Haworth, Inc.

Nicholas J Fricano

Richard G Haworth

Daniel C West

Scott A Lang

An overhead storage cabinet having a housing defined by top and bottom wall rigidly joined by end walls to define an interior storage compartment therein. A door assembly is vertically swingably mounted on the housing and includes a door panel which vertically closes a front access opening of the housing when in an open position, and which swings upwardly into an open position wherein the door panel is stored generally above the top wall. The door assembly includes end panels which exteriorly overlap and are hingedly couple to the end walls. The end panels mount one or more counterweight elements adjacent the ends thereof to counterbalance the door panel weight. The number or position of counterweight elements is selected in accordance with the longitudinal length of the door panel. The end panel also has an edge profile provided with a grip part which moves between positions disposed adjacent the lower rear and lower front corners of the housing as the door is respectively swingably moved between closed and open positions to facilitate access thereto and convenient manual swinging of the door, particularly in the closing direction. The door panel and top wall of the housing also have an interlock extending longitudinally therealong and engaged when the door is closed to prevent outward bowing of the door relative to the housing.

Overhead storage cabinet

Overhead storage unit

A chair having a support pad arrangement movably mounted thereon, with the support pad mounting on one side thereof an integrated or removable computer keyboard. In the preferred embodiment, when the pad is in a primary use position wherein it extends in front of the chair occupant, the pad can also be vertically rotated to cause the bottom surface thereof to face upwardly, which latter surface is substantially flat and can be used as a conventional support or writing surface.

Chair with pivoting keyboard pad

A storage cabinet having a front access opening, and a door for closing the opening, which door hinges upwardly into an open position and then is movable linearly rearwardly of the cabinet for storage in a position wherein the door and cabinet top wall are disposed adjacent and substantially directly over one another. A support arrangement includes a pair of gear/rack mechanisms which couple the door to the cabinet side walls to provide for opening and closing movement of the door. The mechanisms, which include elongate rack members fixed to the cabinet side walls, secure the door in one of two different positions to enable the door to be disposed for cooperation with the top wall to permit storage of the door either above or below the top wall depending on the selected position of the rack members. The top wall is fixedly but releasably secured to the rack members for disposition in one of two different elevations depending upon the selected position of the rack members.

Growing community of inventors

Grand Haven, MI, United States of America

Nicholas J Fricano