Clothes hamper cabinet

Abstract

A clothes hamper cabinet is configured as a fine piece of furniture to disguise its use to collect and store dirty clothes. The cabinet has a main body defining a storage chamber therein with a top opening at the upper section of the main body for receiving dirty clothes into the storage chamber and a front opening on the front wall for removing dirty clothes therefrom. A door substantially closes the front opening. Preferably, the cabinet is supplied with a top member or lid that substantially closes the top opening. A divider is provided to divide the storage chamber into subchambers to facilitate selective sorting of the clothes when being deposited in the cabinet. The back wall, bottom wall and divider can be provided with vent holes to facilitate air circulation through the storage chamber. One or more removable baskets can be utilized for ease of removing dirty clothes.

1 . A clothes hamper cabinet, comprising: 
 a main body having a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall, a second side wall and a bottom wall;    a storage chamber defined by said main body;    an upper frame at an upper section of said main body, said upper frame defining a top opening, said top opening allowing access to said storage chamber;    a front frame at said front wall, said front frame defining a front opening; and    a door hingedly attached to said main body, said door configured to substantially close said front opening,    wherein dirty clothes are received into said storage chamber through said top opening and removed from said storage chamber through said front opening.    
   
   
       2 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 1  further comprising one or more dividers in said storage compartment separating said storage compartment into two or more subchambers, each of said two or more storage chamber accessible through said top opening and said front opening.  
   
   
       3 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 2 , wherein said cabinet has one divider separating said storage chamber into a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber.  
   
   
       4 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 2 , wherein at least one of said dividers has one or more divider vent holes to facilitate air circulation through said storage chamber.  
   
   
       5 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein said storage chamber has a liner on each of said first side wall and said second side wall.  
   
   
       6 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 1  further comprising a top member, said top member configured to selectively close said top opening.  
   
   
       7 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 6 , wherein said top member is hingedly attached to said main body.  
   
   
       8 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 6 , wherein said top member is removably received in said top opening.  
   
   
       9 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein said back wall comprises a plurality of back vent holes, said plurality of back vent holes configured to facilitate ventilation through said storage chamber.  
   
   
       10 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 9 , wherein said back wall comprises a vented material, said vented material having said plurality of back vent holes.  
   
   
       11 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 9 , wherein said bottom member has a plurality of bottom holes, said bottom holes configured to facilitate ventilation and drainage.  
   
   
       12 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein said bottom member has a plurality of bottom holes, said bottom holes configured to facilitate ventilation and drainage.  
   
   
       13 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 1  further comprising one or more baskets in said storage chamber, each of said one or more baskets configured to receive dirty clothes therein.  
   
   
       14 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 13 , wherein each of said one or more baskets are slidably supported by a slide member, said slide member configured to remove said baskets from said storage chamber.  
   
   
       15 . A clothes hamper cabinet, comprising: 
 a main body having a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall, a second side wall and a bottom wall;    a storage chamber defined by said main body;    one or more dividers in said storage chamber, said one or more dividers separating said storage chamber into at least a first subchamber and a second subchamber;    an upper frame at an upper section of said main body, said upper frame defining a top opening, said top opening allowing access to said storage chamber, each of said first subchamber and said second subchamber accessible through said top opening;    a top member attached to said main body, said top member sized and configured to substantially close said top opening;    a front frame at said front wall, said front frame defining a front opening; and    a door hingedly attached to said main body, said door configured to substantially close said front opening,    wherein dirty clothes are received into said first subchamber and said second subchamber through said top opening and removed therefrom through said front opening.    
   
   
       16 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 15 , wherein at least one of said dividers has a plurality of divider vent holes and said back wall has a plurality of back vent holes to facilitate air circulation through said storage chamber.  
   
   
       17 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 16 , wherein said bottom member has a plurality of bottom holes, said bottom holes configured to facilitate ventilation and drainage.  
   
   
       18 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 15  further comprising one or more baskets in said storage chamber, each of said one or more baskets configured to receive dirty clothes therein.  
   
   
       19 . The clothes hamper cabinet according to  claim 18 , wherein each of said one or more baskets are slidably supported by a slide member, said slide member configured to remove said baskets from said storage chamber.  
   
   
       20 . A clothes hamper cabinet, comprising: 
 a main body having a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall, a second side wall and a bottom wall, said back wall having a plurality of back vent holes;    a storage chamber defined by said main body;    one or more dividers in said storage chamber, said one or more dividers separating said storage chamber into at least a first subchamber and a second subchamber;    an upper frame at an upper section of said main body, said upper frame defining a top opening, said top opening allowing access to said storage chamber, each of said first subchamber and said second subchamber accessible through said top opening;    a top member attached to said main body, said top member sized and configured to substantially close said top opening;    a front frame at said front wall, said front frame defining a front opening;    a door hingedly attached to said main body, said door configured to substantially close said front opening; and    one or more baskets disposed in said storage chamber, each of said one or more baskets removable through said front opening;    wherein dirty clothes are received into said first subchamber and said second subchamber through said top opening and removed therefrom through said front opening.