BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
[0001] The present invention relates a cabinet and more particularly, to a hanging cabinet
that can be hung inside a wardrobe or on an overhead place to keep clothes or other
things.
2. Description of the Related Art
[0002] Due to limited house space, people may hang a hanging cabinet on the back side of
the door panel of the door of the kitchen or a wall inside a room for keeping small
items. A conventional hanging cabinet is known comprising a body shell formed of tough
and flexible sheet material (for example, canvass) and arranged around the top, bottom
left and right sides, and a plurality of partition members arranged in the body shell
at different elevations to divide the holding space of the body shell into having
a plurality of front-open compartments for keeping things. A top opening may be formed
in the top side of the body shell for the mounting of a hanger for hanging on a hanging
rod inside a wardrobe or at a wall. Hook and loop materials may be used to secure
the hanging cabinet to a hanging rod inside a wardrobe or at a wall. According to
the aforesaid conventional design, the front-open compartments of the hanging cabinet
each have a flat bottom wall that is kept in horizontal. Storage items may protrude
over the front side of the front-open compartments, destructing the sense of beauty
of the hanging cabinet. Further, storage items may fall out of the front-open compartments
when the hanging cabinet is vibrated accidentally, Further, after installation of
the hanging cabinet, the user cannot rotate the hanging cabinet through 360-degrees.
This limitation narrows the application of the hanging cabinet.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is
the main object of the present invention to provide a hanging cabinet, which keeps
storage items in a neat status. It is another object of the present invention to provide
a hanging cabinet, which prevents storage items from falling out accidentally. It
is still another object of the present invention to provide a hanging cabinet, which
has added side storage space for holding things.
[0004] To achieve these and other objects of the present invention, the hanging cabinet
comprises a cabinet body, which defines therein a plurality of storage compartments
each having an opening and a sloping bottom wall sloping backwardly downwards from
the respective opening toward the respective inner side, and a plurality of pockets
symmetrically provided at two opposite lateral sides of the cabinet body. The pockets
may be fastened to the cabinet with stitches, hook and loop materials, or snaps. Further,
a swivel hook is provided at the top side of the cabinet body for hanging. By means
of the swivel hook, the hanging cabinet can be hung on a rod member inside a wardrobe
and freely rotated through 360-degrees.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0005]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hanging cabinet according to a first embodiment
of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an alternate form of the hanging cabinet according
to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of another alternate form of the hanging cabinet according
to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a schematic side plain view of the hanging cabinet according to the present
invention.
FIG. 5A is schematic front plain view of the top hook according to the present invention.
FIG. 5B is a side view of the top hook according to the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0006] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a hanging cabinet in accordance with a first embodiment
of the present invention is shown comprising a cabinet body
1 made out of a tough and flexible sheet material (for example, canvass). The cabinet
body
1 has two vertical side panels
11, a vertical middle partition panel
12 connected between the two vertical side panels
11 on the middle, and a plurality of transverse partition panels
13 respectively symmetrically connected between the two vertical side panels
11 at two opposite sides of the vertical middle partition panel
12 at different elevations. Each transverse partition panel
13 defines with the two vertical side panels
11 and the vertical middle partition panel
12 a storage open chamber
10 for keeping things. One or a number of small vertical partition panels
17 may be installed in each storage open chamber
10 to divide the respective storage open chamber
10 into multiple small storage open chambers (see FIG. 1). Further, each transverse
partition panel
13 slopes downwardly backwards toward the vertical middle partition panel
12 at a sloping angle, for example, 45-degrees. Therefore, each storage open chamber
10 has a sloping bottom wall sloping downwardly inwards toward the inner side to prevent
falling of storage items upon vibration of the hanging cabinet accidentally. The transverse
partition panels
13 may be arranged in parallel. Alternatively, the transverse partition panels
13 can be set at different sloping angles. Further, the partition panels
13 can be fixedly fastened to the vertical side panels
11 and the vertical middle partition panel
12 with stitches, hook and loop materials, snaps, or any of a variety of fastening means.
[0007] Further, a covering
14 is prepared from a flexible sheet material (canvass, meshed cloth) and fixedly fastened
to the outer side of each vertical side panel
11 of the cabinet body
1 and stitched with transverse seam lines
142 and vertical seam lines
143, thereby forming a plurality of pockets
141 for keeping things. The transverse seam lines
142 can be made sloping in one direction as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, or in horizontal
as shown in FIG. 3.
[0008] Further, the side bag
14 can be fastened to the cabinet body
1 with hook and loop materials, snaps, or any suitable fastening means.
