Upper Corner Cabinet

Abstract

An upper corner cabinet includes front and rear frames separated from each other, first and second lateral panels each extending from the front frame to the rear frame and including an end pivotally joined to the front frame and another end joined to the rear frame and being foldable, a bottom panel selectively abutted against the front and rear frames and the first and second lateral panels, and a top panel selectively positioned above the bottom panel and abutted against the front and rear frames and the first and second lateral panels. Moreover, the upper corner cabinet is operable in an extended position and a collapsed position and able to be changed therebetween without the aid of a tool.

1 . An upper corner cabinet comprising:
 a front frame;   a rear frame separated from the front frame;   a first lateral panel extending from the front frame to the rear frame and including an end pivotally joined to the front frame and another end joined to the rear frame and being foldable;   a second lateral panel extending from the front frame to the rear frame and including an end pivotally joined to the front frame and another end joined to the rear frame and being foldable;   a bottom panel selectively abutted against the front and rear frames and the first and second lateral panels;   a top panel selectively positioned above the bottom panel and abutted against the front and rear frames and the first and second lateral panels; and   wherein the upper corner cabinet is operable in an extended position and a collapsed position and able to be operably changed therebetween without the aid of a tool, with the upper corner cabinet including a room including a periphery delimited by the front and rear frames as well as the first and second lateral panels, with the upper corner cabinet positioned in the extended position including the room having a first size, with the upper corner cabinet positioned in the collapsed position including the room having a second size, with the second size smaller than the first size.   
     
     
         2 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the front frame includes a configuration including first, second, third, and fourth extensions and an opening delimited by the first, second, third, and fourth extensions, with the first and second extensions disposed opposite to and separated from each other, with the third and fourth extensions extending from the first extension to the second extension and disposed opposite to and separated from each other, wherein the first lateral panel is pivotally joined to the third extension, wherein the second lateral panel is pivotally joined to the fourth extension. 
     
     
         3 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 2  further comprising a door panel pivotally joined to one of the third and fourth extensions and selectively closing the opening. 
     
     
         4 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the rear frame includes a configuration including first, second, third, and fourth sides, with the first side including a first slot and the second side including a second slot inset respectively, wherein the first lateral panel includes a configuration including first, second, and third boards, with the first board pivotally joined to the third extension, with the second board joined to the rear frame, with the third board pivotally joined to the first and second boards and disposed therebetween, with the first board including a third slot inset, with the upper corner cabinet positioned in the extended position including the first and third slots including a first latch engaged therein, with the first latch including one of two distal ends engaged in the first slot and the other distal end engaged in the third slot and extending transversely across the second and third boards and preventing the second and third boards from pivoting relative to each other, with the upper corner cabinet positioned in the collapsed position including the first latch disengaged from the first and third slots, wherein the second lateral panel includes a configuration including fourth, fifth, and sixth boards, with the fourth board pivotally joined to the fourth extension, with the fifth board joined to the rear frame, with the sixth board pivotally joined to the fourth and fifth boards and disposed therebetween, with the fourth board including a fourth slot inset, with the upper corner cabinet positioned in the extended position including the second and fourth slots including a second latch engaged therein, with the second latch including one of two distal ends engaged in the second slot and the other distal end engaged in the fourth slot and extending transversely across the fifth and sixth boards and preventing the fifth and sixth boards from pivoting relative to each other, with the upper corner cabinet positioned in the collapsed position including the second latch disengaged from the second and fourth slots. 
     
     
         5 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein each of the first and second sides has a length longer than a length of each of the third and fourth sides, with the third and fourth sides extending from the first side to the second side, with the third side adjacent to the top panel, with the fourth side adjacent to the bottom panel. 
     
     
         6 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth slots has a dovetail shape. 
     
