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US 6,659,575 B2Granted
Cabinet cover construction for formed sheet metal cabinets
AssigneeWaterloo Industries, Inc.
InventorsNathan Thomas Hellman, Kevin Michael Kraus, Greg Jon Holcomb, Daniel Lee Jackson
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Abstract
A cabinet cover construction for a formed sheet metal cabinet includes a front edge with two angled surfaces that are congruent with compatible angled surfaces of the top edge of the cabinet to ensure alignment of a closed cover on the cabinet and to prevent overbite of the cover upon closing thereof.
Claims5
In a formed sheet metal cabinet having a vertical front panel with a top edge and a top cover panel with a front edge that closes against the cabinet top edge, the improvement comprising, in combination:
- said cabinet top edge including a first horizontal run extending inwardly from the cabinet top edge, and a second run extending downwardly from the first run at a fixed acute angle, and terminating at a first distance inward from the vertical front panel;
- said cover panel front edge of said cover generally aligned with the cabinet front panel top edge when the cover is in the closed position, said cover panel front edge further including a third horizontal run overlying and congruent with the cabinet top edge first run when the cover panel is in the closed position;
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- said cover panel front edge further including a fourth run extending downwardly from the third run at said fixed acute angle of said cabinet second run and overlying the second run when the cover panel is in the closed position, whereby the cabinet top edge is aligned with the cover panel front edge to preclude overbite of the cover panel upon closure.
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