| 摘要 |
A closet fits into an attic. A raiseable panel forms the bottom of the closet. The raiseable panel can be lowered to the living space below manually or by using a return spring or electrical means. The raiseable panel holds a cabinet, box, or other storage item. Air space around the cabinet or items insulates it from thermal contact with the closet walls. Alternatively a cabinet is hung from a restraining member, or arm, so it can be raised for storage and lowered for access. In this aspect, a bottom panel is secured to the bottom of the cabinet. Optional vents and fan urge circulation between the air space and the living space, reducing temperature extremes in the air space and hence the cabinet. In other aspects, air treatment units (HVAC, dehumidifier, etc.) condition the air within the closet. |
| 主权项 |
1. A storage system comprising:
a closet located in an attic space, said closet having a plurality of enclosing walls with inner sides, a top, and a downward-facing opening, said downward-facing opening communicating with an opening in a ceiling structure; a cabinet, said cabinet having a bottom, a top, and a plurality of side walls connecting said bottom and said top of said cabinet; said cabinet and said closet being dimensioned so that when said cabinet is positioned in said closet, there will be an air space around and surrounding substantially all of said side walls of said cabinet, between the outsides of all of said side walls and said inner sides of said walls of said closet; said cabinet being movable into and out of said closet for access in a space below when said cabinet is lowered; at least one vent opening between said attic space and the outdoors; a fan, said fan positioned and arranged to circulate outdoor air through said attic space when said fan is energized; and means for raising said cabinet upward into said closet and lowering said cabinet downward out of said closet, whereby when said cabinet is raised into said closet and said fan is energized, outdoor air can circulate through said attic space tending to equalize the temperature in said attic space with the temperature in said outdoors, whereby the temperature in said air space and in said cabinet will tend toward an average of the varying temperatures in said outdoors, averting high temperature extremes in said cabinet. |
