Pull down display and storage apparatus

Claim 1

A movable frame for connection to and movement outwardly and downwardly with respect to a fixed support, the movable frame comprising: a) a movable frame member; b) pivot means interconnected between the movable frame member and the fixed support for pivoting movement of the movable frame member from a first higher position adjacent the fixed support to a second lower position spaced outwardly from and downwardly with respect to the fixed support, the movable frame member defining a plane that is generally vertically positioned in the lower position; c) spring means interconnected between the movable frame member and the pivot means, the spring means pulling the movable frame member upward and toward the fixed support as the movable frame member moves; and d) adjustment means to change the tension of the spring means; and e) the spring means disposed so that the movable member is movable downwardly and outwardly from a first position to a second position and then inwardly to a third position beyond a center line from a point of connection between the fixed support and the pivot means, the spring means then pulling inwardly on the movable frame member to releasably lock the movable frame position to a second position and then inwardly to a third position beyond a center line from a point of connection between the fixed support and the pivot means, the spring means then pulling inwardly on the movable frame member to releasably lock the movable frame member in the third position.