Collapsible Combination Cabinet

Abstract

A combination cabinet includes a main body, a plurality of bottom boards, a plurality of back boards, a resting board, a top board, and a connecting seat. The main body includes two upright side boards, a plurality of sliding boards, and a plurality of front boards. Thus, the main body is folded to have a flat shape and all parts of the combination cabinet are folded and detached before assembly, so that the combination cabinet has a smaller volume, thereby facilitating packaging, storage and transportation of the combination cabinet. In addition, the combination cabinet is assembled and disassembled easily and quickly without needing aid of any hand tool, thereby facilitating a user assembling and disassembling the combination cabinet.

1 . A combination cabinet, comprising a main body, a plurality of bottom boards, a plurality of back boards, a resting board, a top board, and a connecting seat, wherein:
 the main body includes two upright side boards each provided with a plurality of transversely arranged guide rails, a plurality of sliding boards each slidably mounted on a respective guide rail of each of the side boards, and a plurality of front boards each having two opposite ends each of which is pivotally mounted on a first end of a respective sliding board to move with the to respective sliding board and is rested on a first end of a respective side board;   each of the bottom boards is detachably mounted between a respective front board of the main body and two respective sliding boards of the main body;   each of the back boards has two opposite ends each mounted on a second end of a respective sliding board of the main body to move with the respective sliding board of the main body;   the resting board has two opposite ends each detachably mounted on a second end of a respective side board of the main body;   the top board is mounted on a top of the main body and rested on an upper end of the resting board;   the connecting seat is mounted on a bottom of the main body and rested on a lower end of the resting board.   
   
   
       2 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein:
 the second end of each of the side boards is formed with an axially extending elongated guide channel perpendicular to the guide rails;   each of the two opposite ends of the resting board is slidably inserted into the guide channel of a respective side board.   
   
   
       3 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein each of the sliding boards of the main body has an outer side formed with an axially extending elongated slideway slidable on the respective guide rail of each of the side boards. 
   
   
       4 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 11  wherein:
 each of the sliding boards of the main body has an inner side formed with an axially extending elongated guide slot to allow insertion of a respective bottom board;   each of the front boards of the main body has a lower end formed with an axially extending elongated limit slot to allow insertion of a respective bottom board;   each of the back boards has a lower end formed with an axially extending elongated retaining slot to allow insertion of a respective bottom board.   
   
   
       5 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the first end of each of the sliding boards is pivotally mounted on the respective front board by at least one hinge. 
   
   
       6 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein:
 the second end of each of the sliding boards has an end face formed with two spaced limit posts;   each of the two opposite ends of each of the back boards is formed with two spaced limit holes to allow insertion of the limit posts of the respective sliding board to position each of the back boards onto the respective sliding boards.   
   
   
       7 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 6 , wherein each of the two opposite ends of each of the back boards has an end face formed with a slideway located between the limit holes and slidable on the respective guide rail of each of the side boards. 
   
   
       8 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein each of the front boards of the main body has an upper end formed with an opening to facilitate a user holding each of the front boards of the main body. 
   
   
       9 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein;
 the sliding boards and the side boards of the main body are perpendicular to the front boards when the main body is expanded;   each of the two opposite ends of each of the front boards is formed with a recessed stop portion to stop movement of the first end of the respective side board and the first end of the respective sliding board when the respective side board is perpendicular to each of the front boards.   
   
   
       10 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the resting board is located between the side boards of the main body, the top board and the connecting seat so that the top board, the side boards of the main body and the resting board form a hollow rectangular structure to enclose each of the rectangular boxes. 
   
   
       11 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein:
 each of the side boards of the main body has a top rested on the top board and formed with a plurality of positioning ribs;   the top board has a bottom formed with a plurality of positioning holes to allow insertion of the positioning ribs of the side boards to position the top board onto the side boards of the main body.   
   
   
       12 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein:
 each of the side boards of the main body has a bottom rested on the connecting seat and formed with a protruding support stud having a limit hole;   is the connecting seat is located between the side boards of the main body and has two opposite ends each detachably mounted on the bottom of a respective side board of the main body;   the connecting seat has a bottom rested on the support stud of each of the side boards and formed with two opposite limit stubs each inserted into the limit hole of the support stud of the respective side board.   
   
   
       13 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein;
 the top board has a side formed with an axially extending elongated limit channel to allow insertion of the upper end of the resting board;   the connecting seat has an upper end formed with an axially extending elongated limit channel to allow insertion of the lower end of the resting board.   
   
   
       14 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the side boards of the main body are fixed by the top board and the connecting seat. 
   
   
       15 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the sliding boards of the main body are located in and encompassed by the side boards. 
   
   
       16 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein each of the back boards is rested on a respective bottom board so that each of the back boards, two respective sliding boards of the main body, the respective front board of the main body and the respective bottom board form a rectangular box which functions as a drawer. 
   
   
       17 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the top board has a periphery formed with a downward extending enclosure enclosed around the top of the main body. 
   
   
       18 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein each of the front boards of the main body is located between the side boards. 
   
   
       19 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the main body is expanded to have a substantially U-shaped profile. 
   
   
       20 . The combination cabinet in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein:
 each of the sliding boards of the main body is pivotable inwardly about the hinge to move toward and rest on the respective front board;   each of the side boards of the main body is movable with the respective sliding boards to pivot toward the front boards;   the sliding boards and the side boards of the main body are movable to rest on the front boards to fold the main body so that the main body, is collapsible to have a flat shape.