Abstract: A storage and sterilization tray assembly for sterilizing, transporting and storing surgical instruments includes a rack having a top, a bottom and four sides, and at least one slidably mounted drawer carried therein. At least one of the sides includes at least one pivotally mounted door which is moveable between a closed position in which the at least one slidably mounted drawer is retained in the rack, and an open position in which the at least one slidably mounted drawer may be slid at least partially out of the rack. The door also serves to stabilize the rack against tipping when in its open position. Preferably, one or more removable trays are carried in the drawer, and the rack includes a plurality of openings in the top, bottom and sides, aligned with openings in the drawer, for permitting ingress and egress of sterilant therethrough.

Abstract: A computer desk has a work surface with a first support connected with the work surface near a first end to support the work surface above a floor, and a second support releasably connected with the work surface near a second, opposing end. The second support has a top with a portion of the top spaced from the work surface to define a drawer space. A drawer extends from the first support toward the second end and into the drawer space. A kneehole is defined between the first and second support members and below the work surface. One of the support members may include a storage compartment with an interior and a door that opens and closes access to the interior. The door is spaced above the floor and the storage compartment has a removable panel that extends from the floor to at least a bottom of the door. The storage compartment may also include a saddle type storage drawer that is narrower than the storage compartment to define a space for a CPU tower in the storage compartment.

Abstract: A chassis cover for a host unit of a computer system is disclosed. The chassis cover is preferably capable of covering a chassis which includes mountings for components which are movable in a direction. The chassis cover includes a first surface, and a movable side door having a closed position and an open position. The side door provides an opening in the chassis cover when in the open position to permit the mountings to be extended toward the opening when the side door is in the open position. By permitting the mountings to be extended toward an opening provided by the side door, the components within the host unit may be accessed and serviced without removing a heavy display monitor.

Abstract: A portable humidor has a cedar cigar storage container formed from a lower housing and an upper lid hingedly connected thereto. A cover assembly having an outer surface of leather or other suitable durable protective material is secured to the cedar container. The cover assembly includes a zippered closure. When the storage container is in a closed position for travel, the zippered closure serves to entirely enclose the container within the cover assembly.

Abstract: A generator set housing has a skeletal frame with corners which conform to ISO standards. The frame members are welded together and are held in position during welding by tanging and wedging. This allows the frame to be self-squaring which eliminates the need for the use of jigs to hold the frame the together during welding. The skeletal frame is covered by panels which provide access to the generator set for service and repair. The panels are held in place by self drill and tap screws which are inserted from within the housing and would also be released from within the housing in order to enable removal of the panels. Folded sections are used throughout the housing. The dimensional accuracy is much greater due to the use of laser cutting to form the blanks from which the folded sections, including the tongues, which are integral, and the mating slots, were produced.

Abstract: A cigarette tube container for containing and transporting a multiple of cigarette tubes having cigarette filter tips is provided the container has partitions for dividing the container space into multiple segments with the tubes being placed upright with the filter tips located at the top of the container and a closure for each segment of the container where each closure may be individually opened to permit withdrawal of the cigarette tube by its filter tip.

Abstract: A container for a refrigerator in which the container comprises a pan having an access opening, which is covered by a door pivotally mounted to the pan. The pan is slidably mounted within the refrigerator in a conventional manner. The door has opposing fingers extending from the side edges thereof and a hook extending from the top edge thereof. As the pan is slid outwardly from the refrigerator, the fingers abut liner studs extending from the inner liner of the refrigerator to partially rotate the door from a closed position toward an open position. On the continued sliding of the pan, the hook abuts a sloped surface of the liner to continue the rotation of the door completely into the open position.

Abstract: A humidifier device including at least two housings, each housing containing an absorbent material. Each housing is designed as a stamped or molded cup-shaped member having rounded corners and a flanged edge, and a plurality of apertures. A flat, rectangular member is attached to the flanged edge, thereby creating a cavity between the flat, rectangular member and the cup-shaped member. The absorbent material is located within the cavity and is soaked with an evaporative solution for imparting moisture into the storage case by evaporation through the apertures in the housing. The humidifier device may be replenished by pouring solution through the apertures on the housings, or by immersing humidifier device in a bath of solution, thereby allowing the absorbent material to become replenished with solution. The housings are each provided with a magnet attached to the flat, rectangular member which can be used to mount the housing to a second magnet mounted on the interior of the storage case.

