Stackable footwear storage cabinet
View Patent ↗A stackable footwear storage cabinet is provided that includes a plurality of components forming a cubic arrangement inclosing an interior space for a drawer with dividers to store footwear in a vertical fashion. Two or more units capable of being interlocked in a vertical stack, counter weighted to prevent tipping over when the fully loaded drawers are extended open.
1. A storage cabinet comprising:
left side, right side, and rear panels arranged to provide a structure with an interior space and an opening in a front of the structure for access to the interior space, and a left side member located at a top of the left side panel that extends between a front and back of the cabinet, and a right side member located at a top of the right side panel that extends between the front and back of the cabinet, each of the left and right side members having a plurality of cavities therein at opposing corners of the storage cabinet, each of the cavities having a slotted connecting plate partially enclosing the cavity, the connecting plate having a top and a bottom, the bottom of the connecting plate facing inward toward the cavity, the cavities having a depth between a bottom of the cavity and the bottom of the slotted connecting plate;
at least one drawer coupled to the structure with at least one slide, the at least one drawer therewith slidable between a closed position and an open position exposing contents of the drawer, the at least one drawer comprising dividers essentially orthogonal to a base of the drawer arranged to form a plurality of vertical compartments; and
a plurality of feet located at opposing corners of the storage cabinet, each of the feet having a threaded portion adjustably coupled to the structure and a knobbed portion coupled to the threaded portion, the knobbed portion having a height essentially the depth of a corresponding cavity in one of the left and right side members, the cavities in the left and right side members revealed by removing a removable top, wherein the storage cabinet is connectable to another storage cabinet by inserting the knobbed feet of the another storage cabinet into partial openings in the cavities of the storage cabinet so that the feet of the another storage cabinet rest on the bottoms of the cavities and so that the weight of the another storage cabinet rests on the bottoms of the cavities, and sliding the another cabinet forward so that the knobbed feet interlock with the slotted connecting plates of the storage cabinet so as to prevent the another storage cabinet from lifting off of the storage cabinet without restricting rearward movement, the storage cabinet therewith stackable with the another storage cabinet.
2. The storage cabinet of claim 1 , wherein the panels are arranged to form a cubic structure.
3. The storage cabinet of claim 1 , comprising at least one counterweight located in the cabinet to prevent tipping of the storage cabinet when the at least one drawer is extended to the open position.
4. The storage cabinet of claim 1 , wherein the another storage cabinet is identical to the storage cabinet.
5. The storage cabinet of claim 1 , wherein the dividers form a grid of at least 2×2 vertical compartments.
6. The storage cabinet of claim 5 , wherein each of the vertical compartments have a depth sufficient to accept a pair of shoes.
7. The storage cabinet of claim 1 , wherein a latch is located at a top of the rear panel and engages with a bottom of a rear panel of the another storage cabinet.