A cabinet for the storage of files, books or papers comprising a floor panel, a vertically-arranged back panel fixed to the rear edge of said floor panel, vertically-arranged side panels fixed to the side edges of both said floor and back panels, a plurality of divider panels fixed to said floor and
A cabinet for the storage of files, books or papers comprising a floor panel, a vertically-arranged back panel fixed to the rear edge of said floor panel, vertically-arranged side panels fixed to the side edges of both said floor and back panels, a plurality of divider panels fixed to said floor and back panels and positioned parallel to and intermediate of said side panels, and a roof panel fixed to said side panels, said divider panels and said back panel; locating and releasable fixing means being provided along each panel edge abutting another panel; zones of said side and divider panels being provided with ribbing to stiffen them; the lower surfaces of said floor panel and upper surfaces of said roof panel being made with complementary shapings which cooperate to provide a locating function when multiple said cabinets are in stacked arrangement.
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1. A cabinet for storage of files, books, or papers, comprising: a floor panel;vertically-arranged side panels fixed to side edges of said floor panel;one or more divider panels fixed to said floor panel and positioned parallel to and intermediate of said side panels;a vertically-arranged back panel
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A cabinet for storage of files, books, or papers, comprising: a floor panel;vertically-arranged side panels fixed to side edges of said floor panel;one or more divider panels fixed to said floor panel and positioned parallel to and intermediate of said side panels;a vertically-arranged back panel fixed to rear edges of said floor panel and said side and divider panels;a roof panel fixed over or to said side panels, said divider panels and said back panel, wherein said side, divider, back and roof panels are successively fixed in place to locate and positively lock in place previously fixed panels thereby preventing their inadvertent displacement;stiffening ribbing provided around edges of said side and divider panels being blended into said panels at their open edges to prevent obstruction of articles being placed in or withdrawn from said cabinet;a plurality of locating and releasable fixing means being provided on any lower, rearward and upper edges of said side, divider and back panels, said fixing means cooperating with complementary means provided in any of said floor panel, said back panel and said roof panel;wherein upper surfaces of said roof panel comprise complementary shapings which have dual functions of providing receptacles for small articles, and of cooperating with complementary shapings of an underside of said floor panel to provide a locating function when multiple said cabinets are in stacked arrangement;wherein said cabinet is configured to be assembled into a stiff and secure structure capable of multiple stacking, able to sustain robust treatment without dislodgement of components, and to be readily disassembled; andwherein a front part of said floor panel projecting outwardly beyond outer, lower edges of said side and divider panels is formed into an apron which slopes downwardly to a thin outer edge, said apron minimizing impediment to movement of a file, book or paper being offered up to said cabinet. 2. The cabinet of claim 1 in which the stiffening ribbing comprises outer edge ribs on outer, unsupported edges of said side panels and said divider panels. 3. The cabinet of claim 1 in which said floor panel is provided at its back edge with a robust, raised rail. 4. The cabinet of claim 1 in which internal surfaces of said floor, back and roof panels are provided with raised attachment rails, said raised attachment rails providing a raised surface to abut the stiffening ribbing of said side and divider panels, space on the opposite side to accommodate extending parts of said fixing means and raised edges to guide lower side edges of articles as they are lodged in said cabinet. 5. The cabinet of claim 4 wherein the fixing means on the side and divider panels comprise two or more attachment lugs formed on the lower, back and upper edges of the stiffening ribbing thereof, said attachment lugs being complementary to the complementary means, which comprise keyhole-type attachment apertures provided along said raised, parallel attachment rails of said floor panel, wherein space on an opposite side of said raised attachment rails accommodates the attachment lugs extending from the side, divider and back panels, said side and divider panels being fixed to said floor panel by entering the attachment lugs through larger parts of the attachment apertures and then displacing said dividers and side panels rearwardly such that the attachment lugs are captured beneath narrow parts of said attachment apertures, said small complementary elements providing a positive ‘click’ engagement when said attachment lugs are properly engaged with said keyhole-type attachment apertures. 