Cartridge retaining means

A storage cabinet drawer adapted for retaining plural cartridges in a spaced-apart relationship, the drawer comprising:

• a drawer floor;
• plural, substantially parallel, elongated channel walls attached to the floor;
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• at least two elongated retaining devices attached to adjacent channel walls, each device having a resilient rib extending longitudinally and continuously along a length of each wall and protruding laterally into the channel in opposing relationship and normal to each wall, wherein the opposing ribs each have free ends having a thin cross section in relation to a lateral length of the ribs to provide narrow free ends comprising means for substantially linearly contacting and resiliently engaging opposite side edges of cartridges therebetween for holding them in place, whereby the cartridges may be disposed and held at varying orientations to a normal to the floor.

A combination of a storage cabinet drawer and plural cartridges, the drawer adapted for retaining the plural cartridges in a spaced-apart relationship, the drawer comprising:

• a drawer floor;
• plural, substantially parallel, elongated channel walls attached to the floor to form channels therebetween;
• and
• at least two elongated retaining devices attached to adjacent channel walls, each device having a rib extending longitudinally and continuously along a length of each wall and protruding laterally into the channel in opposing relationship and normal to each wall, wherein the opposing ribs each have free ends having a thin cross section in relation to a lateral length of the ribs to provide narrow free ends substantially linearly contacting and resiliently engaging opposite side edges of the cartridges therebetween for holding them in place.

A combination of a storage cabinet drawer adapted and plural cartridges, the drawer for retaining the plural cartridges in a spaced-apart relationship, the drawer comprising:

• a drawer floor;
• plural, substantially parallel, elongated channel walls attached to the floor to form channels therebetween;
• and
• at least two elongated retaining devices attached to adjacent channel walls, each device having a rib extending longitudinally and continuously along a length of each wall and protruding laterally into the channel in opposing relationship and normal to each wall, wherein the opposing ribs each have free ends having a thin cross section in relation to a lateral length of the ribs to provide narrow free ends substantially linearly contacting and resiliently engaging opposite side edges of the cartridges therebetween for holding them in place, wherein the cartridges may be disposed and held at varying orientations to a normal to the floor.