Full self-closing soft-close equipment drawer for locker
A locker includes a pair of spaced-apart upstanding sidewalls, a back wall, and at least one compartment defined between the upstanding sidewalls. A bottom storage compartment includes a pair of compartment side walls. A perforated compartment back wall and a perforated compartment front plate are connected to the compartment sidewalls. A compartment bottom wall which is connected to the pair of compartment side walls and the compartment front and back walls. A protrusion connected to the bottom of the compartment back plate which is connected by a spring wire to the auto-retracting mechanism attached to the locker back wall.
1. A locker, comprising:
a pair of spaced-apart upstanding sidewalls;
a back wall extending between the pair of sidewalls;
at least one compartment defined between the upstanding sidewalls;
a bottom storage compartment, the bottom storage compartment comprising:
a pair of compartment sidewalls;
a compartment back wall extending between the pair of compartment sidewalls;
a compartment bottom wall extending between the pair of compartment sidewalls and between a front plate and a compartment back wall;
a front plate extending between the pair of compartment sidewalls;
a pair of soft-closed drawer slides attached to the outer side of the compartment side walls; and
a protrusion on the back of the compartment back wall; and
an auto-retraction mechanism for automatically closing the bottom storage compartment, the auto-retraction mechanism comprising:
a sleeve connected to the back wall of the locker;
an insert portion having a first end telescopically secured within the sleeve and an exposed second end;
sleeve protrusions disposed along a length of the insert portion;
a retraction mechanism coupled to the insert portion; and
a spring wire at least partially disposed within the retraction mechanism;
wherein an end of the spring wire not disposed within the retraction mechanism is coupled onto the protrusion of the bottom storage compartment; and
wherein the sleeve protrusions allow length adjustment of the insert portion relative to the sleeve.
2. The locker according to claim 1 , wherein the compartment back wall is at least partially perforated.
3. The locker according to claim 1 , wherein the compartment front plate is at least partially perforated.
4. The locker according to claim 1 , wherein the upstanding sidewalls may be ventilated.
5. The locker according to claim 1 , wherein the back wall may be ventilated.
6. The locker according to claim 1 , wherein the compartment defined between the upstanding sidewalls is split into three sections.
7. The locker according to claim 6 , further comprising:
an upper portion of the compartment;
a lower right portion of the compartment; and
a lower left portion of the compartment split into four sections.
8. The locker according to claim 7 , wherein the locker further comprises:
a ventilated storage rack; and
at least one angled ventilated protrusion.
9. The locker according to claim 1 , wherein the auto-retraction mechanism closes the bottom storage compartment automatically after it is opened.
10. The locker according to claim 1 , where the soft-closed drawer slides slows down the bottom storage compartment while it is closing.