Card file drawer for apertured index cards

Claim 1

A card file drawer comprising: a. an elongated drawer body having a bottom wall, two side walls, a back wall, and a front wall, the top of the drawer being open, b. a rib extending along the upper edge of each side wall, said ribs projecting inwardly toward each other and being spaced apart a distance equal to the length of the cards with which the drawer is used, c. a support within said drawer body for supporting the rear end of a group of cards in the drawer, said support including a member extending crosswise of the drawer body and an end piece at each end of said member, each end piece being a plate-like element having parallel upper and lower edges, the distance between the outer faces of said end pieces being equal to the distance between the inner faces of said drawer side walls, and the distance between the upper and lower edges of each end piece being equal to the distance between each rib and the drawer bottom wall, whereby said upper and lower edges are slidably and non-rotatably arranged against said rib and bottom wall, respectively, and d. aligned holes in the drawer front wall and in said support, and a rod passing through both of said holes, said rod also passing through aligned holes in any cards which may be in the drawer so as to prevent removal of the cards from the drawer.