Drawer assembly and method therefor

A drawer assembly comprising;

• a bottom and first and second sidewall panels unitarily formed as an integral molding of plastics material, the sidewall panels connected along a lower edge to opposite sides of the bottom panel by flexible web portions and pivoting about the web portions from a flat orientation into an upright orientation, whereby forming a container body;
• an end panel connected along a lower edge to an end edge of the bottom panel by a flexible web portion and pivoting about the web portion from a flat orientation into an upright orientation, whereby enclosing an end of the container body;
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• interlocking projections which extend outward from end edges of the end panel and the sidewall panels and which engage, whereby preventing the end panel and sidewall panels from pivoting out of their upright orientation;
• and the interlocking projections comprising a horizontal pin appendage projecting perpendicularly from an end edge of the end panel, spaced a distance below a top edge of the end panel, and further comprising a hook appendage positioned to overlap and capture the pin appendage as the end panel and the sidewall panels are placed in their respective upright orientations, and
• further comprising a second end panel attaching to forward end edges of the sidewall panels, whereby enclosing the container body and first and second elongate end flanges which extend along and project outward from the forward end edges of the sidewall panels, the end flanges being of T-shaped sectional configuration and of increasing width from a top end to a bottom end;
• and first and second elongate slots within an inward surface of the second end panel, proximate first and second ends of the second end panel, each slot being of T-shaped sectional configuration and of increasing width from a top end to a bottom end and positioned to receive the second panel end flanges therein as the second end panel is moved downward and against the forward end edges of the sidewall panels.

A drawer assembly comprising:

• a bottom and first and second sidewall panels unitarily formed as an integral molding of plastics material, the sidewall panels connected along a lower edge to opposite sides of the bottom panel by flexible web portions and pivoting about the web portions from a flat orientation into an upright orientation, whereby forming a container body;
• a first end panel connected along a lower edge to an end edge of the bottom panel by a flexible web portion and pivoting about the web portion from a flat orientation into an upright orientation, whereby enclosing one end of the container body;
• interlocking projections which extend outward from end edges of the end panel and the sidewall panels and which engage, whereby preventing the end panel and sidewall panels from pivoting out of their upright orientation;
• a second end panel attached to forward end edges of the sidewall panels, whereby enclosing a second end of the container body;
• first and second elongate end flanges positioned to extend along and project outward from the forward end edges of the sidewall panels, the end flanges being of T-shaped sectional configuration and of increasing width from a top end to a bottom end;
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• first and second elongate slots within an inward surface of the second end panel, proximate first and second ends of the second end panel, each slot being of T-shaped sectional configuration and of increasing width from a top end to a bottom end and positioned to receive the end flanges of the sidewall panels therein as the second end panel is moved downwardly against the forward end edges of the sidewall panels.

A drawer assembly comprising:

• a bottom and first and second sidewall panels, the panels each having an inward and an outward facing surface, and the panels unitarily formed as an integral molding of plastics material, the sidewall panels connected along a lower edge to opposite sides of the bottom panel by flexible web portions and pivoting about the web portions from a flat orientation into an upright orientation, whereby forming a container body;
• an end panel connected along a lower edge to an end edge of the bottom panel by a flexible web portion and pivoting about the web portion from a flat orientation into an upright orientation, whereby enclosing one end of the container body;
• locking projections which extend outward from end edges of the sidewall panels and which interfit and engage end edges of the end panel to prevent the end panel and sidewall panels from pivoting out of their upright orientation;
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• the locking projections of the sidewall panels extend outward a distance substantially equivalent to the spacing between the inner and outer surfaces of the end panel;
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• the end panel comprising locking projections which extend outward from the end edges of the end panel and engage end edges of the sidewall panels, the end panel locking projections extend outward a distance substantially equivalent to the spacing between the inner and outer surfaces of the sidewall panels.