| 发明名称 | Variable height slide-out rack for appliance | ||
| 摘要 | An apparatus includes a shelf and a support structure for supporting the shelf, the support structure including rotation features that cause the shelf to rotationally pivot from a first height position to a second height position in response to a user-provided force. The rotation features include two pairs of wheels, wherein one of the pairs of wheels is attached to one side of the support structure and another one of the pairs of wheels is attached to another side of the support structure, each pair of wheels comprising a front wheel and a rear wheel. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US8814288(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2014.08.26 |
| 申请号 | US201113280449 | 申请日期 | 2011.10.25 |
| 申请人 | General Electric Company | 发明人 | McDaniel Aaron Matthew;Johnson Eric Scott |
| 分类号 | A47B81/00 | 主分类号 | A47B81/00 |
| 代理机构 | Global Patent Operation | 代理人 | Global Patent Operation ;Zhang Douglas D. |
| 主权项 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a shelf; and a support structure for supporting the shelf, the support structure comprising rotation features that cause the shelf to rotationally pivot from a first height position to a second height position in response to an applied force; wherein the rotation features comprise two pairs of wheels, wherein one of the pairs of wheels is attached to one side of the support structure and another one of the pairs of wheels is attached to another side of the support structure, each pair of wheels comprising a front wheel and a rear wheel; wherein the support structure further comprises a pair of slides, wherein one slide of the pair of slides is attached to one of the pairs of wheels and another slide of the pair of slides is attached to the other one of the pairs of wheels, the shelf being supported by the pair of slides; wherein, upon application of the applied force, the shelf rotationally pivots around respective axes of the pair of slides as the pair of slides rotate around respective axes of the two pairs of wheels; and wherein the support structure further comprises a roller, and each of the front wheels of the two pairs of wheels comprises a set of grooves formed on respective curved outermost peripheral edges of the front wheels, and wherein the shelf is locked in either the first height position or the second height position when the roller is engaged in one of the set of grooves of the front wheels. | ||
| 地址 | Schenectady NY US | ||