6. The cabinet of claim 4 in which said back panel is made with parallel, vertically-arranged edge channels and parallel, vertically-arranged intermediate channels formed on its inner surface, said channels being positioned coincidently with said attachment rails of said floor panel and are adapted to receive the stiffening ribbing along a back edge of said side and divider panels when said divider and side panels are properly fixed to said floor panel; suitable apertures provided in upper parts of said channels accommodating clawed tabs formed on the stiffening ribbing on the back edge of said side and divider panels, said clawed tabs extending through said apertures when said side and divider panels are properly fixed to said floor panel, wherein claws of said clawed tabs are elastically deflected by, and then engage the edge surfaces of said apertures as they pass through said apertures; the engagement of said claws with said back panel positively securing said side and divider panels to said back panel, said side and divider panels being able to be removed by deflecting said clawed tabs laterally to release said claws from their engagement with said edge surfaces of said apertures, thereby permitting said clawed tabs to be withdrawn through said apertures. 7. The cabinet of claim 1 in which, wherein the shapings formed in the upper surfaces of the roof panel form trays to accommodate small stationery articles. 8. The cabinet of claim 1 in which a flat exterior surface is provided in a panel by bonding an exterior skin to the outer surface of said panel, said skin being located by a raised edge provided around a periphery of said panel. 9. The cabinet of claim 1 in which said floor panel is provided with raised, parallel attachment rails along its side edges, raised parallel attachment rails positioned parallel and intermediately to them and a raised attachment rail along its back edge, said attachment rails each having a surface to be abutted, respectively, by stiffening ribbing on lower edges of said side, divider and back panels; keyhole-type attachment apertures formed in said abutting surfaces of said attachment rails being complementary to attachment lugs formed on said stiffening ribbing on the lower edge ribs of said side, divider and back panels, which form the complementary means and the fixing means, respectively, wherein capturing of said lugs in said attachment apertures acting to fix in place the respective side, divider and back panels upon which said lugs are formed; said raised attachment rails providing space on an opposite side to accommodate extending parts of said attachment lugs and raised edges to guide lower side edges of articles as they are lodged in said cabinet. 10. The cabinet of claim 9 in which said floor panel is raised slightly above a supporting surface by a continuous flange passing completely around its lower, outer edge, a plurality of shallow, transverse, downwardly projecting webs being provided on an underside of said floor panel contacting a supporting surface and, thereby, acting to support said floor panel against loadings applied to it, channels in the underside of said floor panel being generated as a result of formation of said attachment rails; webs passing transversely across said channels being provided to confer added stiffness and small concavities arranged transversely to narrow parts of some or all said keyhole-type attachment apertures are provided to engage small complementary convexities provided on upper surfaces of heads or caps of said attachment lugs, said complementary shapings providing a positive ‘click’ engagement when said attachment lugs are properly engaged with said keyhole-type attachment apertures; a plurality of shallow, arcuately-arranged, downwardly projecting webs being provided on the underside of said floor panel, said webs being positioned to engage an outer edge of said roof panel of a lower cabinet when two or more said cabinets are in stacked arrangement, said arcuately-arranged webs being made with forwardly extending buttresses which act to stiffen a cantilevered outer part of said floor panel of an upper cabinet in a stacked arrangement. 11. The cabinet of claim 1 in which the fixing means comprises two or more attachment lugs formed along the stiffening ribbing on lower edge of said back panel, said complementary means comprises a complementary keyhole-type attachment apertures provided in a raised attachment rail along a rear edge of the floor panel, said back panel being fixed to said floor panel by entering said attachment lugs through larger parts of said attachment apertures and then displacing said back panel laterally such that said attachment lugs are captured beneath narrow parts of said attachment apertures, wherein small complementary convexities and concavities provide a positive ‘click’ engagement when said attachment lugs are properly engaged with said keyhole-type attachment apertures. 