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A mobile storage system includes a cabinet convertible between an open configuration for storing items and a folded configuration for transportation of the cabinet. The cabinet includes rear, left, right, top, and bottom walls that cooperate to form an Interior storage space having a front opening.

A mobile storage system includes a cabinet convertible between an open configuration for storing items and a folded configuration for transportation of the cabinet. The cabinet includes rear, left, right, top, and bottom walls that cooperate to form an Interior storage space having a front opening. The cabinet further includes a pair of wheels and a handle so that the cabinet can be moved as a cart. One or more drawers can be removably connected to and supported by drawer slides within the cabinet so that the drawers are movable into and out of the Interior storage space through the front opening. The drawers can be configured to be used as drawers for long term storage when located within the cabinet and as suitcases for travelling storage when removed from the cabinet.

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1. A mobile storage system comprising, in combination: a cabinet including a rear wall, opposed left and right side walls hingedly connected to the rear wall, a top wall hingedly connected to the rear wall, and a bottom wall hingedly connected to the rear wall;wherein the cabinet is configured to be

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A mobile storage system comprising, in combination: a cabinet including a rear wall, opposed left and right side walls hingedly connected to the rear wall, a top wall hingedly connected to the rear wall, and a bottom wall hingedly connected to the rear wall;wherein the cabinet is configured to be converted between an open configuration for use and a folded configuration for transportation;wherein, in the open configuration, the left and right side walls are parallel and each perpendicularly extend from the rear wall in a forward direction, the top wall perpendicularly extends from the rear wall in the forward direction and horizontally extends between the left and right side walls, the bottom wall perpendicularly extends from the rear wall in the forward direction and horizontally extends between the left and right side walls, and the top wall is parallel with and spaced-apart from the bottom wall so that the rear wall, the left and right side walls, the top wall, and the bottom wall cooperate to form an interior space having a front opening opposite the rear wall;wherein, in the folded configuration, the left and right side walls are each parallel with and in front of the rear wall, the top wall is parallel with and in front of the rear wall, and the bottom wall is parallel with and in front of the rear wall; andwherein the cabinet further includes a pair of laterally spaced-apart wheels located at the bottom of the rear wall;at least one pair of drawer slides secured to the left and right side walls respectively;wherein the drawer slides each include an elongate first member that is rigidly secured to the associated side wall in the forward/rearward direction to prevent relative movement between the first member and the associated side wall and an elongate second member that is supported by the elongate first member and longitudinally movable relative to the first member in the forward/rearward direction so that the elongate second member can be selectively extended and retracted relative to the elongate first member in the forward/rearward direction;at least one drawer removably connected to and supported by the elongate second members of the drawer slides so that the drawer is selectively movable into and out of the interior space through the front opening with the elongate second members of the drawer slides; andwherein the at least one drawer is selectively secured and removed from the elongate second members of the drawer slides by lowering and lifting the at least one drawer in the vertical direction relative to the elongate second members of the drawer slides. 2. The mobile storage system according to claim 1, wherein, in the folded configuration, the top wall and the bottom wall are each located between the rear wall and the left and right side walls. 3. The mobile storage system according to claim 1, wherein the cabinet is configured so that the cabinet can be supported and transported on the wheels in both the open configuration and the folded configuration. 4. The mobile storage system according to claim 1, further comprising a handle located at a top of the rear wall. 5. The mobile storage system according to claim 1, wherein there is a plurality of the drawers removably connected to the cabinet and movable into and out of the interior space through the front opening. 6. The mobile storage system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one drawer is configured as a suitcase. 7. The mobile storage system according to claim 6, wherein the suitcase is an expandable suitcase. 8. The mobile storage system according to claim 1, wherein opposed lateral sides of the at least one drawer are each provided with at least one bracket configured to receive an upwardly-extending tab of the elongate second members of the pair of drawer slides when the at least one drawer is lowered onto the elongate second members of the pair of drawer slides in the vertical direction to removably secure the at least one drawer to the elongate second members of the pair of drawer slides. 9. The mobile storage system according to claim 1, further comprising attachments configured to removably secure the at least one drawer to the elongate second members of the drawer slides when the at least drawer is lowered in the vertical direction onto the elongate second members of the pair of drawer slides, and wherein the attachments each include a vertically extending tab insertable into a cooperating bracket when the at least drawer is lowered in the vertical direction onto the elongate second members of the pair of drawer slides. 10. A mobile storage system comprising, in combination: a cabinet including a rear wall, opposed left and right side walls connected to the rear wall, a top wall connected to the rear wall, and a bottom wall connected to the rear wall;wherein the rear wall, the left and right side walls, the top wall, and the bottom wall cooperate to form an interior space having a front opening opposite the rear wall;at least one pair of drawer slides secured to the left and right side walls respectively;wherein the drawer slides each include an elongate first member that is rigidly secured to the associated side wall in the forward/rearward direction to prevent relative movement between the first member and the associated side wall and an elongate second member that is supported by the elongate first member and longitudinally movable relative to the first member in the forward/rearward direction so that the elongate second member can be selectively extended and retracted relative to the elongate first member in the forward/rearward direction;at least one drawer removably connected to and supported by the elongate second members of the drawer slides so that the drawer is selectively movable into and out of the interior space through the front opening with the elongate second members of the drawer slides; wherein the at least one drawer is selectively secured and removed from the elongate second members of the drawer slides by lowering and lifting the at least one drawer in the vertical direction relative to the elongate second members of the drawer slides; andwherein the at least one drawer is configured as a suitcase. 