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US 5,704,699 AGranted
Modular cabinet system
AssigneeTratec Products, Inc.
InventorsStephen W. Pagelow, John E. Whalen, Daniel R. Bullis, Jr., Douglas E. Seals
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AssigneeTratec Products, Inc.
InventorsStephen W. Pagelow, John E. Whalen, Daniel R. Bullis, Jr., Douglas E. Seals
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A modular easily assembled cabinet system includes components in kit form including generally rectangular base, top, side and back members, and four elongated corner post or upright members. The corner post members each define an external longitudinal corner and internally facing longitudinal channels. The opposite ends of each post member define connector ends having transverse recesses adapted to receive tongue portions of connector sites formed on each corner of the base and top members. During assembly, vertical lateral edges of the side members are received within channels in the corner posts, and upper and lower edges are inserted into channels formed in the base and top members. Fasteners releasably secure the connector site tongues within the corner post recesses. A door may be hinged between the base and top members. The base, top and door may be formed of blow molded plastic, with the base and top members being configured to enable nesting of cabinets in vertically stacked relation. Additional features include slide drawers and shelves releasable mounted on laterally opposed rod-type horizontal guides.
A kit for making a modular cabinet comprising a generally rectangular base member, a generally rectangular top member, a pair of generally rectangular side members, a generally rectangular back member and four elongated corner posts, said side and back members having first marginal side edges and second marginal edges generally transverse to said side edges, each of said corner posts defining an external corner along the length of the post and having opposite connector ends, each of said connector ends having an end surface and a recess generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the post and spaced from said end surface, said base member including corner connector sites each of which defines a connector tongue configured to be inserted into one of said transverse recesses in one of said corner post connector ends, each of said connector ends and each of said connector tongues being adapted to receive a fastener for releasably connecting one of said corner posts in upstanding relation to each corner connector site of said base member, said corner posts each having at least one longitudinal open channel so as to create mutually facing channels between laterally opposed front and rear pairs of upstanding corner posts for receiving said first marginal side edges of said side and back members in supporting relation when the kit is in assembled relation, said top member having corner connector sites substantially identical to the corner connector sites on said base member for connection to selected ones of said connector ends of said upstanding corner posts opposite said base member, said base and top members each having open channels formed therein for cooperation to receive said second marginal edges of said side and back members.
A modular cabinet comprising, in combination, a generally rectangular base member, a generally rectangular top member, a pair of generally rectangular side members, a generally rectangular back member and four elongated corner posts, each of said corner posts defining an external corner along the length of the post and having opposite connector ends, each of said connector ends having an end surface and a recess generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the post and spaced from said end surface, said base and top members including corner connector sites each of which defines a connector tongue configured to be inserted into one of said transverse recesses in one of said corner post connector ends, the connector tongue on each corner site of said base member being secured within one of said transverse recesses at lower ends of said corner posts when disposed in upstanding relation, said connector tongue on each corner site of said top member being secured within one of said transverse recesses at upper ends of said corner posts so that said top member overlies said base member, said corner posts each having longitudinal open channels so as to create mutually facing channels between laterally opposed front and rear pairs of upstanding corner posts, said side and back members having marginal vertical edges disposed in supporting relation within said channels.
A kit for making a modular cabinet comprising a generally rectangular base member, a generally rectangular top member, a pair of generally rectangular side members, a generally rectangular back member and four elongated corner posts, said side and back members each having lateral marginal side edges and generally transverse marginal edges, each of said corner posts defining an external corner along the length of the post and having opposite connector ends, each of said connector ends having an end surface and a recess generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the post and spaced from said end surface, said base member including corner connector sites each of which defines a connector tongue configured to be inserted into one of said transverse recesses in said corner post connector ends, each of said connector ends and each of said connector tongues being adapted to receive a fastener for releasably connecting one of said corner posts in upstanding relation to each corner connector site of said base member, at least some of said corner posts having means for cooperating with said marginal side edges of said side and back members in supporting relation therewith, said top member having corner connector sites including connector tongues substantially identical to the connector tongues on said base member for insertion into said transverse recesses in said upstanding corner posts opposite said base member, said base and top members having means for cooperating with said transverse marginal edges of said side and back members in supporting relation therewith.
A modular cabinet comprising, in combination, a generally rectangular base member, a generally rectangular top member, a pair of generally rectangular side members, a generally rectangular back member and four elongated corner posts, said side and back members each having lateral marginal side edges and generally transverse marginal edges, each of said corner posts defining an external corner along the length of the post and having opposite connector ends, each of said connector ends having an end surface and a recess transverse to the longitudinal axis of the post and spaced from the end surface, said base and top members including corner connector sites each of which defines a connector tongue configured to be inserted into one of said transverse recesses in one of said corner post connector ends, the connector tongue on each corner site of said base member being secured within one of said transverse recesses at the lower end of one of said corner posts when disposed in upstanding relation, the connector tongue on each corner site of said top member being secured within one of said transverse recesses at the upper ends of said corner posts so that said top member overlies said base member, said corner posts each having means for cooperating with said marginal side edges of said side and back members in supporting relation therewith.
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