Patent ID: 6877831

Claim:
An upright multiple-drawer storage cabinet, comprising: a rigid upright housing defining therein a hollow interior, said housing having a pair of generally parallel upright side walls which at upper and lower ends are rigidly joined by respective top and bottom wall arrangements and which are secured to a rear wall for closing off a rear side of the housing, the housing on a front side thereof being defined by a front access opening which extends both vertically and horizontally over a substantial majority of the front side of the housing for allowing access to the hollow interior thereof; a plurality of storage drawers disposed vertically one above the other and being individually movably supported on the housing for movement between closed positions wherein the drawers are disposed within the housing interior and open positions wherein the drawers project horizontally outwardly through the front access opening, said drawers having drawer fronts which substantially occupy and close off the front access opening when all of the drawers are in the closed position, said storage drawers being disposed vertically between said top and bottom wall arrangements; and said bottom wall arrangement being defined by a closed but rigid hollow box structure which defines the horizontally extending footprint of the housing for supportive engagement with a floor, the hollow box structure having top and bottom walls which extend generally parallel and are spaced vertically a small space apart to define an open interior therebetween, and peripheral edges of said top and bottom walls being rigidly joined by an edge structure which extends peripherally around the closed box structure, said edge structure as it extends along a pair of generally parallel edges of said closed box structure being defined by an elongate tubular structure which extends horizontally lengthwise along the respective edge generally between said top and bottom walls.