Stackable file storage unit
AssigneeEsselte Pendaflex Corporation
InventorsJack Solomon, Monte L. Levin, Andrzej L. Soporowski, Michael D. Jones
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Abstract
A file storage unit has a generally rectangular frame which is open at the front for receipt of a sliding drawer. The drawer has downwardly projecting ridges which slide along the interior of the frame. In addition, the front portion of the frame is provided with a snap-on reinforcing rim which acts to strengthen the unit and to accommodate the stacking of several units. A stop means is provided on the drawer which contacts a portion of the rim to prevent the drawer from being accidently withdrawn from the frame. Further, openings on the rear wall of the frame and in the handle of the drawer allow the unit to be conveniently carried.
Claims12
A file storage unit comprising
- a frame having a top, bottom, back and two side walls, said frame having an open front, the back wall of said frame having a hand opening at a certain distance above the bottom wall and being of sufficient size to receive a user's hand, the upper edge of the hand opening being bordered by a flange projecting inwardly of said frame;
- a reinforcing rim located about the periphery of the open front of said frame ;
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- a drawer having at least two spaced-apart, downwardly projecting narrow ridges, said drawer being slidable into the open front of said frame with the ridges sliding along the interior of the bottom wall of said frame, a reinforced drawer handle extending from a front panel of said drawer at approximately the same distance above the bottom wall of the frame as the flange of the hand opening.
A file storage unit comprising
- a frame having a top, bottom back and two side walls, said frame having an open front, the back wall of said frame having a hand opening at a certain distance above the bottom wall and being of sufficient size to receive a user's hand, the upper edge of the hand opening being bordered by a flange projecting inwardly of said frame;
- a reinforcing rim having a generally C-shaped cross section being located about the interior and exterior portions of the periphery of the open front of said frame, said rim being made of a resilient material and having rim projections spaced along the interior of the C-shape, said rim projections being snapped into corresponding recesses along the periphery of the open form of said frame;
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- a drawer having a front panel, a bottom panel and two side panels, at least two spaced-apart, downwardly projecting narrow ridges extend from the bottom of the bottom panel of the drawer, said drawer being slidable into the open front of said frame with the ridges sliding along the interior of the bottom wall of said frame, said drawer having a handle extending from the front panel of said drawer at substantially the same distance above the bottom wall of the frame as the flange of the hand opening, said drawer including a generally vertical follower slideable in a slot in the bottom panel of the drawer, said follower having at least one tooth that is engageable with one of a series of teeth on the bottom panel of the drawer such that sliding motion of the follower is resisted when it is tilted backward and permitted when it is tilted forward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.