Abstract: A moisture preservation, baked goods container is disclosed, consisting of a lower housing and base, which form the bottom portion of the device. An upper housing, of generally dome shaped configuration, forms the top portion of the device and is transparent so as to facilitate vision into the device. Large amounts of baked goods, such as entire batches of cookies, may be stacked in the bottom housing and above into the dome shaped upper housing, which closes over the baked goods. Built into the upper surface of the upper housing and extending downward is a humidifying element chamber, which is of generally rectangular shape, extends outward horizontally, and is large enough to hold a piece of bread. A securement door holds the bread in the humidifying element chamber, and is attached to the upper housing by a securement door retaining means, such as a spring hinge.

Abstract: A rolling toolbox is provided which has a generally rectangular frame. The frame forms an interior compartment and has a front plate with an opening therein, a rear plate and opposing end plates mounted thereon. The frame also has a top section mounted thereon which has a flat top surface and converging lower surfaces that extend into the interior compartment. Mounted to the frame in pivotal relationship are a pair of bins which each have an end plate, a retaining plate and opposing side plates. A number of holding members are mounted to the interior of the bins and a tray is removably housed within the bins on top of the holding members. A drawer is slidingly received within the frame through the drawer opening. The drawer has a pair of opposed ends which each have an outer perimeter corresponding to the shape of the drawer opening. The drawer has a holding plate mounted between the opposed ends in a recessed location from the outer perimeter.

Abstract: A pair of support assemblies for an upper rack of a washer. Each of the support assemblies includes an arm, a bracket, a carriage, and a lever. The arms each have a plurality of vertical teeth. The carriages are movably disposed within the tracks. The carriages are respectively joined to the arms and each have a pair of wheels rotatably mounted thereto. The brackets are respectively attached to opposing side structures of the upper rack. The brackets each define a passage through which one of the arms extends. The brackets are movable along the arms so as to permit the upper rack to be movable between a plurality of vertical positions. A pair of levers are respectively joined to the brackets and each have a detent. The detents are engaged with the arms so as to lock the brackets to the arms at a first one of the vertical positions.

Abstract: A wine bottle refrigerator has a pivotal front access door for a cooling chamber enclosing racks supporting bottles of wine, and an upper portion of the chamber encloses a wood cigar humidor supported by a drawer for movement between a retracted storage position within the chamber and an extended access position after the door is open. The humidor encloses a humidifier to maintain the cigars at generally a predetermined relative humidity, and the wine bottle refrigerator maintains the temperature of the bottles of wine and the humidor at a dependable and substantially constant predetermined temperature and relative humidity. In one embodiment, a removable humidor is supported by an extendable drawer, and in another embodiment, the extendable drawer forms part of the humidor.

Abstract: A slant top video gaming cabinet including a top cap assembly having a display panel on a surface facing pedestrian traffic which includes means for efficient changeover. The cabinet is formed from sheet metal and allows economy in fabrication. In addition, the geometry of the cabinet promotes access only within sequestered areas by authorized personnel so that various components of the cabinet can be addressed only by appropriate personnel.

Abstract: In a portable humidor, a base includes a first interior area, and a cover includes a second interior area and is connected to the base via at least one hinge for movement between an open and a closed position. A permeable-shock-absorbing insert is positioned in the first interior area and includes a plurality of channels, each adapt to receive and isolate a cigar from adjacent cigars. A permeable-shock-absorbing liner is positioned in the second interior area and defines at least two cutouts for receiving a humidifier and a hygrometer. A seal is provided between the cover and the base, such that when the humidor is in the closed position it is vapor tight. At least two shelves can be positioned in the first interior area and are linked to each other and the humidor, such that when the cover is opened the two shelves move to an offset spaced apart position. A tray having a permeable-shock-absorbing tray insert defining a plurality of channels can be located on the shelves.

Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging system for hand made cigarettes using loose tobacco and pre-made, filter tipped cigarette tubes. The packaging system includes a reusable container with a bottom section and a top section. Loose tobacco is stored in the bottom section and is separated by a divider from the top section. A removable storage canister holds the empty cigarette tubes and fits within the top portion of the reusable container.

Abstract: A system, adapted for use with connectable building components used to build a unit, includes a structure having an open area accessible from the front of the structure for storing the unit. A baseplate is moveable between a storage position for controlled movement of the baseplate in the open area and an extended position adapted for building the unit from the connectable building components. The baseplate includes either a plurality of upwardly extending members, openings or other connectors for connecting the unit to the baseplate. Guide rails block upward movement of the baseplate and the closure when moved in the closed position blocks movement of the baseplate out of the structure. The system further includes a plurality of drawers having compartments positioned in the structure movable between a retracted position adapted for storing and transporting the connectable building components and an extended position for access to the connectable building component.

Abstract: An automated banking machine (10) includes an enclosure (12). The enclosure has an interior area (14) in which serviceable components (48, 52, 64, 68) are positioned on rollout trays (46, 50, 62, 66). The enclosure has a rear opening (18) which is selectively accessible through service doors (54, 58, 60). The enclosure further includes a front opening (16) which is bounded by a frame (20). A fascia (22) having input devices thereon is removably positionable in said frame. The fascia is held in engagement with said frame by a disengageable latch including locks (94, 98) and latching brackets (92). The locks are connected to release arms (102, 110) which enable releasing the disengageable latch once access to the interior area has been gained by opening the service doors. Serviceable components may be readily serviced by extending the components out of the interior area of the machine on the rollout trays.

Abstract: A card receptor for use in a satellite broadcasting tuner includes a housing having a case slot therethrough, a door mounted to the housing and slidable up and down for opening and closing the case slot, a card case for receiving and keeping a card therein, the card case slidable between an inside position and an outside position of the housing through the case slot, a case guider fixedly mounted on an inner part of the housing, corresponding to the case slot, in order to guide the sliding movement of the card case, a coil spring for elastically connecting the card case with the door, one end thereof being retained with a hook seat of the door and a case driving gears for moving the card case toward the outside position thereof to push the card case out of the housing, and for moving the card case toward the inside position thereof, in response to the up and the down movements of the door.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted storage unit for use with a vehicle having a rear door, comprising a cabinet having front and back portions, a door in the front portion of the cabinet, a locking device for the door, a mounting device attached to the floor of a vehicle, and mounting means for attaching the cabinet to the mounting device such that the mounting means is located inside the cabinet such that the mounting means may be accessed only if the door is open, wherein the storage unit is located adjacent to a door of the vehicle, and the door in the front portion of the cabinet opens toward the door of the vehicle.

Abstract: A desk pedestal for storing computer hardware and ancillary computer equipment and supplies which is specifically designed to hold and provide ready access to either a vertical tower or a horizontal central processing unit (CPU) and includes a built-in master power director for cord management and a hidden rear access means for easy installment of the hardware and ready accessibility to cords and other potential computer related problems. The desk pedestal may be used in either a desk or armoire and includes first and second interior compartments and at least one adjustable shelf which allows the user to choose between storing a vertical tower or horizontal CPU by adding or removing the adjustable shelf to create a compartment which is specifically dimensioned for storing either unit. The second compartment of the desk pedestal is designed to hold a plurality of slidable drawers specifically adapted for storing computer diskettes, CDs and miscellaneous items.

