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A drawer-receiving chest or cabinet stored and shipped as a unit in collapsed folded-flat form and erectible by unfolding to a sturdy structure having several openings for slidably-receiving and supporting drawers, as a chest of drawers, cabinet or the like, and having a one-piece back panel to whic

A drawer-receiving chest or cabinet stored and shipped as a unit in collapsed folded-flat form and erectible by unfolding to a sturdy structure having several openings for slidably-receiving and supporting drawers, as a chest of drawers, cabinet or the like, and having a one-piece back panel to which is hingedly fastened all of the structural elements to form a unitary structure, including a forward framework defining drawer openings and drawer-supporting shelves hingedly connected to the back panel; and side and top panels respectively hingedly connected to the vertical edges of the back panel and the top panel hingedly connected both to the top edge of the back panel and to the forward framework, thus allowing the sides and top to be unfoldable forward from the back panel to define sides and top encasing said framework, with the side elements carrying foldable flaps on the forward edge of each side and folding horizontally inward about a vertical frame element to firmly secure the total structure into an erected drawer-supporting assembly, without need for and free of other fastening elements, such as screws, nails or the like, the flaps rigidly maintaining the cabinet as a strong drawer-supporting piece of furniture.

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A substantially flat-foldable and erectible to a comparatively large space furniture piece of the character of a rugged drawer-supporting chest of drawers, cabinet, or the like secured in erected position by self-securing laterally foldable flaps without use of tools or fasteners such as screws, bol

A substantially flat-foldable and erectible to a comparatively large space furniture piece of the character of a rugged drawer-supporting chest of drawers, cabinet, or the like secured in erected position by self-securing laterally foldable flaps without use of tools or fasteners such as screws, bolts, nails, clips or the like, comprising a unitary back panel foldably hinged as one piece to each of a rectangular forward frame, top and sides, said forward frame being formed of wooden stiffening strips or their structural equivalent and comprising vertical side supporting legs extending approximately from top to bottom and fastened to a plurality of horizontal cross frame pieces disposed below each drawer level for horizontal support of a drawer therein and securing said vertical legs into a rigid frame, means hinged at their forward edges to said cross frame pieces and at their rear ends to said back panel by hinging elements comprising flexible strips, partial scoring lines or rigidly mounted hinge elements or the like providing hinged folding support for said frame against said back panel in folded position and horizontal sliding support for the drawers in erected drawer-supporting position, each of said sides having a vertically disposed series of said self-securing flaps supported from a forward side edge, each flap being foldable horizontally about a vertical leg into a drawer opening and secured therein, the combined self-securing flaps in said folded position serving as the sole locking means for the erected assembly.