Collapsible Combination Cabinet

A combination cabinet includes a main body, a plurality of bottom boards, a plurality of back boards, a resting board, a top board, and a connecting seat. The main body includes two upright side boards, a plurality of sliding boards, and a plurality of front boards. Thus, the main body is folded to have a flat shape and all parts of the combination cabinet are folded and detached before assembly, so that the combination cabinet has a smaller volume, thereby facilitating packaging, storage and transportation of the combination cabinet. In addition, the combination cabinet is assembled and disassembled easily and quickly without needing aid of any hand tool, thereby facilitating a user assembling and disassembling the combination cabinet.

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Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a cabinet and, more particularly, to a combination cabinet.

2. Description of the Related Art

A conventional cabinet comprises a cabinet body, and a plurality of drawers movably mounted in the cabinet body to receive articles. However, the cabinet has a fixed construction and cannot be detached so that the cabinet occupies a larger volume, thereby greatly causing inconvenience to a user in packaging, storage and transportation of the cabinet. In addition, the cabinet cannot be assembled and disassembled easily and quickly, thereby increasing the costs of fabrication. Further, the cabinet is assembled and disassembled by aid of a hand tool, such as a screwdriver thereby causing inconvenience when assembling and disassembling the cabinet.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a collapsible combination cabinet that is folded before assembly.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a combination cabinet, wherein the main body is folded to have a flat shape and all parts of the combination cabinet are folded and detached before assembly, so that the combination cabinet has a smaller volume, thereby facilitating packaging, storage and transportation of the combination cabinet.

A further objective of the present invention is to provide a combination cabinet, wherein the combination cabinet is assembled and disassembled easily and quickly without needing aid of any hand tool, thereby facilitating a user assembling and disassembling the combination cabinet.

Further benefits and advantages of the present invention will become apparent after a careful reading of the detailed description with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a combination cabinet in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the combination cabinet as shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a partially folded perspective view of the combination cabinet as shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a locally enlarged cross-sectional view of the combination cabinet as shown in FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a partially perspective view of the combination cabinet as shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a locally enlarged cross-sectional view of the combination cabinet as shown in FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a partially exploded perspective view of the combination cabinet as shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is a partially exploded perspective view of the combination cabinet as shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 9 is a partially perspective view of the combination cabinet as shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 10 is a partially perspective view of the combination cabinet as shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 11 is a locally enlarged cross-sectional view of the combination cabinet as shown in FIG. 10.

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to the drawings and initially to FIGS. 1 and 2, a collapsible combination cabinet 1 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a main body 10, a plurality of bottom boards 20, a plurality of back boards 30, a resting board 50) a top board 60, and a connecting seat 40.

The main body 10 includes two upright side boards 11 each provided with a plurality of transversely arranged guide rails 14, a plurality of sliding boards 16 each slidably mounted on a respective guide rail 14 of each of the side boards 11, and a plurality of front boards 18 each having two opposite ends each of which is pivotally mounted on a first end of a respective sliding board 16 to move with the respective sliding board 16 and is rested on a first end of a respective side board 11. Each of the bottom boards 20 is detachably mounted between a respective front board 18 of the main body 10 and two respective sliding boards 16 of the main body 10. Each of the back boards 30 has two opposite ends each mounted on a second end of a respective sliding board 16 of the main body 10 to move with the respective sliding board 16 of the main body 10. The resting board 50 has two opposite ends each detachably mounted on a second end of a respective side board 11 of the main body 10. The top board 60 is mounted on a top of the main body 10 and rested on an upper end of the resting board 50. The connecting seat 40 is mounted on a bottom of the main body 10 and rested on a lower end of the resting board 50.