Abstract: An information kiosk serving as an interactive information source for multiple users including users in wheelchairs. The information kiosk includes eight modular units which are connected to one another to form a ring of modular units. The information kiosk provides both visually displayed and printed information to several of users at the same time in response to user input. The information kiosk includes a plurality of modular units which each include a cabinet structure containing a CPU, a touch screen and a removable printer cart for supporting a printer. The cabinet structure includes a first side wall, a second side wall and a door at the from of the cabinet structure between the first and second side walls for enclosing the removable printer cart. The removable printer cart includes a frame, a printer shelf mounted on the frame, and wheels attached to a base of the frame, for facilitating horizontal translation of the cart along a floor surface.

Abstract: A modular device for keeping and storing food products in container trays includes a plurality of hinged supports supporting one or more container trays each having an ideally rectangular configuration and a hollow interior. Each container is topped at its upper part with a tight and transparent closure lid. The container trays, which project from both sides of their supports, are separated from one another on each support. Each support has a projection which is removably and securably inserted into an opening of a receiving body through a channel made in the receiving body. The plurality of receiving bodies are joined together by a flexible element which allows for rotation of the container trays. In another embodiment for the plurality of hinged supports, it is possible to use a link and pin arrangement rotatably connecting one support to its neighboring supports.

Abstract: A dishwashing machine of the from-loading type has a slidable support assembly enabling a dish supporting rack to be manually slid inwardly or outwardly through the access opening of the wash chamber of the machine. The assembly includes on each side of the rack an elongated channel slide member, a rack support member and two spaced apart bracket members. The elongated channel slide member supports the rack support member which is disposed to slidably move along the channel slide member so as to translate the load force of the rack to the channel slide member. Each bracket members is mounted to the wash chamber side wall and has a central body portion and upper and lower guiding flanges projecting towards the rack and converging toward each other to define a guideway surface for slidably supporting the channel slide member. Each bracket is secured to the side wall of the dishwashing machine by a post and one screw.

Abstract: A modular air-cleaning apparatus for the treatment of contaminated air. The apparatus includes a plurality of modular units cooperatively interconnected, wherein the plurality of units includes at least one separator unit functioning on non-collisional principles and at least one filtration unit functioning on collisional principles. Each modular unit is constructed of a durable and machinable material that is capable of withstanding harsh environmental conditions of use and is formed in a rectangular shape around four corner posts. Each post possesses at least one exposed, outwardly-facing surface with a side margin parallel to a long dimension of the post. The posts aid both in establishing and maintaining a mechanical connection between the unit and another of the modular units with which it is in operable connection, and in enhancing structural and mechanical characteristics of the unit.

Abstract: The toespace below the door of a front-loading dishwasher is closed off from the under-tub space inside the dishwasher assembly by a combined toeplate-and-access-panel member which also closes off the door-bottom-receiving recess above the toespace; in installed condition, the combined member is anchored at its top edge by cooperating projecting and receptor elements associated respectively with the tub bottom and the top edge of the combined member.

Abstract: An article of furniture with a drawer movable horizontally within a drawer-receiving receptacle, into and from a closed position and through a range of opened positions, is provided with a footrest having an expansive, cushioned, foot-supportive panel. The drawer has an interior space, walls including outer, inner, side walls, and file-hanging rails mounted within the drawer so as to extend between the outer and inner walls or between the side walls, near the other walls, to accommodate file folders with upper hangers extending above the file-hanging rails. The footrest is mounted to one of the outer and side walls so as to be pivotally movable through at least about 90.degree.

Abstract: A cigar humidor is provided. The humidor includes first and second cigar storage compartments. The first compartment includes a humidifier such that cigars stored in the first compartment communicate with the humidifier and are capable of long-term storage. The second compartment is isolated from all sources of humidity and is substantially smaller than the first compartment. Cigars intended for long-term storage are contained in the first compartment. Cigars intended for smoking in the near term future are moved from the first compartment to the second compartment and are permitted to undergo a controlled dehumidification and to be in optimum condition for smoking shortly after being placed in the isolated second compartment.

