Patent · US Expired

Assembly of slidably interfitting storage units

US4577914A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 16, 1984
Grant dateMar 25, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 16, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/04
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is disclosed a storage unit for interfitting with at least one like storage unit to form an assembly of said storage units, each of said storage units comprising a top section, a rear section, a pair of side sections and a bottom section, said sections being integrally connected to form a box-shaped storage unit having a front edge defining an open front end for receiving items to be stored; a pair of projections located at opposed ends of said top section at upper corners defined between said side sections and said top section and being integrally connected to said side sections; and a pair of projection receiving means located at opposed ends of said bottom section at lower corners defined between said side sections and said bottom section, said projection receiving means being integrally formed at said lower corners, said projection receiving means each having a shape for receiving therein a projection of another like storage unit so that said projection of said another storage unit may be removably moved into said projection receiving means in interfitting engagement to connect two like storage units together to form an assembly.

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