| 摘要 |
A closet or enclosure 100 (closet) fit into an attic. A panel (110) forms the bottom of the closet. The panel can be lowered to the living space below manually or by using a return spring or electrical means. The panel holds a cabinet, box, or other storage item (105 or 2225). Air space (150) around the cabinet or items insulates it from thermal contact with the walls. Alternatively a cabinet is hung from a restraining member (145), or arm (1105), so it can be raised for storage and lowered for access. In this aspect, the panel is secured to the bottom of the cabinet. Optional vents (155) and fan (160) 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 or enclosure. |
| 主权项 |
1. For use in a building with a room below and a room above, where said rooms are separated by a ceiling of said room below, which ceiling has an opening, a system for moving at least one item from said room below and storing said item in said room above, or moving said item from said room above to said room below, comprising:
a raiseable panel that can be raised from a location in said room below to said opening in said ceiling, said panel having at least one vent or opening therein so that air can pass through said at least one vent or opening when said panel is raised to said opening in said ceiling, said panel arranged to seal said opening in said ceiling when said panel is raised to said opening in said ceiling, except for said at least one vent or opening, a closet or enclosure in said room above, said closet or enclosure having a plurality of enclosing walls with inner sides, a top, and a downward-facing opening which communicates with said opening in said ceiling, a fan positioned and arranged to move air between said room below and said closet or enclosure through said vent opening when said panel is raised to said ceiling, means for (a) raising said panel upward from said location in said room below to said opening in said ceiling so that said panel seals said opening in said ceiling except for said at least one vent or opening, and (b) lowering said panel from said opening in said ceiling to said location in said room below, said panel being capable of supporting a predetermined item so that when said panel is raised to said opening in said ceiling, said item will be located in said closet or enclosure in said room above, and when said panel is lowered to said location in said room below, said item will be accessible in said room below, whereby when said panel is raised to said ceiling, said fan can circulate air through said at least one vent or opening between said room below and said closet or enclosure, so that the temperatures of said room below and said closet or enclosure will tend to equalize when the air in said room below and said closet or enclosure have different temperatures. |