     
         7 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the rear frame includes a plurality of first apertures defined therein, wherein the second board includes a plurality of second apertures defined therein, wherein the third board includes a plurality of third apertures defined therein, wherein the fifth board includes a plurality of fourth apertures defined therein, wherein the sixth board includes a plurality of fifth apertures defined therein, wherein the upper corner cabinet positioned in the extended position includes the room including a shelf selectively received therein and circumscribed by the front and rear frames and the first and second lateral panels and supported at a height, wherein each of the plurality of first, second, third, fourth, and fifth apertures includes a stud selectively engaged therein for supporting the shelf at the height. 
     
     
         8 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the stud includes a configuration including an engaging portion and a supporting portion, wherein each of the plurality of first, second, third, fourth, and fifth apertures having the stud engaged therein receives the engaging portion of the stud and includes the supporting portion exposed thereoutside. 
     
     
         9 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the plurality of first apertures are disposed one next to another in a spaced relationship, with distances defined between any two adjacent first apertures equaling to each other, wherein the plurality of second apertures are disposed one next to another in a spaced relationship, with distances defined between any two adjacent second apertures equaling to each other, wherein the plurality of third apertures are disposed one next to another in a spaced relationship, with distances defined between any two adjacent third apertures equaling to each other, wherein the plurality of fourth apertures are disposed one next to another in a spaced relationship, with distances defined between any two adjacent fourth apertures equaling to each other, wherein the plurality of fifth apertures are disposed one next to another in a spaced relationship, with distances defined between any two adjacent fifth apertures equaling to each other. 
     
     
         10 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the stud includes the supporting portion including a configuration including first and second walls, with the first and second walls having a common edge and extending in an angled relationship. 
     
     
         11 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the stud includes the supporting portion including an anti-slip portion extended thereon, wherein the stud supporting the shelf includes the shelf in frictional contact with the anti-slip portion. 
     
     
         12 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the upper corner cabinet positioned in the extended position includes a first frontal area, wherein the upper corner cabinet positioned in the collapsed position includes a second frontal area, with the second frontal greater than the first frontal area. 
     
     
         13 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the upper corner cabinet positioned in the extended position includes the first and fourth boards extending obliquely away from each other, wherein the upper corner cabinet positioned in the collapsed position including the first and fourth boards aligned with the front frame. 
     
     
         14 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 13 , wherein the upper corner cabinet positioned in the extended position includes the room including a hexagonal cross section, with the first and third boards include a first acute included angle, with the second and third boards aligned, with the fourth and sixth boards including a second acute included angle, with the fifth and sixth boards aligned, wherein the upper corner cabinet positioned in the collapsed position includes the room including a trapezoid cross section, with the first and third boards overlapped and extending parallel to each other, with the second board and the front frame including a third acute included angle, with the fifth board and the front frame including a fourth acute included angle. 
     
     
         15 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the upper corner cabinet positioned in the extended position includes the front and rear frames disposed opposite to each other, wherein the upper corner cabinet positioned in the collapsed position includes the front and rear frames disposed opposite to each other, wherein the upper corner cabinet positioned in the collapsed position includes the front and rear frames operably movable in opposite directions until positioned in the extended position. 
     
     
         16 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the bottom panel includes a hexagonal configuration including first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth edges, wherein the upper corner cabinet having the bottom panel engaged therewith includes the first edge abutted against the second extension and includes the second edge abutted against the rear frame and engaged in a channel inset in the rear frame and includes the third edge abutted against the first board and includes the fourth edge abutted against the second and third boards and includes the fifth edge abutted against the fourth board and includes the sixth edge abutted against the fifth and sixth boards. 
     
     
         17 . The upper corner cabinet as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the first extension includes a groove inset and extending from a distal end adjacent to the third extension to another distal end adjacent to the fourth extension, wherein the top panel includes a hexagonal configuration including first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth perimeters, wherein the upper corner cabinet having the includes the first perimeter abutted against the second extension and engaged in the groove and includes the second perimeter abutted against the rear frame and includes the third perimeter abutted against the first board and includes the fourth perimeter abutted against the second and third boards and includes the fifth perimeter abutted against the fourth board and includes the sixth perimeter abutted against the fifth and sixth boards.