Drawer with convertible filing support system

A file suspension kit adapted for use in suspending a plurality of different size hanging folders from drawers having a front, a back, a bottom and spaced, parallel sides, said kit comprising:

• at least a pair of first supports, said first supports each including an elongated downwardly opening channel having a base and spaced sides dimensioned to receive one of the sides of the drawer, a first rib and a second rib, said ribs extending from said base in spaced, generally parallel relationship to define an upwardly opening channel having a width greater than the width of said downwardly opening channel so that said first rib extends in substantially the same plane as one of said downwardly opening channel sides and said second rib extends in a plane laterally offset from the other of said downwardly opening channel sides;
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• at least a pair of second supports, said second supports each including an elongated downwardly opening channel having a base and spaced sides dimensioned to receive one of the sides of the drawer, a first rib and a second rib, said ribs extending from said base in spaced, generally parallel relationship to define an upwardly opening channel having a width greater than the width of said downwardly opening channel so that said first rib extends in the same plane as one of said downwardly opening channel sides and said second rib extends in a plane laterally offset from the other of said downwardly opening channel sides;
• and wherein said first rib has a height dimension from said base, greater than the height dimension of said second rib so that said second supports can suspend hanging folders having different depth dimensions.

An article of furniture, comprising:

• a drawer having a substantially horizontal bottom panel and four substantially vertical side panels arranged to form a drawer compartment having a top opening;
• a pair of drawer rails disposed on a respective pair of opposed side panels, each of said drawer rails having an elongated gripping member portion having a generally U-shaped cross section formed by a first side, a top and second side sections, said gripping member portion being adapted to frictionally and reversibly engage a top edge of one of the vertical side panels, each of said drawer rails further having a pair of elongated ribs terminating in respective outer edges, the outer edge of each said rib being adapted to engage and support a hanging file folder;
• the first rib of said pair of ribs of each said rails being aligned generally parallel to and at a known distance relative to the first side of said gripping member portion, said alignment being such that, when said rails are placed on said opposed vertical side panels with said first sides facing each other, a first hanging file folder can engage the outer edge of said first ribs and be supported in said drawer;
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• the second rib of said pair of ribs of each said rail being aligned generally parallel to and at a known distance relative to the second side of each said gripping member portion, said alignment being such that, when said rails are placed on said opposed vertical side panels with said second sides facing each other, a second hanging file folder can engage the outer edge of said second ribs and be supported in said drawer, said second folder being of a size different than said first folder.