Portable cabinet

Claim 1

A PORTABLE CABINET FOR SURGICAL SUPPLIES, FABRICATED FROM SHEET METAL MATERIAL HAVING A HIGH RESISTANCE TO HEAT AND CORROSION, COMPRISING: A RECTANGULAR CASING INCLUDING A PAIR OF TRANSVERSELY SPACED VERTICAL SIDE WALLS, THE FRONT END OF SAID CASING BEING OPEN; A PLURALITY OF DRAWER ASSEMBLIES MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CASING FOR SLIDING MOTION ALONG SAID WALLS; EACH DRAWER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SHALLOW RECTANGULAR RECEPTACLE HAVING AN OPEN TOP AREA, THE UPPER EDGES OF THE RECEPTACLE SIDES BEING BENT OUTWARDLY TO THEREBY FORM TOP FLANGES IN A PLANE PERPENDICULAR TO THE RESPECTIVE SIDES; EACH DRAWER ASSEMBLY FURTHER COMPRISING AN INDEPENDENTLY DETACHABLE LID CONSISTING OF A SINGLE FLAT SHEET HAVING AN AREA SUFFICIENT TO FULLY COVER THE OPEN TOP AREA OF THE DRAWER ON WHICH IT IS MOUNTED, THE SIDE EDGES OF EACH LID BEING BENT BACK TO THEREBY ENABLE THE LID TO SLIDABLY RECEIVE THE TOP FLANGES OF THE DRAWER ON WHICH IT IS MOUNTED; INWARDLY PROJECTING LEDGES FIXED TO THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID CASING, SAID LEDGES BEING LOCATED IN VERTICAL PAIRS ON EACH WALL ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE SIDE EDGES OF A SINGLE LID BETWEEN THEM TO THEREBY PROVIDE A SLIDING SUPPORT FOR SAID DRAWER ASSEMBLIES; HANDLE MEANS FIXED TO EACH END OF EACH DRAWER AT A LOCATION BELOW THE PLANE OF ITS RESPECTIVE LID SO AS TO ALLOW UNOBSTRUCTED MOTION OF THE LID RELATIVE TO THE DRAWER; MOUNTING MEANS FIXED TO THE OUTER SIDE SURFACES OF SAID CASING; A PLURALITY OF LIQUID CONTAINING RECEPTACLES DETACHABLY CARRIED BY SAID MOUNTING MEANS; SAID RECEPTACLES COMPRISING A FIRST RECTANGULAR BASIN HAVING A DEPTH CONSIDERABLY GREATER THAN ITS HORIZONTAL DIMENSIONS ADAPTED TO HOLD MANUAL IMPLEMENTS; AND A SECOND RECTANGULAR BASIN HAVING AN OVERLAPPING LID HINGED THERETO ADAPTED TO COVER THE SECOND BASIN.