Follower for file drawer

In the combination of a file drawer provided with a pair of spaced-apart vertical side walls having guide channels extending lengthwise thereof intermediate front and rear ends of said file drawer;

• and a follower having a body portion sized to be received within said file drawer with a pair of spaced side edges thereof arranged adjacent said side walls and a pair of guide members upstanding from said body portion adjacent said side edges and sized and arranged for receipt within said guide channels and for movement lengthwise thereof, the improvement comprising in combination:
• a mounting opening extending through one of said side walls in alignment with said guide channel thereof, said opening being sized to permit at least a portion of one of guide members to project outwardly therethrough to a degree sufficient to accommodate installation of said follower within said file drawer by inserting said follower into said file drawer to assume a starting position with said body portion arranged at an angle of other than 90.degree. relative to said side walls and said portion of said one guide member arranged to project outwardly through said opening and then twisting said follower to assume an installed position with said body portion arranged at an angle of approximately 90.degree. relative to said side walls and said guide members positioned within said guide channels, each of said guide members includes leading and trailing guide portions projecting in opposite directions normal to said body portion relatively towards said front and rear ends, respectively, said portion of one of said guide members is said leading guide portion of said one guide member and projects outwardly through said opening and said trailing guide portion of the other of said guide members projects into the guide channel of the other of the side walls when in said starting position,
• said opening corresponds in shape to said leading guide portion of said one guide member, said guide members engage with said guide channels alternatively to define forward and rearward tilted positions of said follower within said file drawer, wherein items stored within said file drawer intermediate said follower and said front end in engagement with said body portion tend to tilt said follower to assume said forward tilted position, and said portion of said one guide member is misaligned with said opening when said follower is in said forward tilted position, so as to prevent twisting of said follower from said installed position into said starting position.

In the combination of a file drawer provided with a pair of spaced-apart vertical side walls having guide channels extending lengthwise thereof intermediate front and rear ends of said file drawer;

• and a follower having a body portion sized to be received within said file drawer with a pair of spaced side edges thereof arranged adjacent said side walls and a pair of guide members upstanding from said body portion adjacent said side edges and sized and arranged for receipt within said guide channels and for movement lengthwise thereof, the improvement comprising in combination:
• a mounting opening extending through one of said side walls in alignment with said guide channel thereof, said opening being sized to permit at least a portion of one of guide members to project outwardly therethrough to a degree sufficient to accommodate installation of said follower within said file drawer by inserting said follower into said file drawer to assume a starting position with said body portion arranged at an angle of other than 90.degree. relative to said side walls and said portion of said one guide member arranged to project outwardly through said opening and then twisting said follower to assume an installed position with said body portion arranged at an angle of approximately 90.degree. relative to said side walls and said guide members positioned within said guide channels, each of said guide members includes leading and trailing guide portions projecting in opposite directions normal to said body portion relatively towards said front and rear ends, respectively, said portion of one of said guide members is said leading guide portion of said one guide member and projects outwardly through said opening and said trailing guide portion of the other of said guide members projects into the guide channel of the other of the side walls when in said starting position,
• said opening corresponds in shape to said leading guide portion of said one guide member, said portion of said one guide member and said opening have upper and lower edge portions arranged to converge in a direction extending towards said front end of said file drawer, said guide channels have upper and lower guide surfaces engageable with said guide members and permitting tilting movement of said follower within said file drawer between forward and rearward tilted positions, items stored within said file drawer intermediate said follower and said front end and in engagement with said body portion tending to tilt said follower towards said forward tilted position, said upper and lower edge portions of said portion of said one guide member are disposed out of alignment with said upper and lower edge portions of said opening when said follower is in said forward tilted position.

In the combination of a file drawer provided with a pair of spaced-apart vertical side walls having guide channels extending lengthwise thereof intermediate front and rear ends of said file drawer;

• and a follower having a body portion sized to be received within said file drawer with a pair of spaced side edges thereof arranged adjacent said side walls and a pair of guide members upstanding from said body portion adjacent said side edges and sized and arranged for receipt within said guide channels and for movement lengthwise thereof, said guide members engage with said guide channels to define a forward tilted position of said follower within said file drawer, wherein items stored within said file drawer intermediate said follower and said front end in engagement with said body portion tend to tilt said follower to assume said forward tilted position, the improvement comprising in combination:
• a mounting opening means extending through one of said side walls in alignment with said guide channel thereof, said opening means being sized and arranged to permit at least a portion of one of guide members to be projected outwardly therethrough when said follower is disposed in a rearwardly tilted position to permit removable insertion of said follower within said file drawer, and said portion of said one guide member is misaligned with said opening means when said follower is in said forward tilted position, so as to prevent removal of said follower from said file drawer when said follower is disposed in said forward tilted position.