Patent ID: 6099095
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: A47B,F16B

Abstract:
A system for building cabinets, comprising:A) two frame members each having a substantially rectangular shape with first, second, third and fourth elongated members, each having two ends, defining first, second, third and fourth corners, with said first and second elongated members positioned opposite to each other and kept at a spaced apart and parallel relationship with respect to each other by said third and fourth elongated members that are also kept at a parallel and spaced apart relationship to each other, and said first and second elongated members being structurally similar and each having a first set of openings on one end and a second set of openings at the other end, said first set of openings including first and second rectangular openings located at predetermined first and second distances respectively from one of the ends of said first and second elongated members and a second set of openings including third, fourth, and fifth rectangular openings located at third, fourth, and fifth predetermined distances, respectively, from the other ends of said first and second elongated members and said first, third, and fourth rectangular openings having larger longitudinal dimensions along said first and second elongated members than said second and fifth rectangular openings; and said third elongated member having two ends, and the ends of said third elongated member including said first set of openings at each end, and said fourth elongated member having two ends and including said second set of openings at each end of said fourth elongated members;B) first and second spacer members each having two ends, and each of said first and second spacer members including first and second elongated walls with two longitudinal edges, and said first and second elongated walls being mounted perpendicular to each other at one of their longitudinal edges, thereby defining a common longitudinal joint, said first elongated wall including bendable first tabs extending from the other longitudinal edge at a sixth predetermined distance from each of the ends of said first and second spacer members, and said second longitudinal wall including a rectangular cutout at each of its ends at a predetermined distance from said common longitudinal joint, and said cut out including a bendable second tab and the other longitudinal edge of said second elongated wall including a bendable third tab positioned at said sixth predetermined distance from the ends, so that said first tabs of said first spacer member are insertable through said second opening of said fourth elongated members defining said first corners and said second and third tabs are insertable through said third and fifth openings of said first elongated member and said first tabs of said second spacer member are insertable through said second opening of said first elongated member partially defining said second corner and said second and third tabs are insertable through said third and fifth openings, respectively, of said third elongated member partially defining said second corner;C) a third spacer member having third and fourth elongated walls having two ends each, kept at a parallel and spaced apart relationship to each other and a bottom rectangular wall with first and second pairs of equal sides, and said first pair of sides being perpendicularly mounted to said third and fourth walls, each including two longitudinal edges that extend beyond said first pair of sides and said third elongated wall further includes bendable fourth tabs on both ends of said third and fourth elongated walls, said fourth tab being adjacent to said bottom wall and in a same plane extending from one of said longitudinal edges, and a fifth tab extending perpendicularly from the other longitudinal edges of said third and fourth walls, said bottom wall being mounted to one of the longitudinal edges of said third and fourth elongated walls so that said fourth tabs of said third elongated walls are inserted through said second openings of said fourth elongated member and said fifth tabs of said third elongated walls are insertable through said first opening of said second elongated member, said fourth tabs of said fourth elongated walls are inserted through said fourth opening of said third elongated member partially defining said third corner and said fifth tabs of said fourth elongated wall are insertable through said second opening of said second elongated member, thereby defining a cabinet space within said two frame members, bottom walls and first, second, third, and fourth spacer members wherein said first, third, and fourth openings have dimensions that are slightly larger than any of said tabs.