Storage drawer assembly

US5407074A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rubbermaid Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Keith E. Brightbill · Wooster, US
• Brian J. Conaway · Erie, US
• Coy Del Ward · Norton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 1994
• Grant date: Apr 18, 1995
• Expiry date: May 3, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47B2210/19
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A stacking drawer assembly (10) is disclosed comprising a base (14), lid (12), and drawer (16). A bottom surface (35) of the base (14) is provided with a central recess (38) and a pair of locking tabs (44) extend into the recess from a rearward recess sidewall (42) of the base (14). The lid (12) has a central raised pedestal (22) and a pair of spaced apart slots (50) extend through a rearward pedestal side (28). The base recess (38) is sized to receive the pedestal (22) of a second drawer assembly in stacking fashion, and the tabs (44) project through the slots (50) and latch over an inside surface edge defining the slots (50) to lock the stacked drawer assemblies together.