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Box for storing hanging file folders

US5193701A · kind A · utility

40Cited by
12References
7Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 13, 1992
Grant dateMar 16, 1993
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Expiry dateAug 13, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D2313/02
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A box for storing hanging files, which includes two chipboard sheets which have a plurality of panels that are foldable into a completed double bottom configuration, with vertically extending interlocking corner posts to retain the front, side and rear panels together. The side panels each have a top mounted side rail thereon from which the files are suspended. Each side rail also engages a pair of front and rear corner posts. A top cover panel is hingedly connected to the rear panel of one sheet, with a cover flap hingedly connected to the cover panel. The cover flap is detachably connected to the front panel by loop and pile fastener tabs on the cover flap and the front panel. Handles are provided for lifting and moving the box.

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