Abstract: A box that can be given as a gift or special presentation or to commemorate a special event. The box is fitted with shelves and trays that can be arrranged in a variety of ways so as to contain objects of different sizes and shapes. An insert for a tray provides a flexible array of smaller compartments. A covered plate fitted with straps allows various articles to be held securely thereto. An easily removable reversible front panel must be raised to change the interior arrangement of shelves and trays and also provides a surface for decoration or commemorative indicia. A picture frame demountably attached to the top of the box can be used to hold an invitation, special message or photograph. Areas are provided within the box to store some of the components when they are not in use. The addition of a knife holding unit and suitable adjustment of the components enables the box to be used to store table flatware.

Abstract: At least one comb-like divider (5) that is movable between an erect position and a lowered position is pivotably mounted on the basket. A pivot member (6) of the divider is pivoted in an elongate hole of at least one support member (8) which is fixed to the basket. At least one shaped projection (10) of the pivot member (6) is capable of slidably co-operating with a cam profile (14) of the member (8). The cam profile terminates upwardly with a recess (15) that is aligned with the elongate hole (9) and receives the shaped projection (10) when the movable divider (5) is in the erect position. The shaped projection (10) is disengageable from the recess (15) with a lifting movement of the pivot member (6) along the elongate hole (9) in such a way as to permit the movable divider (5) to rotate towards the lowered position.

Abstract: An armoire is disclosed which can be opened to provide a compact interior office including a tiered desktop. The armoire additionally provides for a shelving support system which can be arranged, as needed, to support, for example, various components of a computer system. The present invention provides space sufficient for the desk to be retracted within the interior of the armoire and to further accommodate a conventional chair within the closed interior of the armoire, thereby hiding the office.

Abstract: A sealable enclosure is specially adapted to hold a conventional tablet of paper palettes or a reusable palette having paints mixed thereon to prevent drying of the paints. Within the enclosure is attached a packet of oxygen scavenging material for preventing polymerization of oil-based paints on the palette. An improved seal slows drying of acrylic paints. The enclosure fabricated from injection molded plastic having a neutral color.

Abstract: A cover for containers, especially glass jars, that are used to store and keep fresh consumable merchandise, such as tobacco, coffee, or tea. The cover includes structure for receiving a cover mount member that facilitates attachment of a mechanical interface structure that carries and supports a humidity control member in a manner that further facilitates gravitational capillary action of the water in the humidistat. In kit form, a cover mount member is provided with structure that facilitates attachment to a container's cover member and also with mounting structure for fitting a mechanical interface, such as a grommet, that receives the inlet end of a humidistat. The cover mount member and humidity control member are detachable from the cover member for filling the humidity control member with water. The humidity control valve at the distal end of the humidity control member is adjustable for delivering the desired humidity according to the dryness of the product contained in the container.

Abstract: A pinball machine is provided and includes a game cabinet having disposed therein a playfield movable between open, intermediate, and closed positions. A support assembly is used for maintaining the playfield within the cabinet. The support assembly includes a pair of cabinet brackets mounted one to each side of the cabinet where each of the brackets has a riding surface. A pair of wheels are mounted to the playfield and are provided to ride along the riding surface of a corresponding one of the cabinet brackets. A pair of support arms is further provided each having one end thereof pivotally attached to the cabinet and the other end thereof pivotally attached to the playfield wherein at least one of the support arms has pivotally attached thereto a prop arm which is engageable with the playfield when the playfield is disposed in the intermediate position.

Abstract: A convertible computer workstation comprising a desk having a horizontal working surface, a front panel, a vertical side panel located at one end of the working surface to support the working surface, a second vertical side panel located at the opposite end of the working surface to support the working surface, a third vertical support panel located approximately mid-way between the first and second side panel, a plurality of computer component shelves located between one side panel and the third support panel, a retractable keyboard drawer with a rear surface located between the opposite side panel and the third support panel, a monitor housing for supporting a computer monitor located behind the keyboard drawer comprising a horizontal working surface located within the desk working surface and hingedly connected to the desk front panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a bottom panel, and a rear panel, all attached to the underside surface of the monitor housing working surface, means to lock the mo

Abstract: A utensil holder or tray is provided for use in a dishwasher for holding odd-shaped utensils. The tray is movably supported upon the upper perimeter edge of a conventional dish rack. Rollers or hooks are provided for rollably or slidably supporting the tray upon the rack. Movement of the tray upon the rack is limited by detents or the like. The tray can be quickly and easily installed on or removed from the rack.

