Lateral file

Claim 2

A sectional file cabinet including: a plurality of housing sections each adapted to stack one on top of the other, each of said housing sections having an opening in one side thereof and a shelf adapted to slide through said opening into and out of said housing section, and means to attach said housing sections to one another so that openings of adjacent housing sections can be positioned on the same or opposite sides of the cabinet, said means including sets of clips and clip receiving slots with one of said sets located on the top level and the other of said sets located on the bottom level of each housing section with each section having its sets of clips and clip receiving slots on similar levels.

Claim 3

A flush door pull and card holding insert for a file drawer of the type having a generally rectangular opening formed in the sheet metal front panel thereof, said flush door pull being formed of an elongated piece of plastic of generally uniform thickness and having a somewhat ''''C'''' shaped transverse cross-section with upper and lower edge surfaces and aligned outwardly facing, longitudinally extending grooves formed in said upper and lower edge surfaces with said grooves adapted to receive the edges of said rectangular opening of said file drawer panel when said door pull is inserted through said opening with the bight portion of the ''''C'''' located inwardly of said front panel, a lower portion of said flush door pull being located inwardly and below said lower edge surface to form a grasping portion, upwardly and downwardly projecting ridges formed on said door pull adjacent the front panel of said drawer, a card holding insert for said door pull, said insert being formed of an elongated resilient piece of plastic having an irregular cross-section and a generally flat face, ribs positioned rearwardly of said face at the top and bottom thereof to hold a card against the rear of said face, and resilient means formed at the top and bottom of said insert to contact said upwardly and downwardly projecting ribs of said door pull to hold said insert in said door pull with said face flush with the front of said door pull.

Claim 4

A flush door pull and card holding insert for a file drawer of the type having a generally rectangular opening formed in the sheet metal front panel thereof, said flush door pull being formed of an elongated piece of plastic of generally uniform thickness and having a somewhat ''''C'''' shaped transverse cross-section with upper and lower edge surfaces and aligned outwardly facing, longitudinally extending grooves formed in said upper and lower edge surfaces with said grooves adapted to receive the edges of said rectangular opening of said file drawer panel when said door pull is inserted through said opening with the bight portion of the ''''C'''' located inwardly of said front panel, a lower portion of said flush door pull being located inwardly and below said lower edge surface to form a grasping portion, upwardly and downwardly projecting ridges formed on said door pull adjacent the front panel of said drawer, a card holding insert for said door pull, said insert being formed of an elongated resilient piece of plastic having an irregular cross-section and a generally flat face, ribs positioned rearwardly of said face at the top and bottom thereof to hold a card against the rear of said face, and resilient means formed at the top and bottom of said insert to contact said upwardly and downwardly projecting ribs of said door pull to hold said insert in said door pull with said face flush with the front of said door pull.

Claim 5

The sectional file cabinet of claim 1 further characterized in that each of said housing sections has clip receiving slots at the bottom with such slots located both adjacent said opening and at the opposite end therefrom and clips at the top near the end opposite to said opening with said clips and clip receiving slots being positioned so that the clips of a lower housing section will be received either in the slot adjacent the opening or in the slots at the opposite end of an upper housing section when the two sections are assembled depending on the orientation of the sections relative to each other.

Claim 6

The sectional file cabinet of claim 3 further characterized in that threaded connectors are used to hold the top and bottom housing sections together at the ends opposite from the clip and slot engaging ends.

Claim 7

The sectional file cabinet of claim 1 further characterized in that means are provided for shelves opening on both sides of said cabinet to lock the remaining shelves capable of opening on said side when one of said shelves on that side is opened.