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A TOOL CHEST COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AN ELONGATED HOUSING, SAID HOUSING HAIVNG A TOP, A BOTTOM, SIDES, AND FRAME MEMBERS CONNECTING EACH CORNER OF SAID TOP WITH A LIKE CORNER OF SAID BOTTOM, SAID SIDES TAPERING FROM SAID TOP TO SAID BOTTOM AND HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID TOP, EACH OF SAID SIDES HAIVNG AN UPPER AND LOWER SECTION HINGEDLY CONNECTED TOGETHER, KEY TYPE LOCK MEANS CARRIED BY EACH OF SAID LOWER SECTIONS OF SAID SIDES TO SECURE SAID SIDES TO SAID BOTTOM, TWO PANELS EACH HAVING A PLURALITY OF PERFORATIONS THERETHORUGH, ONE OF SAID PANELS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FRAME MEMBERS AT EACH SIDE OF SAID HOUSING, SAID PANELS BEING COVERED BY SAID SIDES AND SPACED THEREFROM, SAID HOUSING HAVING A SHELF SECURED TO SAID FRAME MEMBERS AND POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID TOP, SAID BOTTOM AND SAID PANELS AND EXTENDING THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF SAID HOUSING, A LID HINGEDLY MOUNTED ON EACH END OF SAID SHELF TO CLOSE THE ENDS OF SAID HOUSING BETWEEN SAID SHELF AND SAID TOP, EACH OF SAID LIDS HAVING AN INWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE AT EACH SIDE THEREOF, AN OPENING IN EACH OF SAID FLANGES, FOUR MOUNTING BOLTS, ONE OF SAID BOLTS BEING POSITIONED AT THE UPPER AND OUTER CORNERS OF EACH OF SAID PANELS, A HELICAL SPRING SURROUNDING THE SHANK PORTION OF EACH OF SAID BOLTS AND ENGAGING SAID PANEL AND THE HEAD OF SAID BOLTS TO URGE SAID BOLTS OUTWARDLY, SAID BOLTS BEING URGED INWARDLY THROUGH SAID OPENINGS IN SAID FLANGES OF SAID LIDS BY SAID SIDES WHEN CLOSED TO LOCK SAID LIDS, THERE VERTICALLY SPACED DRAWERS IN EACH END OF SAID HOUSING BETWEEN SAID SHELF AND SAID BOTTOM, AN ELONGATED CHANNEL SHAPED MEMBER REMOVABLY SECURED BY MOUNTING BOLTS TO EACH SIDE OF EACH OF SAID DRAWERS, ANOTHER CHANNEL SHAPED MEMBER SECURED BY MOUNTING BOLTS TO THE INSIDE OF SAID PANEL OPPOSITE EACH OF SAID FIRST-NAMED CHANNEL SHAPED MEMBERS, AND ELONGATED GUIDES FOR SAID CHANNELS MEMBERS, ONE OF SAID GUIDES BEING POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID CHANNEL MEMBERS ON EACH SIDE OF EACH OF SAID DRAWERS AND SAID CHANNEL MEMBERS ON SAID PANEL, SAID GUIDES HAVING LIPS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM EACH SIDE AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES THEREOF, SAID GUIDES RECEIVING THE EDGES OF SAID CHANNEL SHAPED MEMBERS IN SAID LIPS, TWO HOOKS MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID GUIDES, ONE OF SAID HOOKS BEING POSITIONED AT ONE END OF SAID GUIDE AND EXTENDING FROM ONE FACE THEREOF AND THE OTHER OF SAID HOOKS BEING POSITIONED AT THE OTHER END OF SAID GUIDES AND EXTENDING FROM THE OTHER FACE THEREOF, SAID HOOKS BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH THE MOUNTING BOLTS FOR SAID CHANNEL MEMBERS TO LIMIT TRAVEL OF SAID GUIDE AND SAID CHANNEL MEMBERS IN OPERATION, THE INNER END OF EACH OF SAID DRAWERS HAVING A HOOK THEREON, SAID LAST NAMED HOOKS BEING VERTICALLY ALIGNED, SAID HOOKS ON SAID DRAWERS AT ONE END OF SAID HOUSING FACING ONE OF SAID SIDES OF SAID HOUSING AND SAID HOOKS ON SAID DRAWERS AT THE OTHER END OF SAID HOUSING FACING THE OTHER OF SAID SIDES OF SAID HOUSING, A LOCKING FRAME, SAID LOCKING FRAME HAVING PARALLEL UPPER AND LOWER MEMBERS JOINED AT THE ENDS BY SPACED AND PARALLEL RODS SAID LOCKING FRAME BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID BOTTOM AND SAID SHELF BETWEEN THE INNER ENDS OF SAID DRAWERS, AN OPERATOR ROD PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ITS INNER END TO SAID LOWER MEMBER OF SAID LOCKING FRAME AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THROUGH ONE OF SAID PANELS, SAID LOCKING FRAME BEING POSITIONED SO THAT SAID BARS CAN BE RECEIVED BY SAID HOOKS ON SAID DRAWERS WHEN IN THE CLOSED POSITION TO LOCK SAME, THE OUTER END OF SAID OPERATOR BAR BEING POSITIONED ADJACENT TO SAID PANEL WHEN SAID DRAWERS ARE LOCKED, SAID LOWER SECTION OF ONE OF SAID SIDES ENGAGING SAID OUTER END OF SAID OPERATOR BAR WHEN SAID SIDE IS CLOSED, SAID OPERATOR BAR BEING MOVABLE TO PIVOT SAID LOCKING FRAME AND MOVE SAID BARS OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID HOOKS TO OPEN SAID DRAWERS, A HOOK AT THE OUTER EDGES OF EACH OF SAID LOWER SECTIONS OF SAID SIDES, PINS SECURED TO SAID FRAME MEMBERS AND PROJECTING INWARDLY TO BE ENGAGED BY SAID LAST NAMED HOOKS WHEN SAID LOWER SECTIONS OF SAID SIDES ARE IN THE CLOSED POSITION, SAID TOOL CHEST BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ADAPTED SO THAT SAID DRAWERS CAN BE LOCKED WHEN CLOSED BY MOVING SAID OPERATOR BAR INWARDLY AGAINST SAID PANEL AND SAID LIDS TO SAID UPPER PORTION OF SAID ENDS WILL BE LOCKED WHEN SAID UPPER SECTION OF SAID SIDES ARE CLOSED DEPRESSING SAID MOUNTING PIN AND FORCING THE SHANK PORTION THEREOF THROUGH SAID OPENINGS IN SAID FLANGES ON SAID LIDS, AND SAID SIDES CAN BE HELD IN POSITION BY SAID HOOKS THEREON ENGAGING SAID PINS ON SAID FRAME MEMBERS AND BY SAID KEY LOCKING MEANS AT THE LOWER EDGES THEREOF, AND SAID PANELS CAN RECEIVE HOOKS OR THE LIKE TO MOUNT TOOLS THEREON.