[0009] Further, a hanging plate
15 is provided at the top side of the vertical middle partition panel
12. The hanging plate
15 has a top hook
2 for hanging on a rod member
3.
[0010] Referring to FIGS. 5A and 5B, the top hook
2 is pivotally coupled to a holder frame
23 that is fastened to a rod
16 at the top side of the hanging plate
15. Bending a metal plate member into a predetermined shape, having a through hole
231, makes the holder frame
23. Before bending the metal plate member into shape to form the holder frame
23, the hook
2 is inserted through the through hole
231 with the expanded endpiece
21 thereof stopped at one side of the metal plate member. Further, a washer
22 is mounted on the hook 2 and stopped between the expanded endpiece
21. After insertion of the hook
2 through the through hole
231, the metal plate member is bent into shape around the rod
16 at the top side of the hanging plate
15. When installed, the top hook
2 can be rotated through 360-degrees relative to the hanging plate
15.
[0011] Referring to FIG. 4 and FIGS. 1~3 again, because the storage open chambers
10 and the pockets
141 respectively downwardly slope toward the respective inner side, storage items can
be well kept inside the storage open chambers
10 and the pockets
141 and will not fall out of the storage open chambers
10 or the pockets
141 when the hanging cabinet is oscillated or shaken by an external force accidentally.
[0012] Although particular embodiments of the invention have been described in detail for
purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without
departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is
not to be limited except as by the appended claims.
1. A hanging cabinet comprising:
a cabinet body, said cabinet body having two side panels and defining a plurality
of storage compartments between said two side panels, said storage compartments each
having an opening and a sloping bottom wall sloping backwardly downwards from the
respective opening toward a respective inner side thereof; and
a plurality of pockets provided at said side panels at an outer side.
2. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cabinet body and said pockets
are respectively formed of flexible sheet materials.
3. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 2, wherein said storage compartments are symmetrically
provided at front and rear sides of said cabinet body.
4. The handing cabinet as claimed in claim 3, wherein said pockets are symmetrically
provided at said two side panels at an outer side.
5. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim1, wherein said pockets slope downwardly backwards
from a respective front opening thereof toward an inner side thereof.
6. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pockets are respectively arranged
in horizontal.
7. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 4, wherein said pockets slope downwardly backwards
from a respective front opening thereof toward an inner side thereof.
8. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 4, wherein said pockets are respectively arranged
in horizontal.
9. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 3, wherein said pockets are respectively affixed
to said side panels of said cabinet body with stitches.
10. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 3, wherein said pockets are respectively fastened
to said side panels of said cabinet body with hook and loop materials.
11. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 3, wherein said pockets are respectively fastened
to said side panels of said cabinet body with snaps.
12. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cabinet body has a hanging
plate provided at a top side thereof, a holder frame fixedly provided at said hanging
plate, and a swivel hook pivoted to said holder frame for hanging.
Amended claims in accordance with Rule 86(2) EPC.
1. A hanging cabinet comprising:
a cabinet body (1) having two side panels (11) and defining a plurality of storage
compartments (10) between two said side panels (11), said storage compartments (10)
each having an opening; and
a plurality of pockets (141) provided at said side panels (11) at an outer side;
characterized in that the cabinet has a vertical middle partition panel (12), said storage compartments
(10) being symmetrically provided at front and rear sides of said cabinet body (1)
each compartment having a sloping bottom wall (13) sloping backwardly downwards from
the respective opening toward the middle partition panel (12); and
a top hook (2) rotatably mounted on the cabinet to allow the cabinet to rotate freely
through 360 degrees when hung on a rod in a wardrobe.
2. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cabinet body and said pockets
are respectively formed of flexible sheet materials.
3. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein said pockets (141) are symmetrically
provided at said two side panels (11) at an outer side.
4. The hanging cabinet as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said pockets (141)
slope downwardly backwards from a respective front opening thereof toward an inner
side thereof.
5. The hanging cabinet as claimed in any of claims 1-3, wherein said pockets (141) are
respectively arranged horizontally.
6. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 2, wherein said pockets (141) are respectively
affixed to said side panels of said cabinet body with stitches.
7. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 2, wherein said pockets are respectively
fastened to said side panels of said cabinet body with hook and loop materials.
8. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 2, wherein said pockets are respectively
fastened to said side panels of said cabinet body with snaps.
9. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cabinet body has a hanging
plate (15) provided at a top side thereof, a holder frame (23) fixedly provided at
said hanging plate (15), ad said hook (2) being rotatably mounted to said holder frame
(23).
10. The hanging cabinet as claimed in claim 9, wherein the hanging plate (15) is provided
at the top side of the vertical middle partition panel 12.