12. The cabinet of claim 1 in which said side panels and said divider panels are made identical, suitable apertures being provided in said side and divider panels for weight-reduction purposes and ribbing being provided around the edges of said apertures to improve stiffness; unsupported outer edges of said side and divider panels being made with suitable cut-away areas to facilitate grasping of files, books or papers accommodated within said cabinet. 13. The cabinet of claim 1 in which one or more sprung tabs are provided on an upper edge of said back panel, said tabs being separated from said back panel by slots such that they are free to be elastically displaced, wherein upper, free ends of said sprung tabs are provided with claws adapted to engage complementary strikers on said roof panel when said roof panel is properly assembled onto said side and divider panels and said back panel, thereby securing said roof panel in place; pads being formed on said sprung tabs to facilitate application of finger pressure to said tabs to deflect them and, thereby, to release engagement of said claws with said roof panel strikers and permit disengagement and removal of said roof panel. 14. The cabinet of claim 1 in which said side and divider panels are made with a horizontal rib along their upper edges, said horizontal ribs being supported from the stiffening ribbing on upper edges of said side and divider panels on a short web having more or less the same thickness as the generality of said side and divider panels, said web being stiffened by a plurality of intermediate stiffening bars, and an outer end of each said rib being formed into a projecting toe; side edge channels being formed along side edges of an underside of said roof panel, intermediate channels being formed parallel to said side edge channels on the underside of said roof panel, and a back edge channel being formed along a back edge of the underside of said roof panel; anchor lugs are arranged in a transverse line and located in said side edge and intermediate channels towards their outer ends and are adapted to accommodate said toes between said anchor lugs and the underside of said roof panel, an outer edge of each said web immediately beneath said toes being captured in a notch formed in an inner edge of each said anchor lug; said roof panel being assembled to said side and divider panels and said back panel by tilting said roof panel such that said anchor lugs can be offered up to and engaged with said toes and, with visual confirmation of said engagement, lowering of said roof panel to a horizontal position while urging it inwardly to maintain engagement of said anchor lugs with said toes; said horizontal position of said roof panel causing said horizontal ribs of said side and divider panels to enter said side edge and intermediate channels formed on the underside of said roof panel and said horizontal rib formed on the upper edge of said back panel to enter said channel formed on the underside of the back edge of said roof panel, upper ends of sprung tabs provided on the upper edge of said back panel being simultaneously elastically deflected forwardly by claws contacting angled edges of strikers formed at an inner edge of said roof panel, said claws riding over and engaging the edges of said strikers. 15. The cabinet of claim 14 in which one or more buttresses are provided on the underside of said roof panel immediately forward of said sprung tabs in their positions of engagement with said strikers, said buttresses acting to limit inward elastic deflection of said sprung tabs when finger pressure is applied to said sprung tabs. 16. The cabinet of claim 1 in which disassembly of said cabinet is effected by reversal of a processes of installing said roof panel on said side, divider and back panels, installing of said side and divider panels on said floor and back panels and installing of said back panel on said floor panel, wherein sprung tabs provided on the upper edge of said back panel being elastically deflected to release a back edge of said roof panel and clawed tabs on the stiffening ribbing of said side and divider panels being elastically deflected to disengage them from outer edge surfaces of apertures in said back panel to release said side and divider panels. 17. The cabinet of claim 1 in which, when two or more said cabinets are in stacked arrangement, one or more claws provided on a lower, inner edge of a back part of a continuous flange or skirt passing around said floor panel of an upper one of the cabinets are elastically deflected to pass down over an outside back surface of the said roof panel of a lower one of said cabinets, wherein arcuately-arranged webs formed on an underside of said floor panel of the upper cabinet abut an outer edge of said roof panel of the lower cabinet. 