JEWELRY ORGANIZER
A jewelry organizer for storing jewelry having a plurality of compartments to store jewelry items of various configurations. The jewelry organizer includes pivoting cabinets having earring stands that are slidably received in the cabinets. Drawers are located under the cabinets and have various compartments to hold jewelry items such as bracelets, rings and pins. A pair of doors flanks the drawers and may conceal the drawers when the pair of doors are closed.
The present application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/728,505, entitled “Jewelry Chest and Box with Slidable Features” filed Dec. 1, 2000, incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention relates to a jewelry organizer with unique slidable features. While several different types of jewelry organizers are known, there is a need for a jewelry organizer that is convenient to use and allows a user to easily view and select jewelry.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONOne type of a known jewelry holder is in the form of a container with relatively high sides and back walls and a top that is hinged to the back wall to permit access into the container. Earring stands are fixed to the bottom of the container. A particular problem with this type of jewelry holder is that it is very difficult to insert and remove the jewelry from the stands because the side walls and hinged top limit the amount of space available.
Yet another type of jewelry holder proposes racks that slide into a box-like container having a single open side. Again, a problem with this type of jewelry holder is that because the racks are designed as an integral part of the box-like container when the racks are removed from the container, the racks cannot be placed on a horizontal surface without falling over. In addition, because there is only one open side, access to the jewelry located inside the container is limited.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,762,184, invented by the present inventor and hereby incorporated by reference discloses a jewelry holder with a plurality of movable earring stands that are positioned on a base. The base is in the form of a box with an open front that slidably receives a drawer. The top of the base is provided with a plurality of grooves that slidably receive the earring stands. The stands include a pair of supports joined by a substantially horizontal cross-piece that has at least one aperture sized to receive a post or stem of an earring. The stands include a base that is sized to slidably fit within the grooves in the base. Alternatively, clip-on earrings may be directly clipped onto the crosspiece.
Some organizers are in the form of a piece of furniture, such as an armoire. These types of organizers can hold many more jewelry items as well as other items such as lingerie, evening bags, etc. These organizers may have drawers, some having compartments within the drawers to organize jewelry items. In addition, these items may have side doors outfitted with necklace bars for holding necklaces.
It is desirable to provide a jewelry organizer that can hold a large amount of jewelry in an organized fashion that allows a user to have direct and easy access to the jewelry contained therein. In addition, it is desirable to provide a jewelry organizer that makes visual inspection of the items contained therein easy. In addition, it is desirable to provide a jewelry organizer that groups like items together.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The drawers 16 have pull handles 15 which allow the user to slide a drawer 16 in and out of the organizer 10. The doors 12 in the top section 9 of the organizer are rotatably secured in the organizer by hinges 27. The doors 14 in the middle section 11 of the organizer are mounted to the organizer by hinges 25. Located on the inside of each door 14 is another necklace bar 30 with a plurality of hooks 32 on which necklaces can be hung. The necklace bar 30 can be unhinged by releasing a clasp 21 and the necklace bar 30 can be rotated away from the door 14. Alternatively, the necklace bar 30 can be fixed to the door 14. Each door 14 may also be provided with a tray 34 to hold the bottom portion of long necklaces so that the necklaces do not interfere with the closing of the doors 14.
Behind the doors 14 are a plurality of drawers 36. Storage compartments such as a ring platform 38 can be placed in a drawer. The ring platform 38 is preferably a soft, foam-like material in which slits 40 are formed as is well known. The other drawers 36 may also hold rings or they may have compartments to hold larger items such as bracelets, brooches and necklaces. In addition, they may hold articles of clothing such as scarves, lingerie, socks and hosiery. The drawers 36 can be customized by forming the storage compartments as stand alone units which can be interchangeable and/or dropped into a drawer according to a user's needs and preferences. In addition, removable dividers may be provided to allow a user to customize the configuration of the storage compartment of each drawer 36. Alternatively, the storage compartments may be formed as an integral part of the drawer and not changeable by the user.
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The walls and floors of the various compartments and the lid's inner surface of the jewelry organizer are preferably lined with an anti-tarnish cloth many varieties of which are commercially available. The anti-tarnish cloth allows the jewelry to be placed in the organizer 10 while reducing the risk of tarnish to the jewelry items. Alternatively, only sections of the organizer may be lined with anti-tarnish cloth, or there may be no anti-tarnish cloth provided.