Abstract: A tool box assembly for use in a bed of a pick-up truck comprising, a storage container having a bottom, a top, a door attached to the bottom, the door pivotable from a vertical closed position to a horizontal open position and a mechanism for affixing the storage container to the pickup truck bed, a tool box pivotably attached to the storage container, the tool box manually pivotable about a vertical axis between a storage position and an operable position, the tool box disposed substantially within the storage container in the storage position and disposed partially outside the storage box in the operable position, the tool box including a mechanism engageable with the door in the open position for facilitating the pivoting of the tool box between the storage position and the operable position.

Abstract: An armrest provided with a writing surface for a seated user, such armrest being of narrow, elongate construction and having a rear end, a front end, an interior portion and an upper portion. A usable surface of elongate configuration is disposed in the upper portion of the armrest, with this usable surface being supported in a manner enabling the usable surface to be slidably withdrawn from the front end of the armrest, and thereafter to be returned at the option of the user to a retracted location in the interior of the armrest. The usable surface is unimpaired as a writing surface by virtue of the slidable mounting for this member being located on the underside of the usable surface. A tiltable writing surface may be hingedly mounted on the usable surface, with the tiltable writing surface having a device thereon by which writing material can be removably attached to the tiltable writing surface.

Abstract: A dishwasher rack assembly includes a first elongated rod extending across the rack bottom in one direction and a second elongated rod extending across the rack bottom and crossing the first rod at an angle. A comb includes a base rod overlying the first elongated rod and a finger projecting outward of the base rod. A connector includes a first pair of spaced apart walls forming a first downwardly open recess receiving the rods in a vertical array; a second pair of spaced apart walls forming a second downwardly open recess receiving the second elongated rod; and a third set of spaced apart walls forming a laterally open recess intersecting the first and second recesses and receiving the finger so that the comb can be moved between a position with the finger extending upward and a position with the finger lying parallel to the first and second rods.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for moving an ATM housed in a structure from a retracted position to an extended position. The apparatus includes a base and a mechanism coupled to the ATM module for guiding movement of the ATM module relative to the base. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for selectively moving the ATM module relative the base between the retracted position and the extended position. The moving mechanism includes a bellcrank rotatably coupled to the ATM and interference blocks attached to the base.

Abstract: An appliance for facilitating the sorting and handling of household trash as an aid to recycling such materials includes a housing with a plurality of vertically arrayed compartments containing horizontally disposed flexible bags with open ends extending through a separately covered access hole in each compartment front panel. Supporting slide mechanisms allow each compartment to be pulled out of the housing for unloading and alternate compartment configurations provide for the handling of waste newspaper or the inclusion of a trash compactor.

Abstract: A container for magnetic tape cassettes has a housing having a plurality of receiving compartments for magnetic tape cassettes, a plurality of base plates separating the compartments from one another, a lockable slider member ejectable under a spring action to a position in which a magnetic tape cassette arranged on the base plate can be removed, resilient locks provided on the slider member and formed as pivotable rocker arms adapted to engage two reel hubs of a magnetic tape cassette, projections arranged on the base plate, and elevations. The rocker arms have laterally mounted pegs which, when the slider member is ejected, disengage the rocker arms from the reel hub by running beneath the projections, and when the slider member is inserted, engage the rocker arms in the reel hub by running on the elevations.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a container member slidably mounted between spaced parallel container support side walls, wherein the container support side walls are mounted within a cabinet housing. The container support includes a gear rack mounted from the container support to a rear wall of the container member, and further includes a lid control cable extending from the container member to the lid directed through cooperative pulleys to effect simultaneous opening of the lid upon projection of the container member exteriorly of the cabinet housing relative to the spaced container support side wall.

