Hanging cabinet with overturning doors

Abstract

The invention relates to a hanging cabinet wherein the doors (6, 7), when opened, are overturned outside the structure formed by the upper and lower walls (2, 3) and the sides (4, 5) of the cabinet. Advantageously, the hanging cabinet is horizontal and the doors move simultaneously, so that in the wide open condition they are partly juxtaposed to the upper wall (2) and to the lower wall (3): this provides easy access to the entire inner space of the cabinet, and the doors can be closed easily even by a short person. The invention also comprises a device for overturning the doors simultaneously.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates generally to cabinets, and more particularly to wall cabinets. Background technique [0002] As is known, wall cabinets are at human height, usually above other furniture or on top of the kitchen, and are frequently opened and closed to retrieve and remove frequently used items; (including self-supporting cabinets), the movement of the wall cabinet door is particularly important. [0003] In fact, for obvious reasons, wall cabinets should be easy to open and close frequently, and a wall cabinet door at a person's height should not present a hindrance or danger to people; for example, when the door is left open, people working in the kitchen may not know and thus risking banging his / her head on the door, with predictable consequences. [0004] For this reason, a recent trend has been to manufacture kitchen wall cabinets with doors that swing upwards, ie doors that can be swiveled relative to a horizontal axis; in this way...

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[0010] However, it should be considered that when the door consisting of hinged panels is lifted, the lower panel hanging downwards becomes a hindrance for the person who wants to access the cabinet

[0011] In fact, in said case, the lower panel restricts the accessibility of the top of the cabinet, although a mechanism is used to keep it in the folded position, as in the case described in the above-mentioned patent application

[0012] It should also be noted that this mechanism must support the entire door in order to keep it open, otherwise the person must hold the door upwards with one hand, making his / her movement difficult

[0013] As such, these mechanisms are rather complex and may lose effectiveness and reliability over time

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