Card files with a drop front

Claim 1

In a one-piece dropfront container for use as a filing case or the like, and including A. body having contiguous bottom, rear, and a pair of side panels, B. a cover integrally hinged to the top of said rear panel, and having contiguous top, front, rear, and a pair of side panels, C. a forward swinging front panel integrally hinged to the front of said bottom panel, with a pair of guide tabs contiguous with said first panel and extending into said body adjacent said side panels, and D. means cooperating with said guide tabs for permitting limited forward movement of said front panel, said body, cover, hinges, guide tabs, and limited movement means being integrally formed as a unitary structure of resilient plastic material, the improvement comprising: 1. a first, inwardly extending, latch integral with said cover, said latch being manually liftable when said front panel and said cover are in closed position, and 2. a second, outwardly extending, latch integral with said front panel and matable with said first latch when said cover and said front panel are both in closed position, so that either outward lifting of said first latch or inward pressure on said front panel disengages said latches and permits said cover to be opened and said front panel to be swung outward.