Tool cabinet
AssigneeHerman Miller, Inc.
InventorThomas J. Newhouse
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Abstract
A cabinet (10) comprises a housing (12) and a drawer (14) slidably mounted to the housing (12). The drawer includes a shroud (52), a drawer front (56) mounted at a front portion (59) of the shroud (52) and a back panel (60) mounted at a rear portion (57) of the shroud (52). The drawer front (56) and back panel (60) extend between first and second lateral sides (49, 51) of the drawer (14). The drawer further includes a plurality of vertically spaced horizontal support rails (16) removably mounted to and between the drawer front (56) and the back panel (60) at one of the first and second sides (49, 51) of the drawer (14). The rails (16) are adapted to support work tools (18) at a plurality of vertical and horizontal positions in the drawer (14).
Claims10
In a cabinet for use at a workstation, said cabinet comprising a housing and a drawer having first and second lateral sides and slidably mounted to said housing for movement between open and closed positions, the improvement wherein;
- said drawer is open at said first and second lateral sides and further comprises rail means removably mountable in said drawer at selected one of said first and second lateral sides for removably supporting work tools for unobstructed access thereto from the other of said first and second lateral sides;
- whereby said cabinet is adapted to be selectively positioned at either of the opposite sides of a workstation, with said rail means removably mounted to one of said first and second sides opposite the workstation and supporting work tools in said drawer for convenient access thereto from the other of said first and second sides adjacent the side of the workstation at which said cabinet has been positioned.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.