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US 6,193,340 B1Granted
Snap-together file storage system
AssigneeGeographics, Inc.
InventorsDavid A. Schenker, Jeffrey M. Kildow
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Abstract
A snap-together file storage system includes a plurality of storage units stacked on each other. Each storage unit includes a cabinet having a forwardly-opening cavity, and a drawer slidably received with in the cavity. The cabinet and drawer are constructed of plastic panels that are locked together by way of tabs of a first panel inserted into slots of an adjacent panel. The panels may be disassembled by removing the tabs from the slots. One or more optional accessories may be mounted on the storage units by way of tongues inserted into tabs.
Claims25
A storage unit comprising:
- a cabinet having a bottom panel, a pair of side panels interconnected to said bottom panel and extending upwardly therefrom, a rear panel including a hook interconnected with at least one of said side panels to resist lateral movement of said side panel with respect to said rear panel, said rear panel extending upwardly from said bottom panel, and a top panel interconnected to said side and rear panels, and wherein said bottom, side, and rear panels are interconnected by a plurality of snap-fit connections to define a forwardly-opening cavity between said panels;
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- a drawer slidably received within said forwardly-opening cavity, said drawer having an upwardly-opening cavity;
- whereby said cabinet is assemblable without the use of tools.
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A file storage unit comprising:
- a bottom panel including an upper surface having elongated stiffening members;
- a pair of side panels releasably interconnected with said bottom panel;
- a rear panel releasably interconnected with said side panels and with said bottom panel;
- a top panel releasably interconnected with said side panels and said rear panel;
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- a drawer including an undersurface having longitudinally-extending stiffeners, said stiffeners of said drawer cooperating with said elongated stiffening members of said bottom panel to stiffen said file storage unit;
- whereby said bottom, top, rear, and side panels together define a cavity, and wherein said drawer is slidably received within said cavity, and whereby said panels may be interconnected and disconnected without the use of tools.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.