1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to jewelry boxes and, more specifically, to jewelry boxes of the type that contain a hidden compartment or compartments therein which would be relatively easy to access, and yet to young children or a burglar it would not be known that there are hidden compartments within the jewelry box.
2. Description of the Related Art
Jewelry boxes of one type or another have been around for ages and have taken various forms but there has always been a need to have a jewelry box or the like that would have an area which would be imperceptible and wherein objects could be placed and be hidden from view so as not to be too easily or readily accessible to young children or those with larceny in their heart.
As far as is known there is no prior art that teaches a jewelry box that would have an open front to receive at least one slidably positionable drawer wherein the drawer would not fill the entire interior content or chamber of the jewelry box to thereby allow the positioning of one or more compartments within the interior of the jewelry box which would not be readily discernable to an outsider or young child, but yet would be readily accessible to the owner of the jewelry box.
In order for a hidden compartment or compartments to be located within a jewelry box and yet still be readily accessible, the hidden compartment of necessity must have at least some side walls that would be congruently configured to the compartment within which they are contained and wherein the other features of the jewelry box such as a drawer would be of lesser width in dimension than the overall width of the jewelry box so as to permit the positioning of a hidden compartment within the interior of the jewelry box and wherein the interiorly received container may be pivotally mounted for ease of positioning wholly within the container or rotatably or pivotally movable to an accessible location partially outside the interior of the jewelry box.
A search of related art has been conducted and no specific reference has been found that would detract from the overall patentability of the herein disclosed jewelry box having at least one hidden compartment which may or may not be pivotally mounted for positioning wholly within the interior of the jewelry box and then would be positionable partially exteriorly for ease of access.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,738,250 and 4,195,727 each disclose jewelry boxes having a pair of outwardly pivoting trays.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,564,122 and 5,823,328 each disclose storage boxes such as for jewelry having pivoting compartments.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,322,123 and more specifically the element 24 disclosed in FIGS. 2-5 inclusive, disclose a storage drawer having pivoting trays.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,127,719 and 6,059,388 each disclose jewelry boxes having concealment features, but none of the type as disclosed in the herein disclosed invention.
Similarly, U.S. Design Pat. Nos. 203,305, 270,980, 451,671, 454,687 and 455,902 fail to disclose anything that would be remotely similar in over all concept with respect to hidden compartments to the instantly disclosed invention.