Patent ID: 8708435

Claim:
A storage drawer structure, comprising: a file cabinet comprising a housing having parallel upright side walls joined by an upright rear wall and having a drawer opening formed in an upright front side thereof, and at least one upwardly opening box-shaped drawer horizontally movably supported on said housing and movable between a closed position disposed within the housing and an open position wherein the drawer is cantilevered horizontally outwardly from said front side to permit vertical access into said drawer; said drawer comprising a box structure which is horizontally movably supported on the housing and includes a horizontal upwardly facing bottom wall within the box structure extending between and rigidly joined to a pair of sidewardly spaced and parallel end panels which protrude upwardly and are rigidly joined by an upright rear panel disposed adjacent a rear edge of said bottom wall; said drawer including a vertical panel-like door front for closing off the drawer opening when the drawer is in said closed position; an insert arrangement structurally coupled to said box structure; said insert arrangement including a pair of upright and parallel mounting panels positioned sidewardly adjacent and fixedly mounted to the respective end panels of said box structure; said insert arrangement also including a drawer assembly having a pair of upright and parallel end members positioned sidewardly adjacent and mounted on the respective mounting panels; and an upwardly-opening insert drawer which fixedly mounts on said end members and extends horizontally therebetween, said insert drawer being disposed in upward spaced relationship from the bottom wall of said box structure; said drawer assembly being horizontally movably supported on said support panels for movement between a contracted position wherein the insert drawer is disposed vertically directed over said bottom wall and an extended position wherein the insert drawer is cantilevered horizontally outwardly from an edge of said box structure, wherein said upwardly facing bottom wall within said box structure is exposed and accessible when said drawer assembly is in said contracted position.