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A storage cabinet having a body with front, rear and side walls extending upwardly from a bottom to define a storage space and having recessed handles mounted within recesses in the side walls and with preformed skid members secured to the underside of the bottom and adapted for attachment of caster

A storage cabinet having a body with front, rear and side walls extending upwardly from a bottom to define a storage space and having recessed handles mounted within recesses in the side walls and with preformed skid members secured to the underside of the bottom and adapted for attachment of casters. The particular storage cabinet disclosed additionally has a two-part cover with reinforcing members associated therewith to strengthen the cover and coact with the body components to render the storage cabinet more secure against theft.

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A storage cabinet of sheet metal having a body with front, rear and side walls extending upwardly from a bottom to define a storage space, said side walls having upper edges which lie in a plane parallel to said bottom and said front wall having a major part thereof with an upper edge positioned at

A storage cabinet of sheet metal having a body with front, rear and side walls extending upwardly from a bottom to define a storage space, said side walls having upper edges which lie in a plane parallel to said bottom and said front wall having a major part thereof with an upper edge positioned at a lower level than said plane to provide a front access opening, a two-part cover for said cabinet hinged along the upper edge of said rear wall with one part of the cover of a width to span the upper edges of the side walls and having a section at a right angle to the major part thereof, the other part of the cover being hinged to said section along an edge thereof and having a width and length to coact with said section and cover said access opening when the cover is closed, a cover restrictor connected between said cover parts to limit relative pivotal movement of said parts and movable to a position to permit said cover parts to lie in close generally parallel relation when the cover is open, elongate reinforcing members secured to the underside of the cover parts and positioned to lie immediately within the upper edges of the side walls and parts of the front wall extending upwardly at either side of the access opening to strengthen the cover and deter insertion of a prying tool, a reinforcing member secured to the free edge of the other part of the cover and having a flange spaced therefrom to provide a U-shaped space for receiving and interfitting with the front wall edge which is positioned at said lower level, said space having a sufficient height to maintain said interfit for a limited amount of movement of the cover upwardly relative to the front wall, lock means associated with the body and the cover including a pair of lock members pivotally mounted on said reinforcing members secured to said one part of the cover and a pair of padlock holders secured to said side walls within the storage space and opening to the exterior of the side walls for exterior access, each of said side walls having a formed horizontally-extending rib defining a recess for strengthening of the side walls, a pair of handles pivotally mounted one in each of said recesses for movement between a storage position lying within the recess and behind the exterior faces of the side walls to operative positions extended outwardly of the recesses, a shelf within the storage space secured at its ends to said side walls and resting upon the side wall ribs, and skid members secured to the underside of said bottom each including a formed member with an interior chamber and a series of openings, and a pair of plates secured to the formed member within the chamber at opposite ends thereof and having holes in alignment with said openings for mounting of casters on the underside of said skid members.