Abstract: There is a drawer having a bottom, front, rear and left and right side walls. A continuous rim defines left and right upper edge flanges that extend along and connect to the respective upper edges of the left and right side walls. The left and right rim-flanges also define left and right roller tracks. Left and right rollers extend out from the side walls. Correspondingly, there is a set of left and right roller and slide hardware for attaching to a cabinet cavity. Thus, the side flanges defined by the rim also function as components of the drawer's roller slide. The drawer is supported by its flanges and rollers in such operable engagement with the roller and slide hardware that the drawer can slidably travel in a horizontal plane relative to the mounting structure.

Abstract: A dishwasher having a unique racking system mounted therein is provided. The dish racking system includes a lower rack having a side wall extending substantially higher than the front, rear and other side walls to define a protective barrier between a side panel of the washing chamber and various large articles placed adjacent the side wall for washing. An upper rack is supported above the lower rack. The upper rack has a bottom support means including at least one upwardly stepped portion adjacent the high side wall of the lower rack. A pivotal shelf is located generally intermediate the bottom support wall and the upper edge of the high side wall of the lower rack. A pivotal shelf can be similarly provided in the upper rack.

Abstract: A dishwasher having a unique racking system mounted therein is provided. The dish racking system includes a lower rack having a side wall extending substantially higher than the front, rear and other side walls to define a protective barrier between a side panel of the washing chamber and various large articles placed adjacent the side wall for washing. An upper rack is supported above the lower rack. The upper rack has a bottom support means including at least one upwardly stepped portion adjacent the high side wall of the lower rack. A pivotal shelf is located generally intermediate the bottom support wall and the upper edge of the high side wall of the lower rack. A pivotal shelf can be similarly provided in the upper rack. Attachable to either the lower or upper rack is a divider means. The divider means includes means for pivotally mounting a pair of the divider means on the bottom wall of either the upper or lower racks.

Abstract: A system for filing and storing documents is provided. The system comprises a file cabinet consisting of at least one compartment having a plurality of individually slidable storage units. Each storage unit consists of a pocket for retaining a series of documents. When the storage unit is pulled outwardly from the housing of the file cabinet, the documents retained in the pocket remain neatly organized and readily accessible. Further, easy identification of the documents retained in the pockets of the storage units is achieved. Each storage unit includes a slanted wall on which the documents stored therein are supported, a retaining arm for maintaining the documents fixed in the pocket and an assembly which allows movement of the unit, all of which are designed to enhance and facilitate the filing of documents.

Abstract: A housing includes a plurality of cavities directed through a forward wall, wherein an uppermost row of the cavities contains slidable drawer members for mounting various stationery components therewithin. Underlying cavities are arranged for positioning cards and sheet members therewithin. The housing includes a top floor spaced above a bottom floor, and the aforenoted cavities positioned below an upper edge of side walls of the housing to provide a writing and containment surface that includes a slot when an uppermost lid is mounted to a forward lid of the housing. A modificaiton of the invention includes a spring plate mounted in the slot to maintain mail and the like directed therewithin, as well as stationary devices to include a clock, stamp dispensing housing, calculator, and a calendar card mounted within a "U" shaped framework mounted within the top lid of the housing.

Abstract: Apparatus in combination with a door is provided wherein a cavity within a door includes a panel mounted retractably within the door to expose a cavity within the door. The cavity includes a slidably mounted cabinet wherein the cabinet includes a plurality of compartments each compartment including a latch member to secure each compartment within the cabinet for storage of valuables therewithin.

Abstract: A flat file for storing drawings, providing an easy way to pull a drawing from the middle of a stack of drawings without disrupting the previous order of the stack. A movable board mechanism allows one to lift the drawings stacked on top of a selected drawing and hold them while the selected drawing is retrieved. Later the drawing can be replaced under the board mechanism and the stack returned to its original order.

Abstract: An upright cabinet of molded construction suitable for outside use in storing various types of equipment. The component parts of the cabinet interlock in assembly to provide a high strength structure. Front and rear recesses furnish additional strength and rigidity to the structure as well as protectively housing the rear wall and front door of the cabinet.