Concealed door assembly having hingedly-affixed exterior shelving and components
View Patent ↗A concealed door hingedly-affixed to a concealed door frame adapted to resemble shelving and cabinets, the concealed door assembly simulated permanently-affixed shelving and cabinets, and comprising a playless hinge and various overlapping, double-stacked and interconnected components.
1. A concealed door assembly comprising:
a door frame comprising:
a sill comprising a latch recess adapted to receive a latch pin;
a doorjamb;
a frame post;
an L-shaped lintel overlaying an upper edge of the frame post wherein the lintel partially overlaps a top surface of a door;
the door hingedly affixed to the lintel and to the sill but not to the door jamb comprising:
three or more vertical posts, wherein two or more of the three of more vertical posts are screwed together using glue and screws;
a first upper beam hingedly connected to the lintel, the upper beam being ¾ inch thick;
a second upper beam adhered to and beneath the first upper beam, the second upper beam narrower in width than the first upper beam, the second upper beam abutting two of the three vertical posts;
a lower beam hingedly connected to the sill;
a plurality of shelves glued and screwed to the door posts;
two or more doors wherein at least one of the two or more doors is affixed to a vertical post abutting the second upper beam;
the latch pin affixed to a vertical post behind a concealing post;
the concealing post affixed to a forward surface of a vertical post jutting laterally from the vertical post, the concealing post adapted to hide the frame post from a forward perspective view;
wherein as the door swings forwardly a portion of the door swings rearwardly;
wherein the vertical posts, upper beam and lower beam are each double-stacked; and
wherein the door is hingedly affixed using a first flush hinge and a second flush hinge, the first flush hinge hingedly connecting the upper beam and the lintel, the second flush hinge hingedly connecting the lower beam and the sill.
2. The concealed doorway of claim 1 , wherein the lintel protrudes downwardly in front of the frame post hiding a connection point between the frame post and the lintel.
3. The concealed doorway of claim 1 , wherein each of the two or more doors are hingedly connected to a respective one of the three or more vertical posts.
4. The concealed doorway of claim 1 , wherein the latch pin in affixed to a one of the three or more vertical posts behind the concealing post from a forward perspective view.