Patent ID: 9717338
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A47B

Claim:
1. A tip resistant cabinet comprising: a tower-vertical file cabinet with a housing including a front edge, a bottom surface, and a plurality of vertically stacked drawers, wherein each of the drawers is horizontally extendable from a front of the housing; and an anti-tip roller connected to the housing, wherein the anti-tip roller is located directly adjacent to, and extending along more than half a length of, the front edge and extending from the bottom surface of the housing, wherein the anti-tip roller is fixed to the housing with a longitudinal axis disposed parallel to the front edge and with one end of the roller directly connected to a side surface of the housing that is perpendicular to the bottom surface, and wherein the anti-tip roller is the only roller projecting from the bottom surface and a rear portion of the bottom surface does not include the anti-tip roller or any second roller, wherein when a forward acting horizontal force extending a top one of the drawers in combination with a downward force from the extended top one of the drawers acting perpendicular to the front edge causes a lower rear edge of the housing to lift off or drag alone a ground, the tip resistant cabinet translates forward on the anti-tip roller without tipping over: and a leveling screw position on the bottom surface of the housing along a rear edge that is opposite the front edge, wherein in a level housing position on a surface, both the anti-tip roller and the leveling screw contact the surface.