Furniture with improved safety features and methods of manufacturing same

Abstract

In some examples, a clothing storage unit, includes a frame having a top and a bottom, a front and a back, and two sides, the frame defining an interior, a plurality of drawers, disposed with the interior of the frame, the plurality of drawers being configured to be pulled out from the front of the frame, at least one side access door disposed on one of the two sides of the frame and configured to allow access into the interior of the frame, and at least one false door affixed to the front of the frame, the at least one false door being disposed orthogonal to the at least one side access door.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A clothing storage unit, comprising:
 a frame having a top and a bottom, a front and a back, and two sides, the frame defining an interior;   a plurality of drawers, disposed with the interior of the frame, the plurality of drawers being configured to be pulled out from the front of the frame;   at least one side access door disposed on one of the two sides of the frame and configured to allow access into the interior of the frame; and   at least one false door affixed to the front of the frame, the at least one false door being disposed orthogonal to the at least one side access door.   
     
     
         2 . The clothing storage unit of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one side access door comprises two side access doors disposed on a respective one of the two sides of the frame. 
     
     
         3 . The clothing storage unit of  claim 1 , wherein at least one false door comprises two false doors flanking the plurality of drawers. 
     
     
         4 . The clothing storage unit of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of drawer includes at least two drawers, an uppermost drawer of the at least two drawers being spaced from the top of the frame by a cavity, the cavity having a height of one of the plurality of drawers. 
     
     
         5 . The clothing storage unit of  claim 4 , wherein the plurality of drawer includes at least three drawers. 
     
     
         6 . The clothing storage unit of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of side compartments that are accessible via the at least one side access door. 
     
     
         7 . The clothing storage unit of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of receptacles that are accessible via the at least one side access door. 
     
     
         8 . A clothing storage unit, comprising:
 a frame having a top and a bottom, a front and a back, and two sides, the frame defining an interior, each of the two sides having a first width, and the front having a second width, the second width being larger than the first width;   a plurality of drawers, disposed with the interior of the frame, the plurality of drawers being configured to be pulled out from at least one of the two sides of the frame;   at least one side access door disposed on one of the two sides of the frame and configured to allow access into the interior of the frame; and   at least one false door affixed to the front of the frame, the at least one false door being disposed orthogonal to the at least one side access door.   
     
     
         9 . The clothing storage unit of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of drawers comprises three drawers, and wherein the at least one side access door comprises a side access door disposed above the plurality of drawers. 
     
     
         10 . A clothing storage unit, comprising:
 a frame having a height, top and a bottom, a front and a back, and two sides, the frame defining an interior;   a plurality of drawers, disposed with the interior of the frame below a critical height, the plurality of drawers being configured to be pulled out from the front of the frame; and   at least one accessible door that is disposed above the critical height and configured to allow access to an interior of the frame behind the at least one accessible door.   
     
     
         11 . The clothing storage unit of  claim 10 , wherein the plurality of drawers comprises three drawers. 
     
     
         12 . The clothing storage unit of  claim 10 , wherein the plurality of drawers comprises two drawers. 
     
     
         13 . The clothing storage unit of  claim 10 , wherein the plurality of drawers is limited to being positioned only below the critical height. 
     
     
         14 . The clothing storage unit of  claim 10 , wherein the at least one accessible door is pivotable or slidable door. 
     
     
         15 . The clothing storage unit of  claim 10 , wherein the at least one accessible door is pivotable and slidable door. 
     
     
         16 . The clothing storage unit of  claim 10 , wherein the at least one accessible door includes two accessible doors. 
     
     
         17 . The clothing storage unit of  claim 10 , wherein the critical height is 36 inches. 
     
     
         18 . The clothing storage unit of  claim 10 , wherein the critical height is 40 inches.