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US 4,217,012 AGranted
Storage unit
AssigneeFellowes Manufacturing Company
InventorGerald R. Klaus
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Abstract
There is provided an improved storage unit including a framed shell and a storage-compartment insert that is to remain stationary during use, wherein an open end is provided for access to the storage compartment, which open end is enclosed by a vertically moveable door which is guided on tracks on the sides of the shell's frame and is received into a space between the top of the shell and the top of the insert.
Claims7
An improved storage unit for documents and the like, comprising, in combination:
- a fiberboard insert having a top wall, bottom wall, and two opposed side walls extending therebetween, said insert walls forming at least one open end;
- a fiberboard shell having a top wall, bottom wall, and two opposed side walls extending therebetween, said shell walls forming at least one open end;
- a shell frame formed with two spaced-apart legs and an interconnecting base forming a continuous channel that receives the edge of said open end of said shell;
- a flexible door;
- said insert being disposed within said shell with said top wall of said insert and said top wall of said shell being spaced apart to define a door storage space therebetween;
- said flexible door being of suitable height to be partially disposed within said door storage area when enclosing said open end of said shell;
- said flexible door being guided at its opposed side edges by tracks extending along the side walls of said shell, said tracks each being formed of a front and a rear rail;
- said front rails being secured to the inward legs of said frame;
- and
- said rear rails each comprising a forward face, which together with said front rail define a guide path for said flexible door side edge, and a base extending away from said front rail, said base including means for maintaining said rear rail in a fixed position relative the adjacent inward leg of said frame and for removing said rear rail from said frame.
7 more elements
An improved storage unit comprising:
- a fiberboard shell housing a fiberboard insert, each having at least four walls forming coincident open ends, the open end of said shell being defined by the forward edges of said four walls;
- a continuous four-sided channelled frame receiving the forward edges of said shell walls that define its open end, said frame further including a front and a rear rail on each of two opposed frame sides, at least said rear rail being detachable from said frame;
- said rails receiving and guiding a flexible door for said open end of said shell, the opposed sides of said door being disposed between said rails;
- said shell and insert having at least one of their adjacent walls spaced apart to receive said flexible door;
- said frame being detachable from said shell;
- and
- said rear rail including a base member extending opposite said front rail, said base member including means for attaching and detaching said rear rail to said frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.