Patent ID: 8857927

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 a an upright front side thereof, and an 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 partial box structure which is horizontally moveable over a range between said open and said closed position and supported on the housing and includes a horizontal bottom wall extending between and rigidly joined to a pair of sidewardly spaced and parallel end walls which protrude upwardly and are rigidly joined by an upright rear wall disposed adjacent a rear edge of said bottom wall; a vertical panel door front cooperating with said partial box structure, when the drawer is in said closed position, for closing off the drawer opening in said front side, said door front being free of direct structural joinder to said partial box structure; a multi-drawer insert arrangement structurally coupled between said drawer front and said partial box structure; said multi-drawer insert arrangement including a first insert assembly having an upwardly-opening top drawer, the top drawer having parallel top drawer end panels with a horizontal bottom therebetween, said first insert assembly being fixedly mounted on said partial box structure with said top drawer being disposed in upwardly spaced relationship directly above said bottom wall and extending between said upright end walls, said top drawer end panels being fixedly mounted to respective said end walls of said partial box structure; said multi-drawer insert arrangement also including a second insert assembly having an upwardly-opening bottom drawer, said bottom drawer having parallel bottom drawer end panels with a horizontal bottom there between, said second insert assembly being fixedly mounted on said drawer front and cantilevered horizontally rearwardly therefrom; said second insert assembly being horizontally movably supported on said first insert assembly for movement with respect to said drawer and said first insert assembly between a contracted position wherein the bottom drawer is disposed vertically directly under said top drawer and an extended position wherein the bottom drawer is cantilevered horizontally outwardly from a front edge of said top drawer so as to permit access to said bottom drawer; and wherein said upwardly-opening bottom drawer of the second insert assembly extends beyond said horizontal range of movement of said drawer when said second insert assembly is cantilevered horizontally outwardly from said edge of said top drawer and said drawer is in said open position.