Patent ID: 9272566
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: B42F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A support structure for hanging file folders, comprising: a first end support frame assembly including a pair of first support legs and at least one first transverse support member having opposite terminal ends releasably mounted to respective ones of the first support legs; a second end support frame assembly disposed in spaced-apart relationship to the first end support frame assembly, the second end support frame assembly including a pair of second support legs and at least one second transverse support member having opposite terminal ends releasably mounted to respective ones of the second support legs; a first side panel having a top member for releasably supporting one of two ends of a support element of one or more hanging file folders, a bottom member spaced apart from the top member, and at least one reinforcing member interconnecting the top and bottom members, each of the top and bottom members having first terminal ends each formed as a connecting member having a slot for releasably receiving therethrough one of the first support legs and having second terminal ends each formed as a connecting member having a slot for releasably receiving therethrough one of the second support legs; and a second side panel having a top member for releasably supporting the other of the two ends of the support element of the one or more hanging file folders, a bottom member spaced apart from the top member of the second side panel, and at least one reinforcing member interconnecting the top and bottom members of the second side panel, each of the top and bottom members of the second side panel having first terminal ends each formed as a connecting member having a slot for releasably receiving therethrough the other of the first support legs and having second terminal ends each formed as a connecting member having a slot for releasably receiving therethrough the other of the second support legs; wherein the at least one first transverse support member has a top member, a bottom member spaced apart from the top member of the first transverse support member, and at least one reinforcing member interconnecting the top and bottom members of the first transverse support member in spaced-apart relation to one another, the spaced-apart top and bottom members of the first transverse support member having spaced-apart first terminal ends each formed as a connecting member having a slot releasably receiving therethrough one of the first support legs, and the spaced-apart top and bottom members of the first transverse support member having spaced-apart second terminal ends each formed as a connecting member having a slot releasably receiving therethrough the other of the first support legs; and wherein the at least one second transverse support member has a top member, a bottom member spaced apart from the top member of the second transverse support member, and at least one reinforcing member interconnecting the top and bottom members of the second transverse support member, the spaced-apart top and bottom members of the second transverse support member having spaced-apart first terminal ends each formed as a connecting member having a slot releasably receiving therethrough one of the second support legs, and the spaced-apart top and bottom members of the second transverse support member having spaced-apart second terminal ends each formed as a connecting member having a slot releasably receiving therethrough the other of the second support legs.