US Patent Issued to Richard Cornell on March 31 for "Powered lift system for cabinet shelves" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,756, issued on March 31, was assigned to Richard Cornell (Knoxville, Tenn.).

"Powered lift system for cabinet shelves" was invented by Richard Cornell (Knoxville, Tenn.), Benjamin D. Nibali (Alcoa, Tenn.) and Maia Judd (Alcoa, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lift system for a cabinet including a guide path along at least one side wall of a cabinet, the guide path defining a horizontal segment and a non-horizontal segment. A drive member is disposed along the guide path, and a shelf unit is in engagement with the drive member. A drive mechanism is configured to drive the drive member along the guide path, thereby translating t...