFT TO SAID SUPPORTING LEAF, SO THAT MOVEMENT OF THE PANEL FROM SAID FIRST POSITION TO SAID SECOND POSITON WILL RESULT IN MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORTING LEAF TO A POSITION OF ACCESS ADJACENT SAID APERTURE, (G) CONNECTING MEANS BETWEEN THE LEAF AND THE TRANSMISSION MEANS WHEREBY, AFTER THE PANEL HAS REACHED SAID SECOND POSITION, SAID LEAF MAY BE FREELY ROTATED FROM SAID POSITION OF ACCESS TO A POSITION ABOVE SAID TOP AND THEN REVERSELY ROTATED TO A POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH THEREWITH, WHERE A MACHINE MOUNTED THEREON WILL BE IN OPERATIVE POSITION, AND (H) AN AUXILIARY LEAF HINGED TO SAID TOP AND NORMALLY SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH THEREWITH, WHERE IT IS ADAPTED TO SUPPORT SAID SUPPORTING LEAF.