In a preferred embodiment, the jewelry organizer is formed of wood and is about eighteen inches wide, forty-eight inches high and about fourteen inches deep. Of course, the preferred embodiment of the chest is not limited in size and other dimensions may be used depending on the quantity of jewelry to be held. Alternatively, the chest can be made of various other materials such as acrylic, polystyrene, polypropylene, metal, and wood composites, for example.
Because the bottom sections 13, 130 of the organizers 10, 100 shown in
In one preferred embodiment, the lift out drawers 400 are coupled to one another by hinges 402 such that the drawers 400 can be lifted out of the compartment 398 and fully extended as shown in
It should be understood that a wide range of changes and modifications can be made to the embodiment described above. It is therefore intended that the foregoing description illustrates rather than limits this invention, and that it is the following claims, including all equivalents, which define the invention.
Claims
1-47. (canceled)
48. An organizer for the storage of jewelry, the organizer comprising:
- a housing having an interior region and a door to gain access to the interior region;
- an earring stand rotatably mounted to an inner surface of the door wherein the earring stand can be rotated about an axis to gain access to both sides of the earring stand.
49. The organizer according to claim 48 wherein the earring stand has a pair of vertical supports and a plurality of crosspieces extending between the pair of vertical supports.
50-67. (canceled)
68. A jewelry organizer comprising:
- a housing having an interior region, the housing having an interior wall facing the interior region; and
- an earring stand having a pair of vertical supports and at least one crosspiece extending between the vertical supports wherein one of the pair of vertical supports is rotatably coupled to said interior wall so that the earring stand can be rotated about an axis parallel with one of the pair of vertical supports rotatably coupled to said interior wall.
69. The jewelry organizer of claim 68 wherein the at least one crosspiece has an aperture therein for receiving a post of an earring.
70. The jewelry organizer of claim 68 further comprising a pivoting lid located above the housing.
71. The jewelry organizer of claim 70 further comprising a mirror disposed on an inner surface of the pivoting lid.
72. The jewelry organizer of claim 68 further comprising a bottom section located underneath the housing.
73. The jewelry organizer of claim 72 wherein the bottom section comprises at least one pivoting tray.
74. The jewelry organizer of claim 68 further comprising a plurality of hooks located on a back wall of the housing.
75. The jewelry organizer of claim 73 wherein the at least one pivoting tray includes a plurality of dividers to compartmentalize an interior of the at least one pivoting tray.
76. The jewelry organizer of claim 75 wherein the plurality of dividers are removable.
77. The jewelry organizer of claim 73 further comprising a ring holder in the at least one pivoting tray.
78. The jewelry organizer of claim 73 wherein at least some portion of the at least one pivoting tray is lined with anti-tarnish cloth.
79. The jewelry organizer of claim 48 wherein the at least one crosspiece has an aperture therein for receiving a post of an earring.
80. The jewelry organizer of claim 48 further comprising a pivoting lid located above the housing.
81. The jewelry organizer of claim 80 further comprising a mirror disposed on an inner surface of the pivoting lid.
82. The jewelry organizer of claim 48 further comprising a bottom section located underneath the housing.
83. The jewelry organizer of claim 82 wherein the bottom section comprises at least one pivoting tray.
84. The jewelry organizer of claim 48 further comprising a plurality of hooks located on a back wall of the housing.
85. The jewelry organizer of claim 83 wherein the at least one pivoting tray includes a plurality of dividers to compartmentalize an interior of the at least one pivoting tray.
86. The jewelry organizer of claim 85 wherein the plurality of dividers are removable.
87. The jewelry organizer of claim 83 further comprising a ring holder in the at least one pivoting tray.
88. The jewelry organizer of claim 83 wherein at least some portion of the at least one pivoting tray is lined with anti-tarnish cloth.
Type: Application
Filed: Jun 27, 2007
Publication Date: Dec 13, 2007
Inventor: Lori Greiner (Chicago, IL)
Application Number: 11/769,069
International Classification: A47B 88/00 (20060101); A45C 11/16 (20060101);