Music library system

{
  "publication_number": "US6036286A",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "A",
  "title": "Music library system",
  "abstract": "A music library system that is adapted for the storage of sheet music, is designed for semi-permanent installation in a room having adjoining walls and a floor and includes a frame that is fixedly, removably coupled to the floor and to at least one wall of the room. The frame defines a plurality of drawer openings. A plurality of drawers are movably supported on the floor. Each of the plurality of drawers is disposed in a retracted disposition in close proximity to at least one other drawer in a corresponding drawer opening. The drawers are extendable from the frame outwardly from the wall to an extended disposition wherein a drawer side opening is exposed. The drawer side opening provides access to the stored sheet music.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A music library system, for semi-permanent installation in a room, the room having adjoining walls and a floor, comprising: a frame being semi-permanently couplable to a supporting floor and being couplable to at least one adjoining room wall, the frame defining a plurality of drawer openings; a plurality of front upright standards defining a frame front plane a plurality of drawers, each of the plurality of drawers having a side opening for providing access to a plurality of shelves and being movably supportable on the floor, each of the plurality of drawers being disposable in a retracted disposition in close proximity to at least one other drawer in a corresponding drawer opening, the drawers being shiftable between the retracted disposition and an extended disposition, the extended disposition being outwardly directed with respect to the frame front plane, each of the plurality of drawers having a drawer side wall, the drawer side walls cooperating to present a substantially planar front surface when in the retracted disposition; and guide means for providing a guide restraint for each of the plurality of drawers during shifting between the retracted and the extended dispositions.",
    "2. The music library system as claimed in claim 1 further including restraint means for limiting the amount of travel that a drawer may be extended.",
    "3. The music library system as claimed in claim 2 wherein the restraint means includes a cable stop corresponding to each of the plurality of drawers, each cable stop having a first end operably coupled to the frame and a second end operably coupled to the corresponding drawer.",
    "4. The music library system as claimed in claim 2 wherein the restraint means includes a resilient bumper, the resilient bumper being operably coupled to a drawer and abutting a portion of the frame to arrest the extension of the drawer from the frame.",
    "5. The music library system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the moveable support of each of the plurality of drawers is provided by a plurality of floor engaging wheels, the wheels being operably coupled to a selected drawer of the plurality of drawers.",
    "6. The music library system as claimed in claim 5 wherein the moveable support of each of the plurality of drawers is provided by a pair of spaced apart trucks, each truck having a plurality of floor engaging wheels operably coupled thereto and being operably coupled to a selected drawer of the plurality of drawers.",
    "7. The music library system as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of drawers has a plurality of shelves disposed therein, at least one of said shelves being operably fixedly coupled thereto for providing structural support to a drawer.",
    "8. The music library system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the side opening of each of the plurality of drawers is substantially hidden from view when a drawer is in the retracted disposition.",
    "9. The music library system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the frame includes a plurality of upright standards, the upright standards being paired, the pairs of upright standards being spaced apart to define the plurality of drawer openings therebetween.",
    "10. A music library system, for semi-permanent installation in a room, the room having adjoining walls and a floor, comprising: a frame being semi-permanently couplable to a supporting floor and being couplable to at least one adjoining room wall, the frame defining a plurality of drawer openings; a plurality of drawers being movably supportable on the floor, each of the plurality of drawers being disposed in a retracted disposition in close proximity to at least one other drawer in a corresponding drawer opening, the drawers being shiftable between a closed disposition proximate the wall and an extended disposition displaced from the retracted disposition; guide means for providing a guide restraint for each of the plurality of drawers during shifting between the retracted and the extended dispositions; and restraint means for limiting the amount of travel that a drawer may be extended including a cable stop corresponding to each of the plurality of drawers, each cable stop having a first end operably coupled to the frame and a second end operably coupled to the corresponding drawer."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present invention relates to a storage system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a storage system particularly adapted for storing sheet music.\n\nThere is a need in the industry for a space efficient and readily accessible system for storing sheet music. An average band, orchestra, or choir with one thousand titles requires substantial storage space. Storage for the sheet music is typically done in four-drawer file cabinets. A disadvantage of four-drawer file cabinets is that more than a dozen of such cabinets is required to store the sheet music for the aforementioned one thousand titles. A dozen four-drawer file cabinets take up eighteen feet of wall space.\n\nAnother means of storing such sheet music is in side-by-side, laterally translatable shelves. Such laterally translatable shelves have the disadvantage of always having enough space between at least two of the shelves in order for a person to walk into the space to retrieve stored materials. Additionally, the side-by-side type design requires an extensive track system that is permanently affixed to the floor.\n\nThe music library system of the present invention substantially meets the aforementioned needs. The present music library system permits storage of the same amount of sheet music that may be stored in more than a dozen four-drawer file cabinets in a system that takes up less than seven feet of wall space. Further, a great number of titles may be systematically organized and readily viewed when stored in the music library system for rapid retrieval.",
  "cpc": [
    "A47B 88/42"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "A47B 88/04"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Wenger Corp"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Frank C. Krumholz"
  ],
  "filing_date": "1999-05-04",
  "publication_date": "2000-03-14",
  "grant_date": "2000-03-14",
  "priority_date": "1996-11-01",
  "application_number": "US-30476099-A",
  "family_id": "26706006",
  "cited_by_count": 43,
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