Abstract: This invention relates to an assembly for supporting a drawer in a desk or cabinet wherein the drawer is provided with C-shaped guide channels recessed in grooves provided in the drawer side walls. The channels cooperate with guide rollers positioned at preselected locations upon mounting plates which, in turn, are secured to a cabinet structure.

Abstract: A storage system for items such as screws, nuts, bolts and other hardware parts includes a cabinet and drawers in which the parts are packaged and sold. Cooperating keyways and keys on the cabinet and drawers and the lack of supporting horizontal partitions in the cabinet preclude the use of drawers that are not appropriately formed.

Abstract: A drawer slide mechanism for detachably mounting a drawer in a cabinet includes a first slide member for rigidly mounting on the cabinet, a second slide member slidably engaging the first slide member, and a third slide member for rigidly mounting on the drawer. The first slide member provides a pair of facing tracks. The second slide member provides a second pair of tracks in solid bearing engagement with the first tracks. The second slide member further includes a third pair of tracks which face in opposite directions between the tracks of the second pair. The tracks of the third pair form, with a fourth pair of tracks provided on the third slide member, a pair of bearing races for receiving ball- or roller bearings. The fourth tracks face toward one another.

Abstract: A device for facilitating the sorting of documents is disclosed. The device includes a housing and a drawer selectively positionable both within the housing and extending from the housing. The housing includes a document accepting portion above and supported by a frame. Both the drawer and the document accepting portion include a series of slots for receiving and temporarily retaining the documents as they are being sorted.

Abstract: A machine includes a housing with a door or panel which is removable to provide an opening for access to the interior of the machine. The chassis which is normally horizontal carries two rear rollers at its sides near the rear of the chassis. The rear rollers engage horizontal guide rails on the sides of the housing. The chassis carries two front rollers at its sides near the front of the chassis. The front rollers engage a vertical guide. By these means the chassis is movable between its normal horizontal position and a vertical position in the opening at the front of the machine so that components on the underside of the chassis are accessible for servicing and repair.

Abstract: A drawer side panel having a channel extending lengthwise of the face thereof which is outermost in use, the channel being parallel to one longitudinal edge of the panel and having a longitudinally extending lip projecting across the entrance to the channel from at least one longitudinal edge thereof. The panel is used with novel forms of drawer runner and may be adapted to be interchangeably mounted on runners of different construction. Various other novel components are also disclosed.

Abstract: A structural unit for an electric vehicle which includes a box-like slide-in unit containing the electrical, electronic, and electro-mechanical structural elements for the control and regulation of the operating currents and voltages. The slide-in unit which is adapted to be securely connected with the vehicle, consists of a box-shaped slide-in tray provided with guide arrangement and of a support frame also provided with guide arrangement and adapted to be securely fastened at the vehicle. For purposes of establishing the electrical contacts, complementary plug-in contacts are arranged at corresponding places of the support frame and of the box-like slide-in unit whereby the top cover plate is removable at the slide-in unit and the front plate thereof is adapted to be tilted down while the slide-in unit itself is held in the support frame by means of clamping bolts.

Abstract: Drawer rail assemblies are attached to slotted vertical standards with special supports, each support having a clip and a slide element. The clip has projecting tabs to fit within the slots of the vertical standards at the selected height, and has ear portions forming a slide channel for retaining the slide element. The slide element has orifices to receive fasteners which attach the drawer rail thereto and also secure the slide element against further sliding motion in the clip.

Abstract: This invention relates to an undercounter support device and more specifically relates to a drawer support which can be conveniently removably located beneath a table top or horizontal work surface. Once the undercounter support is located beneath the horizontal surface a drawer or tray can be utilized in a convenient manner. When the undercounter support and accompanying drawer or tray is desired to be removed, a convenient apparatus is provided for this operation.

Abstract: A storage unit is comprised of two side walls, a rear wall, top and bottom wall and a front opening. The interior of the storage unit defines a storage cavity which is adapted to receive sliding drawers, trays or shelves. The interior of the side wall of the storage cavity defines a plurality of integrally molded support and stability arms. The drawers, trays or shelves slide between pairs of arms and are prevented from unintentional withdrawal by abutment stops. A trackway is provided in the interior which allows a Tambour door to close off the frontal opening and a drop front door is also disclosed to seal off the unit from outside contamination. Base units and transportation apparatus are also provided as attachments to the unit.

