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An arrangement for mounting a removable accessory such as a drawer unit to the underside of a work surface without the use of tools. A pair of front and rear slot and projection couplings are used to mount the accessory on the underside of the work surface, and a spring automatically locks the acces

An arrangement for mounting a removable accessory such as a drawer unit to the underside of a work surface without the use of tools. A pair of front and rear slot and projection couplings are used to mount the accessory on the underside of the work surface, and a spring automatically locks the accessory to the work surface when the projections are fully engaged with the slots.

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In a mounting arrangement including a work surface and a removable accessory mounted on the underside of said work surface, the improvement which comprises: said work surface has a substantially horizontal, downwardly opening, elongated front slot formed on the underside thereof, said front slot tap

In a mounting arrangement including a work surface and a removable accessory mounted on the underside of said work surface, the improvement which comprises: said work surface has a substantially horizontal, downwardly opening, elongated front slot formed on the underside thereof, said front slot tapering in depth forwardly from the rear end thereof in the lengthwise direction of said front slot; said accessory has a front upright projection on top wall means thereof, said projection having flange means formed at the tip thereof, which front projection is inserted through a forward end portion of said front slot on the underside of said work surface and is then moved rearwardly and upwardly along said front slot to said rear end thereof, so that said front projection is snugly held at said rear end of said slot; said accessory further has a self-locking releasable spring means for resiliently locking said front projection at the rear end of said front slot; said spring means comprises a spring plate which extends forwardly from said front projection, resiliently snaps into said front slot as said front projection moves rearwardly along said front slot, and is adapted to engage a front wall of said front slot so as to prevent movement of said front projection forwardly within said front slot; said work surface has a substantially vertical, frontwardly opening rear slot formed on the underside thereof, and said accessory has a rear, substantially horizontally extending projection which is inserted into said rear slot as said front projection is inserted into said front slot, which rear projection is locked into said rear slot by said spring means; and said work surface has a pair of parallel front and rear, upwardly opening channel members secured to the underside thereof, said rear channel member having a front wall which defines said rear slot therein, and said front channel member having a bottom wall which defines said front slot therein, said bottom wall of said front channel member defining a cover which extends over said front slot so that said spring plate contacts the underside of said cover when said spring plate is in locked position, said cover being integral with said bottom wall of said front channel member.