The side boards 11 of the main body 10 are fixed by the top board 60 and the connecting seat 40. Each of the side boards 11 of the main body 10 has a top rested on the top board 60 and formed with a plurality of positioning ribs 12 and a bottom rested on the connecting seat 40 and formed with a protruding support stud 15 having a limit hole 150. The second end of each of the side boards 11 is formed with an axially extending elongated guide channel 13 perpendicular to the guide rails 14, and each of the two opposite ends of the resting board 50 is slidably inserted into the guide channel 13 of a respective side board 11.

The sliding boards 16 of the main body 10 are located in and encompassed by the side boards 11. Each of the sliding boards 16 of the main body 10 has an outer side formed with an axially extending elongated slideway 161 slidable on the respective guide rail 14 of each of the side boards 11 and an inner side formed with an axially extending elongated guide slot 163 to allow insertion of a respective bottom board 20. The first end of each of the sliding boards 16 is pivotally mounted on the respective front board 18 by at least one hinge 17. The second end of each of the sliding boards 16 has an end face formed with two spaced limit posts 162.

Each of the front boards 18 of the main body 10 is located between the side boards 11 and has a lower end formed with an axially extending elongated limit slot 182 to allow insertion of a respective bottom board 20 and an upper end formed with an opening 181 to facilitate a user holding each of the front boards 18 of the main body 10. Each of the two opposite ends of each of the front boards 18 is formed with a recessed stop portion 183 to stop movement of the first end of the respective side board 111 and the first end of the respective sliding board 16 when the respective side board 11 is perpendicular to each of the front boards 18.

Each of the back boards 30 is rested on a respective bottom board 20 so that each of the back boards 30, two respective sliding boards 16 of the main body 10, the respective front board 18 of the main body 10 and the respective bottom board 20 form a rectangular box 70 which functions as a drawer. Each of the back boards 30 has a lower end formed with an axially extending elongated retaining slot 33 to allow insertion of a respective bottom board 20. Each of the two opposite ends of each of the back boards 30 is formed with two spaced limit holes 31 to allow insertion of the limit posts 162 of the respective sliding board 16 to position each of the back boards 30 onto the respective sliding boards 16. Each of the two opposite ends of each of the back boards 30 has an end face formed with a slideway 32 located between the limit holes 31 and slidable on the respective guide rail 14 of each of the side boards 11.

The resting board 50 is located between the side boards 11 of the main body 10, the top board 60 and the connecting seat 40 so that the top board 60, the side boards 11 of the main body 10 and the resting board 50 form a hollow rectangular structure to enclose each of the rectangular boxes 70.

The top board 60 has a bottom formed with a plurality of positioning holes 61 to allow insertion of the positioning ribs 12 of the side boards 11 to position the top board 60 onto the side boards 1 of the main body 10. The top board 60 has a periphery formed with a downward extending enclosure 63 enclosed around the top of the main body 10. The top board 60 has a side formed with an axially extending elongated limit channel 62 to allow insertion of the upper end of the resting board 50.

The connecting seat 40 is located between the side boards 11 of the main body 10 and has two opposite ends each detachably mounted on the bottom of a respective side board 11 of the main body 10. The connecting seat 40 has an upper end formed with an axially extending elongated limit channel 41 to allow insertion of the lower end of the resting board 50. The connecting seat 40 has a bottom rested on the support stud 15 of each of the side boards 11 and formed with two opposite limit stubs 42 each inserted into the limit hole 150 of the support stud 15 of the respective side board 11.

