US 12,419,413 B2
Accessibility of storage cabinets
Michael Keane, Carrick-on-Suir (IE); Ernie Hietrich, Cork (IE); Martin O'Malley, Dublin (IE); and Anthony Bland, Bedford (GB)
Assigned to E Z REACH KITCHENS LIMITED, Carrick-on-Suir (IE)
Appl. No. 18/030,600
Filed by E Z REACH KITCHENS LIMITED, Carrick-on-Suir (IE)
PCT Filed Oct. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/077123
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/073876, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20201172 (EP), filed on Oct. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0371686 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A47B 51/00 (2006.01); A47B 46/00 (2006.01); E05F 15/63 (2015.01); E05F 15/635 (2015.01); E05F 15/638 (2015.01); E05F 15/665 (2015.01)
CPC A47B 46/00 (2013.01) [A47B 46/005 (2013.01); A47B 51/00 (2013.01); E05F 15/63 (2015.01); E05F 15/635 (2015.01); E05F 15/638 (2015.01); E05F 15/665 (2015.01); E05Y 2900/20 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive apparatus for a furniture unit, the apparatus comprising:
a controller with a user interface,
a frame for securing to a wall,
a push-pull drive mechanism to push the unit outwardly from a home position to a top extended position, and
a vertical drive mechanism to lower the unit from said top extended position to a level at which it is more accessible, and to subsequently lift the unit upwardly back to the top extended position, and
in which the push-pull drive mechanism is adapted to retract the unit from said top extended position to the home position under control of the controller,
the push/pull drive mechanism including a chain for engaging a furniture unit and a sprocket to rotate to push the chain outwardly and pull the chain inwardly, wherein the chain movement is parallel to the push and pull direction, and wherein the chain is housed in a curved pathway alongside which the sprocket is mounted.