Means for converting an open-shelved unit or etagere to a closed cabinet with slidable drawers

Abstract

Means for converting an open-shelved unit or etagere to a closed cabinet with slidable drawers, the open-shelved unit comprising top and bottom horizontal members and spaced upright members which are detachably secured to the corners of said spaced top and bottom members to form an open-shelved unit or etagere, the top and bottom of said units being molded of a plastic material in the same or identical mold cavity, with all of the upright members also identical and being molded in the same or identical cavity, the invention herein comprising the means for converting said open-shelved unit or etagere to a closed cabinet with slidable drawers, the said means for each unit comprising a molded frame-like member having end channels or grooves and positioned against the underside of the top member, a pair of end panels on each of the opposite ends of the unit comprising an outer panel and an inner panel held in spaced relation to each other between said top and bottom horizontal members with the inner panel having spaced horizontal flanges and with a plurality of drawers positioned on said oppositely spaced flanges so that the drawers may be manually slid into and out of said cabinet and with said drawers when in closed position forming a closed cabinet with drawers. The open-shelved units and the means for converting same to a closed cabinet are packed and shipped in disassembled knockdown condition and readily assembled at the point of use without the use of any tools or extraneous fastening means. Each of the drawers is similarly constructed and readily positionable into sliding engagement with said formed structure.

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