As shown in FIGS. 1-4, each of the sliding boards 16 of the main body 10 is pivotally mounted on the respective front board 18 by the hinge 17 so that each of the sliding boards 16 of the main body 10 is pivotable inwardly about the hinge 17 to move toward and rest on the respective front board 18. At the same time, each of the side boards 11 of the main body 10 is movable with the respective sliding boards 16 to pivot toward the front boards 18. Thus, the sliding boards 16 and the side boards 11 of the main body 10 are movable, to rest on the front boards 18 as shown in FIG. 3 to fold the main body 10 so that the main body 10 is collapsible to have a flat shape when not in use.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, each of the sliding boards 16 of the main body 10 is pivotable outwardly about the hinge 17 to move outwardly relative to the respective front board 18, and each of the side boards 11 of the main body 10 is movable with the respective sliding boards 16 to move outwardly relative to the respective front boards 18, so that the main body 10 is expanded completely to have a substantially U-shaped profile. At this time, the sliding boards 16 and the side boards 11 of the main body 10 are perpendicular to the front boards 18 when the main body 10 is expanded. In addition, each of the two opposite ends of each of the front boards 18 is formed with a recessed stop portion 183 to stop movement of the first end of the respective side board 11 and the first end of the respective sliding board 16 when the main body 10 is expanded.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, each of the bottom boards 20 is in turn inserted through the guide slots 163 of the respective sliding boards 16 of the main body 10 into the limit slot 182 of the respective front board 18 of the main body 10.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 8, when each of the back boards 30 is mounted on the respective sliding boards 16 of the main body 10, the limit posts 162 of each of the sliding boards 16 are inserted into the limit holes 31 of the respective back board 30 to position each of the back boards 30 onto the respective sliding boards 16. At the same time, each of the bottom boards 20 is inserted into the retaining slot 33 of the respective back board 30, so that each of the back boards 30, the respective bottom board 20 and the respective sliding boards 16 are combined together closely. At this time, each of the two opposite ends of each of the back boards 30 has an end face formed with a slideway 32 slidable on the respective guide rail 14 of each of the side boards 11 so that each of the back boards 30 is slidable on the respective guide rail 14 of each of the side boards 11 smoothly.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 9, when the connecting seat 40 is rested on the support stud 15 of each of the side boards 11, each of the limit stubs 42 of the connecting seat 40 is inserted into the limit hole 150 of the support stud 15 of the respective side board 11.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 10 and 11, the resting board 50 is inserted through the guide channels 13 of the side boards 11 into the limit channel 41 of the connecting seat 40.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the top board 60 is mounted on the top of the main body 10 and rested on the upper end of the resting board 50, thereby constructing the combination cabinet 11 as shown in FIG. 1. At this time, the positioning ribs 12 of the side boards 11 are positioned in the positioning holes 61 of the top board 60 to position the top board 60 onto the side boards 11 of the main body 10, and the upper end of the resting board 50 is inserted into the limit channel 62 of the top board 60 so that the resting board 50 is limited between the top board 60 and the connecting seat 40.

Accordingly, the main body 10 is folded to have a flat shape and all parts of the combination cabinet 1 are folded and detached before assembly, so that the combination cabinet 1 has a smaller volume, thereby facilitating packaging, storage and transportation of the combination cabinet 1. In addition, the combination cabinet 1 is assembled and disassembled easily and quickly without needing aid of any hand tool, thereby facilitating a user assembling and disassembling the combination cabinet 1.

Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment(s) as mentioned above, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended claim or claims will cover such modifications and variations that fall within the true scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A combination cabinet, comprising a main body, a plurality of bottom boards, a plurality of back boards, a resting board, a top board, and a connecting seat, wherein:

the main body includes two upright side boards each provided with a plurality of transversely arranged guide rails, a plurality of sliding boards each slidably mounted on a respective guide rail of each of the side boards, and a plurality of front boards each having two opposite ends each of which is pivotally mounted on a first end of a respective sliding board to move with the to respective sliding board and is rested on a first end of a respective side board;
each of the bottom boards is detachably mounted between a respective front board of the main body and two respective sliding boards of the main body;
each of the back boards has two opposite ends each mounted on a second end of a respective sliding board of the main body to move with the respective sliding board of the main body;
the resting board has two opposite ends each detachably mounted on a second end of a respective side board of the main body;
the top board is mounted on a top of the main body and rested on an upper end of the resting board;
the connecting seat is mounted on a bottom of the main body and rested on a lower end of the resting board.

2. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

the second end of each of the side boards is formed with an axially extending elongated guide channel perpendicular to the guide rails;
each of the two opposite ends of the resting board is slidably inserted into the guide channel of a respective side board.

3. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the sliding boards of the main body has an outer side formed with an axially extending elongated slideway slidable on the respective guide rail of each of the side boards.

4. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 11 wherein:

each of the sliding boards of the main body has an inner side formed with an axially extending elongated guide slot to allow insertion of a respective bottom board;
each of the front boards of the main body has a lower end formed with an axially extending elongated limit slot to allow insertion of a respective bottom board;
each of the back boards has a lower end formed with an axially extending elongated retaining slot to allow insertion of a respective bottom board.

5. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein the first end of each of the sliding boards is pivotally mounted on the respective front board by at least one hinge.

6. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

the second end of each of the sliding boards has an end face formed with two spaced limit posts;
each of the two opposite ends of each of the back boards is formed with two spaced limit holes to allow insertion of the limit posts of the respective sliding board to position each of the back boards onto the respective sliding boards.

7. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 6, wherein each of the two opposite ends of each of the back boards has an end face formed with a slideway located between the limit holes and slidable on the respective guide rail of each of the side boards.

8. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the front boards of the main body has an upper end formed with an opening to facilitate a user holding each of the front boards of the main body.

9. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein;

the sliding boards and the side boards of the main body are perpendicular to the front boards when the main body is expanded;
each of the two opposite ends of each of the front boards is formed with a recessed stop portion to stop movement of the first end of the respective side board and the first end of the respective sliding board when the respective side board is perpendicular to each of the front boards.

10. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein the resting board is located between the side boards of the main body, the top board and the connecting seat so that the top board, the side boards of the main body and the resting board form a hollow rectangular structure to enclose each of the rectangular boxes.

11. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

each of the side boards of the main body has a top rested on the top board and formed with a plurality of positioning ribs;
the top board has a bottom formed with a plurality of positioning holes to allow insertion of the positioning ribs of the side boards to position the top board onto the side boards of the main body.

12. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

each of the side boards of the main body has a bottom rested on the connecting seat and formed with a protruding support stud having a limit hole;
is the connecting seat is located between the side boards of the main body and has two opposite ends each detachably mounted on the bottom of a respective side board of the main body;
the connecting seat has a bottom rested on the support stud of each of the side boards and formed with two opposite limit stubs each inserted into the limit hole of the support stud of the respective side board.

13. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein;

the top board has a side formed with an axially extending elongated limit channel to allow insertion of the upper end of the resting board;
the connecting seat has an upper end formed with an axially extending elongated limit channel to allow insertion of the lower end of the resting board.

14. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein the side boards of the main body are fixed by the top board and the connecting seat.

15. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein the sliding boards of the main body are located in and encompassed by the side boards.

16. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the back boards is rested on a respective bottom board so that each of the back boards, two respective sliding boards of the main body, the respective front board of the main body and the respective bottom board form a rectangular box which functions as a drawer.

17. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein the top board has a periphery formed with a downward extending enclosure enclosed around the top of the main body.

18. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the front boards of the main body is located between the side boards.

19. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein the main body is expanded to have a substantially U-shaped profile.

20. The combination cabinet in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

each of the sliding boards of the main body is pivotable inwardly about the hinge to move toward and rest on the respective front board;
each of the side boards of the main body is movable with the respective sliding boards to pivot toward the front boards;
the sliding boards and the side boards of the main body are movable to rest on the front boards to fold the main body so that the main body, is collapsible to have a flat shape.
Patent History
Publication number: 20080258591
Type: Application
Filed: Apr 23, 2007
Publication Date: Oct 23, 2008
Inventor: Chien-I Chiang (Hou-Hu Li)
Application Number: 11/738,851
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Support For Movable Component Contacts Cabinets Supporting Surface (312/317.1)
International Classification: A47B 88/00 (20060101);