Cabinet with sliding closure panel

Abstract

Provided are cabinets, methods of making the cabinets, and methods of using the cabinets. One embodiment of the cabinet includes an enclosure and at least one horizontally slidable closure panel interconnected to the enclosure with a first fully extendible concealed rail slide assembly mounted proximate the enclosure top and a second fully extendible concealed rail slide assembly mounted proximate the enclosure bottom. The fully extended panel provides unobstructed access to the enclosure cavity. Another embodiment of the cabinet includes two horizontally slidable closure panels, with one slidable outward from the enclosure in one horizontal direction and the other slidable outward in the opposite horizontal direction wherein the pair of panels, when fully extended provide unobstructed access to the cavity of the enclosure. The horizontally slidable enclosure panel in either of these embodiments can be a mirror, picture, painting, poster, decorative structure, clock, plaque, diploma, certificate and combinations thereof.

1 . A cabinet comprising: an enclosure and at least one horizontally slidable closure panel interconnected to the enclosure with a first fully extendible concealed rail slide assembly mounted proximate the top of the enclosure and a second fully extendible concealed rail slide assembly mounted proximate the bottom of the enclosure, wherein the first and second fully extendible concealed rail slide assemblies each include:
 a slotted channel horizontally mounted to the enclosure with an internal fully extendible slide bearing rail mechanism,   a panel mounting bracket interconnected at one end to the back surface of the at least one horizontally slidable closure panel and at the other end to the extendible rail of the internal fully extendible slide bearing rail mechanism, and   caps at each end of each slotted channel to conceal the internal fully extendible slide bearing rail mechanism.   
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . The cabinet of  claim 1 , wherein the panel mounting bracket is a u-shaped bracket or an s-shaped bracket. 
     
     
         4 . The cabinet of  claim 1 , wherein the internal fully extendible slide bearing rail mechanism includes ball slides, roller slides or polymer slides. 
     
     
         5 . The cabinet of  claim 1 , wherein the enclosure is mountable within a wall recess or on the surface of a wall. 
     
     
         6 . The cabinet of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one horizontally slidable closure panel is a single panel. 
     
     
         7 . The cabinet of  claim 6 , wherein the single panel fully extends to provide unobstructed access to the cavity of the enclosure. 
     
     
         8 . The cabinet of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one horizontally slidable closure panel is a pair of panels with one slidable outward from the enclosure in one horizontal direction and the other slidable outward from the enclosure in the opposite horizontal direction. 
     
     
         9 . The cabinet of  claim 8 , wherein the pair of panels fully extend to provide unobstructed access to the cavity of the enclosure. 
     
     
         10 . The cabinet of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one horizontally slidable closure panel is chosen from a mirror, a picture, a painting, a poster, a decorative structure, a clock, a plaque, a diploma, a certificate and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         11 . (canceled) 
     
     
         12 - 29 . (canceled)