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US 4,436,215 AGranted
Storage drawer with retained partitions
OwnerKarl W. Kleinert, Kenneth B. Kleinertinventors
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Abstract
A storage drawer is disclosed made of a rugged plastic material rather than metal and in which the removable partitions in the drawer are held in place by a wedging action provided by tapering slots on each side. The partitions will not fall out when the drawer is upside-down to remove the contents, but the partition may be easily removed by pulling it out without the necessity of overcoming latching or locking mechanisms.
Claims7
A storage drawer which comprises:
- a bottom;
- two ends extending from the bottom;
- two sides extending from the bottom between the two ends, each side having a plurality of longitudinally spaced slots extending from the bottom, each slot defined by two edges, the edges being formed by a pair of ridges which extend from the side, the edges converging as the slot extends toward the bottom so that each slot becomes narrower as its extends toward the bottom, each ridge having a recess extending into the ridge from the edge of the slot and extending from the top of the slot toward the bottom thereof, the recesses for each pair of ridges being opposite each other, each recess extending into the ridge in a direction generally perpendicular to the slot;
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- a partition adapted to be held on each side by one of the slots on the side of the drawer, the partition having a pair of diametrically opposed protruding tabs which extend from each end on each side of the partition, each tab adapted to fit in one of the recesses, the sides of the partition adapted to be held by the narrowing slot as the partition is inserted into the drawer, and the tab adapted to be held in the recesses.
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A storage drawer which comprises:
- a bottom;
- two ends extending from the bottom, each of the ends generally trapezoidal in shape;
- two sides extending from the bottom between the two ends, each of the sides closer together at the top than at the bottom, each side having a plurality of longitudinally spaced slots extending from the bottom, each slot defined by two edges, the edges being formed by a pair of ridges which extend from the side, the edges converging as the slot extends toward the bottom so that each slot becomes narrower as it extends toward the bottom, each ridge having a recess extending into the ridge from the edge of the slot and extending from the top of the slot toward the bottom thereof, the recesses for each pair of ridges being opposite each other, each recess extending into the ridge in a direction generally perpendicular to the slot;
- a partition which is generally trapezoidal in shape and is essentially the same shape as the cross section of the drawer, the partition adapted to be held on each side by one of the slots on the side of the drawer, the partition having a pair of diametrically opposed protruding tabs which extend from each end on each side of the partition, each tab being narrower toward the bottom and each tab extending outwardly further from the partition toward the top than the bottom, each tab adapted to fit into one of the recesses, the sides of the partition adapted to be held by the narrowing slot as the partition is inserted downwardly into the drawer and the tabs adapted to be wedged into the recesses and held thereby.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.