Hardware for pivoting cabinet shelf

Claim 1

An improved shelf construction comprising, in combination: a generally rectangular shelf housing having a bottom panel, an opposed top panel and a front edge; a shelf unit positioned within the housing, said unit comprising a plurality of connected horizontal shelves with a bottom shelf and a top panel in opposed relation respectively with the bottom and top panels of the housing; and improved hardware for pivotally and reversibly mounting the shelf unit within the housing, said hardware including (a) a lower mounting plate attached to the bottom panel of the housing, said mounting plate including a projected surface with a slide support mounted on the surface to define a moving center pivot for a pivot axis member projecting downwardly from the shelf unit whereby the pivot axis member may be translated in a direction perpendicular to the front edge, said plate also including an arcuate slot inward from the slide support, the ends of the slot being closer to the front edge than the mid portion of the slot, said slot engaging a follower projecting downward from one side edge of the shelf unit; and (b) an upper mounting plate attached to the top panel in opposed relation with the lower plate, said upper plate defining a mirror image arcuate slot to the lower plate arcuate slot and also having a straight follower slot defining a mirror image to the slide support, said top panel of said shelf unit including an upwardly projecting center follower and a side edge follower for cooperation with the arcuate slot and straight slide respectively; whereby the shelf unit is pivotal about the center follower and pivot member and the side edge followers are movable from one side of the arcuate slot to the other to thereby reverse the shelf unit.