Cabinet construction
AssigneeLuxor Corporation
InventorDonald L. Nichoalds
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Abstract
A cabinet construction and method of forming the same having a plurality of sidewall panels, each of which defines opposite vertical edges, and an intermediate wall portion. Cylindrical upright corner posts are secured between top and bottom walls of the cabinet. The sidewall panels include angularly returned flanges on the edges thereof defining acute angles. The flanges are wedged against the outer surfaces of the corner posts to prevent inward movement of the panels and structure is provided in association with the top and bottom walls of the cabinet for retaining the cabinet against outward displacement.
Claims13
In a cabinet construction having top and bottom walls, a plurality of upright panels each of which defines opposite vertical side edges, top and bottom edges, and an intermediate wall portion, the improvement comprising:
- cylindrical upright corner posts captured between said top and bottom walls;
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- means for securing said panels in a space-enclosing array comprising angularly returned flanges on said edges of said panels defining acute angles with said intermediate wall portions thereof, each flange abutting an associated post only outwardly of a radius of the post extending parallel to the wall portion of the panel whereby the panels are prevented from moving inwardly by the engagement of said flanges with said posts, and flanges on said top and bottom walls outwardly of and engaged by said top and bottom edges of said panels respectively for preventing outward movement of said panels.
The method of retaining flat cabinet panels in a cabinet construction comprising the steps of:
- providing cylindrical posts;
- providing returned angle flanges on opposite edges of the panels;
- providing top and bottom walls capturing the ends of said posts providing a flange along the edges of said top and bottom walls;
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- wedging said panel flanges between said posts and said top and bottom wall flanges, said posts defining outer portions outwardly of a radius of the posts extending parallel to the flatwise extent of the panels between said edges, and said panel flanges engaging only said outer portions of said posts.
In a cabinet construction having a plurality of upright flat panels each of which defines opposite vertical side edges and an intermediate wall portion, the improvement comprising:
- a bottom wall;
- a top wall;
- cylindrical upright corner posts extending vertically between and engaging said bottom and top walls in a preselected spaced arary;
- substantially planar angularly returned flanges on said side edges of said panels defining acute angles with said intermediate portions thereof;
- means for securing said panels in a space-enclosing array with said flanges abutting the cylindrical corner posts, each flange abutting the associated post outwardly of a radius of the post extending parallel to the flat extent of the panel whereby the side edges are prevented from moving inwardly by the engagement of said flanges with said posts;
- means on said top and bottom walls for retaining the corner posts therebetween;
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- flanges on said bottom wall and top wall engaging the panels for preventing outward movement of said upright panels adjacent said bottom and top walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.