Means for converting an open-shelved unit or etagere to a closed cabinet with slidable closure panels

Claim 1

Means for converting an open-shelved unit to a closed cabinet with closure panels, with said open-shelved unit comprising a bottom horizontal wall member, a top horizontal wall member, each said horizontal wall member having a downwardly facing socket and an upwardly extending member adjacent the corners thereof for detachably receiving a tubular upright whereby the upper end of said uprights are interfitted with the downwardly facing socket of the top horizontal wall member and the upwardly extending members of the bottom horizontal wall member are interfitted with the bottom of the tubular upright adjacent said corners to thereby space said top and bottom horizontal wall members and connect same without the use of extraneous fastening elements, the upper end of said uprights having a shoulder; the means for converting said open-shelved unit to a closed cabinet comprising a pair of frame-like members, each said frame-like member comprising a pair of spaced side strips and a pair of spaced end strips all connected to form an integral unit, said frame-like members having a recess at each of its corners, one of said frame-like members positioned to rest on the bottom horizontal wall member and forming the bottom frame-like member and the other positioned against the underside of the top horizontal wall member and inverted in respect to the bottom frame-like member and forming the top frame-like member, said top and bottom frame-like members when thus positioned having their respective recessed corners positioned adjacent each respective upright so that the upper frame-like member rests on the shoulder at the upper end of said upright to secure said upper frame-like member in locked position relative to said uprights and with said bottom frame-like member retained in position relative to said uprights, said side strips of said frame-like members having a pair of side channels and said end strips each having an end channel, a closure panel slidably received in said side channels and a closure panel received in said end channels.