Durable furniture articles

A drawer adapted to be supported on a furniture article for sliding movement between open and closed positions, said drawer being characterized by:

• a continuous panel formed of a first single piece of sheet material folded to provide a generally planar bottom panel and opposed, generally vertically extending planar side panels, said side panels each including an upper longitudinal edge terminating in respective flanges formed by folding said upper edges outwardly away from each other, respectively, said side panels each being delimited by front vertical side edges folded outwardly away from each other to form opposed front side edge flanges;
• a rear panel of said drawer comprising a second and separate piece of sheet material folded along opposite sides to provide at least two opposed planar flanges engageable with said side panels of said drawer and secured to said side panels, respectively;
• a front head including a substantially planar portion secured directly to said opposed front side edge flanges, respectively;
• a front panel of said drawer separate from and connected to said front head;
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• wherein said drawer includes a stop member secured to said drawer on an inside of at least one side panel and projecting through said one side panel;
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• said stop member is engageable with cooperating means on said furniture article to prevent removal of said drawer from said furniture article.

A drawer adapted to be supported on a furniture article for sliding movement between open and closed positions, said drawer being characterized by:

• a continuous panel formed of a first single piece of sheet material folded to provide a generally planar bottom panel and opposed, generally vertically extending planar side panels said side panels each including an upper longitudinal edge terminating in respective flanges formed by folding said upper edges outwardly away from each other, respectively, said side panels each being delimited by front vertical side edges folded outwardly away from each other to form opposed front side edge flanges;
• a rear panel of said drawer comprising a second and separate piece of sheet material folded along opposite sides to provide at least two opposed planar flanges engageable with said side panels of said drawer and secured to said side panels, respectively;
• a front head including a substantially planar portion secured directly to said opposed front side edge flanges, respectively;
• a front panel of said drawer separate from and connected to said front head;
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• wherein said front head is formed of at least one piece of sheet material, including said planar portion of said front head having a top edge and folded over along said top edge to define a drawer pull, and said front panel includes a top edge and a recess formed in said top edge of said front panel adjacent said drawer pull to provide access to said drawer pull by a person's hand for grasping said drawer pull.