Abstract: A drawer mounting arrangement of the type which includes a pair of slider elements mounted on the drawer and a pair of rail elements mounted on the drawer frame for slidably supporting the slider elements. A first of the elements has a pair of longitudinally-extending first flanges, while a second of the elements has a second flange that extends between the first flanges and that has an enlarged rounded distal end. The first flanges can be formed with ridges to provide a narrow contact area with the enlarged rounded end of the first flange. A pair of low friction plastic spacer elements lie at either side of the wooden drawer to keep it spaced from the sides of the frame and provide low friction guiding of the drawer.

Abstract: A resilient restraining member for use with a cabinet having a drawer. The cabinet includes a rail integral with the drawer, a run secured to the cabinet and transport means secured to the drawer. The resilient restraining member has a first spring portion at one end adapted to be attached to the run and a second spring portion at the other end adapted to normally extend into the run. The transport means is disposed to travel along the run and to urge the second spring portion out of its path of travel as the drawer is moved toward a closed position. The second spring portion thereafter returns to its normal position extending into the run to cooperate with the transport means to releasably retain the drawer in the closed position. The transport means again is disposed to travel along the run and to urge the second spring portion out of its path of travel as the drawer is later moved toward an open position.

Abstract: Known furniture systems of the knock-down type are provided with improved connecting elements; i.e., hinge fixing plates, drawer slides, shelf supports and facing strips, which facilitate assembly and fabrication increase stability and durability, and refine the appearance of the cabinet. The improved hinge fixing plate includes bearing bosses so arranged and structured as to accept conventionally available hinges in such manner as to permit adjusting of the cabinet door overhang. The improved drawer slide includes a longitudinal open-end rear slot and a transverse or vertical open-bottom forward slot spaced therefrom; the two slots cooperating to form an improved installation means. The shelf support bracket attaches to the side edge of a partial shelf having the ear section cut off to provide clearance for a lighting fixture. The shelf bracket uses countersunk holes to provide clearance between the heads of the attaching screws and the adjusting side walls.

Abstract: A pull tray is disclosed comprising a planar support surface for a plurality of articles. The pull tray is easily converted into a drawer with front handle by means of a removeable handle. The pull tray is provided with a pair of shoulders which are adapted to provide sliding surfaces for a pair of channels defined by the handle. Additionally, the pull tray is provided with a resilient retention means which serves to selectively allow the handle to be secured and removed from the pull tray.

Abstract: The cart comprises a housing containing a plurality of supports for slidable shelves and a plurality of horizontal louvers hinged to completely cover the spaces between adjacent shelves. Dust-proof seals are provided between adjacent louvers. A pair of vertical L-shaped brackets are hinged to the housing adjacent to the louvers, and the arrangement is such that the L-shaped brackets can be pivoted away from the louvers, and the louvers, when raised, can engage slots in at least one of the brackets which thus hold the louvers in the open position.

Abstract: A rollaway decking system for use in transport vehicles, e.g., truck trailers or shipping containers, includes a pair of tracks mounted on opposite side walls of the vehicle and a rollaway deck extending between the tracks. The deck has a plurality of articulated panels arranged in and edge to edge relationship with each adjacent pair of panels including an integral, hinge-like linking arrangement extending across the adjacent edges of the panels for pivotally connecting the panels together. Each track includes a support extending underneath the deck for engaging the underside of the deck under heavy load conditions. The deck includes a plurality of deck sections which can be used together or individually to accomodate various loads.

Abstract: A rack for mounting electronic equipment comprises two spaced plates each having a series of aligned channels. Each item of electronic equipment is carried by a frame which is located in the guideway defined by an opposed pair of channels, and the frame is individually clamped in each channel. Large items of equipment are held in several frames interconnected by resilient metal strips, but each frame is still individually locked in its respective pair of channels. Thus each frame has an independent thermal path to each plate, with predictable, uniform characteristics; in addition, the entire assembly is resistant to dynamic loads. The plates and/or the frames may be force-ventilated.

Abstract: A mobile utility cabinet for audio-visual aids, adaptable to house and transport video tape, recording, projection and like materials and equipment, and for use as a learning center, said cabinet having a plurality of removable and adjustable interior and exterior shelves and components, all supported by means formed integral with the walls of the cabinet and having vertically adjustable means for selectively supporting said audio-visual aids, the said cabinet being rigidly constructed and having means in its frame cooperating with said adjustable means to resist impact and damage during transport and storage.

