Modular laboratory cabinets

Claim 1

An assemblage of a plurality of modular units for use in a laboratory room or the like having a floor and a wall, said assemblage comprising: each of said units having means adapted to support the unit on the floor, a back adapted to be positioned against said wall, a top extending horizontally from said back a given distance above the floor and a front between said means and said top and including a baseboard portion, said front defining a downwardly facing door track immediately below said top and an upwardly facing door track at the top of said baseboard, said top track having a greater vertical dimension than said bottom track, a sliding door panel adapted to be positioned vertically with its top in the top track and its bottom in the bottom track and being of a height to be removable by raising it within the top track until its bottom clears the bottom track, said means, back, top and front defining an enclosure, said enclosure being open on the ends, a given number of horizontal pipes positioned in the enclosure of each of said units and extending substantially from end to end of the respective unit, one of said pipes being a waste pipe and the remainder being fluid supply pipes, each of said pipes having a predetermined orientation within said enclosure, coupling means for joining the adjacent ends of respective pipes of abutting units, said coupling means being removable after having been used to join the pipes such to permit removal of said units, and fixture means mounted on the tops of said units and communicating with said pipes, said fixture means being different on the different units, whereby using a selection of said units a pipe housing may be assembled along a wall which housing has the fixture means desired for a given installation, and, if desired, the fixture means in a particular installation may be changed by changiNg the units in the housing.