18. A cabinet for storage, comprising: a floor panel;vertically-arranged side panels fixed to side edges of said floor panel;one or more divider panels fixed to said floor panel and positioned parallel to and intermediate of said side panels;a vertically-arranged back panel fixed to rear edges of said floor panel and said side and divider panels;a roof panel fixed over or to said side panels, said divider panels and said back panel, wherein said side, divider, back and roof panels are successively fixed in place to locate and positively lock in place previously fixed panels thereby preventing their inadvertent displacement;stiffening ribbing provided around all edges of said side and divider panels being blended into said panels at their open edges to prevent obstruction of articles being placed in or withdrawn from said cabinet;raised, parallel attachment rails provided on internal surfaces of said floor, back and roof panels, said raised attachment rails providing a raised surface to abut the stiffening ribbing of said side and divider panels;a plurality of locating and releasable fixing elements provided on lower, rearward and upper edges of said side, divider and back panels, said fixing elements cooperating with complementary elements provided in said floor panel, said back panel and said roof panel, wherein said releasable fixing elements on the side and divider panels comprise two or more attachment lugs formed on the lower, back and upper edges of the stiffening ribbing thereof, said attachment lugs being complementary to keyhole-type attachment apertures provided along said raised, parallel attachment rails of said floor panel, wherein space on an opposite side of said raised attachment rails accommodates the attachment lugs extending from the side, divider and back panels, said side and divider panels being fixed to said floor panel by entering the attachment lugs through larger parts of the attachment apertures and then displacing said dividers and side panels rearwardly such that the attachment lugs are captured beneath narrow parts of said attachment apertures, said small complementary elements providing a positive ‘click’ engagement when said attachment lugs are properly engaged with said keyhole-type attachment apertures;wherein upper surfaces of said roof panel comprise complementary shapings which have dual functions of providing receptacles for small articles, and of cooperating with complementary shapings of an underside of said floor panel to provide a locating function when multiple said cabinets are in stacked arrangement;wherein said cabinet is configured to be assembled into a stiff and secure structure capable of multiple stacking, able to sustain robust treatment without dislodgement of components, and to be readily disassembled. 19. A cabinet for storage, comprising: a floor panel;vertically-arranged side panels fixed to side edges of said floor panel;one or more divider panels fixed to said floor panel and positioned parallel to and intermediate of said side panels;a vertically-arranged back panel fixed to rear edges of said floor panel and said side and divider panels;a roof panel fixed over or to said side panels, said divider panels and said back panel, wherein said side, divider, back and roof panels are successively fixed in place to locate and positively lock in place previously fixed panels thereby preventing their inadvertent displacement;stiffening ribbing provided around all edges of said side and divider panels being blended into said panels at their open edges to prevent obstruction of articles being placed in or withdrawn from said cabinet;a plurality of locating and releasable fixing means being provided on any lower, rearward and upper edges of said side, divider and back panels, said fixing means cooperating with complementary means provided in any of said floor panel, said back panel and said roof panel;wherein upper surfaces of said roof panel comprise complementary shapings which have dual functions of providing receptacles for small articles, and of cooperating with complementary shapings of an underside of said floor panel to provide a locating function when multiple said cabinets are in stacked arrangement;wherein said cabinet is configured to be assembled into a stiff and secure structure capable of multiple stacking, able to sustain robust treatment without dislodgement of components, and to be readily disassembled; andwherein the floor panel comprises: a continuous flange or skirt passing around said floor panel,one or more claws on a lower, inner edge of a back part of the continuous flange or skirt, anda plurality of shallow, arcuately-arranged, downwardly projecting webs provided on an underside of said floor panel,wherein when two or more said cabinets are in a stacked arrangement, the one or more claws provided on the flange or skirt of an upper one of the cabinets are elastically deflected to pass down over an outside back surface of the said roof panel of a lower one of the cabinets to engage recesses formed therein, wherein the plurality of downwardly projecting webs abut an outer edge of said roof panel and engagement of said claws with recesses in the roof panel of the lower cabinet to positively locate the floor panel of the upper cabinet upon the roof panel of the lower cabinet.
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Kordowski John J., Adjustable divider unit to support notebooks.
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