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US 11,439,232 B2Granted
Storage device with drawer retainer and stabilizer
AssigneeHelmer, Inc.
InventorsThomas J. Larkner, Bryan T. Shannon, Grant Balbach
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for storing medical products such as pharmaceutical and medical products in climate controlled storage devices includes an enclosure and a plurality of storage drawers contained within the enclosure. The enclosure includes a plurality of walls and a storage-drawer support. The plurality of storage drawers are supported in the enclosure by the storage-drawer support.
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A storage device comprising
- an enclosure including a plurality of walls that cooperate to define an internal space within the enclosure and a storage-drawer support coupled to at least one wall in the internal space, the plurality of walls including a floor wall, a ceiling wall spaced apart from the floor wall, and a pair of side walls that extend between and interconnect the floor and ceiling walls to define the internal space, and the storage-drawer support is coupled to at least one of the pair of side walls,
- a storage drawer that extends between the pair of side walls parallel to the floor and ceiling walls and is movable relative to the storage-drawer support along a path within the internal space from a closed position to an opened position, the storage drawer contained within the internal space in the closed position and the storage drawer having a portion located in the internal space and a portion located outside the internal space in the opened position, and
- a drawer retainer removably coupled to one side wall included in the pair of side walls of the enclosure outside of the internal space and configured to change from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration,
- wherein the drawer retainer is configured to extend into the internal space and engage the storage drawer in the locked configuration to block movement of the storage drawer further away from the enclosure when the storage drawer is in the opened position and configured to disengage selectively from the enclosure so that the storage drawer is movable to disengage from the storage-drawer support when the retainer is in the unlocked configuration.
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A storage device comprising
- an enclosure including a plurality of walls that cooperate to define an internal space within the enclosure and a storage-drawer support coupled to at least one wall in the internal space, the plurality of walls including a floor wall, a ceiling wall spaced apart from the floor wall, and a pair of side walls that extend between and interconnect the floor and ceiling walls to define the internal space, and the storage-drawer support is coupled to at least one of the pair of side walls,
- a plurality of storage drawers that each extend between the pair of side walls parallel to the floor and ceiling walls and are movable relative to the storage-drawer support along respective paths within the internal space from a closed position to an opened position, the storage drawers contained within the internal space in the closed position and having a portion located in the internal space and a portion located outside the internal space in the opened position, and
- a drawer retainer removably coupled to one side wall included in the pair of side walls of the enclosure outside of the internal space and configured to change from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration,
- wherein the drawer retainer is configured to extend into the internal space and engage each storage drawer in the locked configuration to block movement of each storage drawer further away from the enclosure when each storage drawer is in the opened position and configured to disengage from the enclosure in the unlocked configuration so that each storage drawer is movable to disengage from the storage-container support.
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A storage device comprising
- an enclosure including a plurality of walls that cooperate to define an internal space within the enclosure and a storage-drawer support, the plurality of walls including a floor wall, a ceiling wall spaced apart from the floor wall, a pair of side walls that extend between and interconnect the floor and ceiling walls, and a back wall that extends between and interconnects the floor wall, the ceiling walls, and the pair of side walls to define the internal space of the enclosure, and the storage-drawer support including a first support unit coupled to a first side wall included in the pair of side walls and a second support unit coupled to a second side wall included in the pair of side walls,
- a storage drawer that extends between the first side wall and the second side wall included in the pair of side walls parallel to the floor and ceiling walls, the storage drawer being movable relative to the storage-drawer support along a path within the internal space from a closed position to an opened position, and the storage drawer contained within the internal space in the closed position and the storage drawer having a portion located in the internal space and a portion located outside the internal space in the opened position, and
- a first drawer retainer removably coupled to the first side wall of the enclosure outside the internal space and a second drawer retainer removably coupled to the second side wall of the enclosure outside of the internal space, and the first and second drawer retainers configured to change from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration,
- wherein the first and second drawer retainers are configured to extend into the internal space and engage the storage drawer in the locked configuration to block movement of the storage drawer further away from the enclosure when the storage drawer is in the opened position and configured to disengage selectively from the enclosure so that the storage drawer is movable to disengage from the storage-drawer support when the first and second drawer retainers are in the unlocked configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.