Patent ID: 6015053
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
An all-plastic shelf unit module with a sliding drawer supported below its underside, comprising:an open-topped rectangular plastic drawer having two parallel side pieces and two parallel, horizontally elongated slide pieces, each slide piece being located at the top edge of a corresponding one of the side pieces and extending horizontally outwardly therefrom;two plastic slide supports, each having an elongated recess dimensioned to receive a corresponding one of the slide pieces and further having at least one integrally formed intromittent plug located on its top, each of said at least one plug being elongated parallel to the recess in its slide support; anda plastic shelf piece having horizontal top and bottom surfaces and a plurality of integrally formed sockets extending downwardly from the bottom surface, the sockets being dimensioned to receive the plugs of the slide supports when the plugs are introduced therein by horizontal motion and being located in such a manner that when the plugs are received within the sockets, the slide supports are mounted under the bottom surface with the recesses being horizontal, parallel to each other, and facing each other, the recesses being so spaced apart from each other as to slidably receive the slides and thereby support the drawer beneath the bottom of the shelf piece and between the slide supports.