Compact utility medicine cabinet with sanitizing

Abstract

A medicine cabinet provides a cabinet shell structure with bottom, top, side and rear wall panels forming an open-faced box; a hinged door adapted for closing the cabinet front face. A plurality of drawers engage a vertical hinge pin mounted from the rear wall panel, the drawers rotatable about the hinge pin from closed positions flush with the rear wall panel to open positions extending outwardly from the rear wall panel. A small appliance shelf is fixtured with an AC power socket for small appliances. A sanitization unit provides sanitization of air drawn through the unit.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A medicine cabinet apparatus comprising: a cabinet shell structure with bottom, top, side and rear wall panels forming an open faced box; a hinged door adapted for moving from a closed position for enclosing the cabinet shell, and an open position for gaining access to an interior thereof; two opposing vertical stacks of drawers engaged with a common vertical hinge pin for horizontal pivotal motion of the drawers between closed positions flush with the hinged door and open positions extending outwardly from the hinged door; at least one power outlet accessible at the rear wall panel; a sanitizing unit providing means for air throughput and for sanitizing said air; and plural shelves mounted within the cabinet shell; a further door shelf extending into adjacency with the rear wall panel when the hinged door is in the closed position; a means for sensing a position of the hinged door and for engaging power to the sanitizing unit in accordance with a position of the hinged door.  
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the stacks of drawers are mounted on the hinged door.  
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the means for sensing a position of the hinged door is a magnetic sensor adapted for controlling power to a power outlet.