11. The mobile storage system according to claim 10, wherein opposed lateral sides of the at least one drawer are each provided with at least one bracket configured to receive an upwardly-extending tab of the elongate second members of the pair of drawer slides when the at least one drawer is lowered onto the elongate second members of the pair of drawer slides in the vertical direction to removably secure the at least one drawer to the elongate second members of the pair of drawer slides. 12. The mobile storage system according to claim 11, wherein the opposed lateral sides of the at least one drawer are each provided with a spaced-apart pair of the brackets configured to receive a space-apart pair of the upwardly-extending tabs on each of the elongate second members of the pair of drawer slides to removably secure the drawer to the elongate second members of the pair of drawer slides. 13. The mobile storage system according to claim 10, wherein the suitcase is an expandable suitcase. 14. The mobile storage system according to claim 10, wherein there are a plurality of the pairs of drawer slides secured to the left and right side walls respectively, there are a plurality of the drawers removably connected to and supported by the plurality of the drawer slides so that the plurality of drawers are each movable into and out of the interior space through the front opening, and each of the plurality of drawers is configured as a suitcase. 15. The mobile storage system according to claim 10, wherein the cabinet is configured to be converted between an open configuration for use and a folded configuration for transportation; wherein, in the open configuration, the left and right side walls are parallel and each perpendicularly extend from the rear wall in a forward direction, the top wall perpendicularly extends from the rear wall in the forward direction and horizontally extends between the left and right side walls, the bottom wall perpendicularly extends from the rear wall in the forward direction and horizontally extends between the left and right side walls, and the top wall is parallel with and spaced-apart from the bottom wall; andwherein, in the folded configuration, the left and right side walls are each parallel with and in front of the rear wall, the top wall, the top wall is parallel with and in front of the rear wall, the bottom wall is parallel with and in front of the rear wall. 16. The mobile storage system according to claim 15, wherein, in the folded configuration, the top wall and the bottom wall are each located between rear walls and the left and right side walls. 17. The mobile storage system according to claim 15, wherein the cabinet further includes a pair of laterally spaced-apart wheels located at the bottom of the rear wall. 18. The mobile storage system according to claim 17, wherein the cabinet is configured so that the cabinet can be supported and transported on the wheels in both the open configuration and the folded configuration. 19. The mobile storage system according to claim 10, wherein further comprising attachments configured to removably secure the at least one drawer to the elongate second members of the drawer slides when the at least drawer is lowered in the vertical direction onto the elongate second members of the pair of drawer slides, and wherein the attachments each include a vertically extending tab insertable into a cooperating bracket when the at least drawer is lowered in the vertical direction onto the elongate second members of the pair of drawer slides. 20. A mobile storage system comprising, in combination: a cabinet including a rear wall, opposed left and right side walls connected to the rear wall, a top wall connected to the rear wall, and a bottom wall connected to the rear wall;wherein the cabinet is configured to be converted between an open configuration for use and a folded configuration for transportation;wherein, in the open configuration, the left and right side walls are parallel and each perpendicularly extend from the rear wall in a forward direction, the top wall perpendicularly extends from the rear wall in the forward direction and horizontally extends between the left and right side walls, the bottom wall perpendicularly extends from the rear wall in the forward direction and horizontally extends between the left and right side walls, and the top wall is parallel with and spaced-apart from the bottom wall so that the rear wall, the left and right side walls, the top wall, and the bottom wall cooperate to form an interior space having a front opening opposite the rear wall;wherein, in the folded configuration, the left and right side walls are each parallel with and in front of the rear wall, the top wall is parallel with and in front of the rear wall, and the bottom wall is parallel with and in front of the rear wall;wherein the cabinet further includes a pair of laterally spaced-apart wheels located at the bottom of the rear wall;wherein the cabinet further includes at least one pair of drawer slides secured to the left and right side walls respectively;wherein the drawer slides each include an elongate first member that is rigidly secured to the associated side wall in the forward/rearward direction to prevent relative movement between the first member and the associated side wall and an elongate second member that is supported by the elongate first member and longitudinally movable relative to the first member in the forward/rearward direction so that the elongate second member can be selectively extended and retracted relative to the elongate first member in the forward/rearward direction;at least one drawer removably connected to and supported by the elongate second members of the at least one pair of drawer slides so that the at least one drawer is selectively movable into and out of the interior space through the front opening with the elongate second members of the drawer slides;wherein the at least one drawer is selectively secured and removed from the elongate second members of the drawer slides by lowering and lifting the at least one drawer in the vertical direction relative to the elongate second members of the drawer slides;wherein opposed lateral sides of the at least one drawer are each provided with at least one bracket configured to receive an upwardly-extending tab of the elongate second members of the pair of drawer slides when the at least one drawer is lowered onto the elongate second members of the air of drawer slides in the vertical direction to removably secure the at least one drawer to the elongate second members of the air of drawer slides; andwherein the at least one drawer is configured as a suitcase.