Abstract: Each of a pair of drawer channel members is affixed to a correspondong side of a drawer having spaced opposite sides and opens outward toward a frame having a chamber therein accommodating the drawer and having spaced opposite sides, the sides being parallel. Each of a pair of frame channel members is affixed to a corresponding side of the frame in the chamber and opens inward toward the drawer and is positioned adjacent the corresponding drawer channel member. The channel members are positioned parallel. Each of a pair of extension bars is slidably positioned between a corresponding one of the drawer channel members and the adjacent frame channel member. Each of the channel members and each of the extension bars is shaped in a manner whereby each of the extension bars restrains, or is restrained by, the corresponding drawer channel member and frame channel member in sliding next-adjacent relation. Bores are formed through the extension bars.

Abstract: A drawer slide structure includes a pair of slide mechanisms supporting the drawer in a cabinet, each mechanism including a pair of vertically spaced telescoping inner and outer relatively slidable channels, the inner channels being rigidly interconnected, the lower outer channel being mounted to the cabinet and the upper channel supporting the drawer. An angle member is secured to the drawer side wall and rests on the upper outer channel and is coupled thereto by a resilient latch element mounted on the upper outer channel front end and releasably engaging a front opening in the angle member horizontal web. Intercoupling is effected merely by lowering the drawer onto the channel member and uncoupling is effected merely by pressing the latch element and raising the drawer front end. A resilient loop depends from the latch element and frictionally engages the lower outer channel in the slide contracted position to prevent inadvertent withdrawal of the drawer.

Abstract: A container for tape cassettes of the type which have broad flat surfaces adjoining a longitudinal edge through which the tape is exposed; and wherein the cassette has broad rib-like trapezoidal bosses on each of the broad flat surfaces of the cassette; a container for such cassettes with a slide to carry the cassette into and out of the housing, the bottom wall, whether it be on the housing or the slide, having an opening to receive the trapezoidal boss of the cassette; and the top wall may also have an opening to receive the adjacent trapezoidal boss of the cassette; the carrier slide having guiding means at its opposite sides to guide with the housing at a location outwardly beyond the ends of the bosses on the cassette.

Abstract: A support panel for an inner cabinet storage system adapted to support a plurality of shelves, trays or the like within a larger storage cavity. The planar support panel is provided with a plurality of spaced horizontal slots on each face thereof for slidably receiving the shelves, trays or the like and includes at its top edge outwardly directed hook-shaped members which hang the panel from complementary ledges on the top wall of the storage cavity. The panel further includes a pair of spaced cam members which are journaled within the panel and extend through slots in the bottom of the panel. The cam members are rotatable to change the effective height of the panel and thereby secure the panel within the larger storage cavity.

Abstract: A support strip adapted to be mounted on a desk or cabinet panel and to provide support for drawer guides which are conventionally used to support a drawer for sliding movement within a desk or cabinet enclosure.

Abstract: A cabinet for a household trash compactor incorporates a cutting board on the top to enclose a bag storage compartment. The cutting board is reversible and is both hinged to permit access to the bag storage compactment and removable for cleaning and detached use.

Abstract: A modular flexible wall storage system comprised of a series of cabinets each of which is constructed to be readily adaptable to drawer or shelf storage, as desired by the purchaser. Vertical standards are mounted on the vertical walls of the cabinet and drawer or shelf supporting hardware is alternatively mounted on the standards to support the shelves or the drawers, with the hardware for the latter, and support means mounted on the drawers, permitting relatively frictionless sliding movement of the drawer inwardly and outwardly of the cabinet. Doors can be mounted on the cabinet quickly and easily and can be pivoted a full 180.degree. so as not to extend into the traffic area in front of the system when the doors are fully open. The cabinets are supported on a support assembly which includes leveling means permitting levelling of the support assembly prior to installation of the system thereby compensating for unevenness in the floor or other supporting surface on which the system is installed.

Abstract: A shelf assembly particularly adapted for use in a household refrigerator comprises a cantilever supported frame and a sliding shelf which may easily be removed from the frame. The frame includes a pair of shelf guides or tracks which, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, are inwardly extending horizontal flanges attached to frame side members. The shelf includes a pair of shelf side members which are slidably supported on the cooperating upper surfaces of the horizontal flanges. Attached near the rear corners of the shelf are outwardly extending projections which ride against the lower surfaces of the flanges to prevent the rear of the shelf from moving upwardly. A stop prevents the shelf from being pulled out farther than the extended position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a guide rail for drawers in which the rail is formed with lugs engaging grooves in the side walls of the drawers frame into which the lugs are introduced by a rotary motion of a tool for anchorage purposes.