Knock down cabinet

Claim 2

An inexpensive cardboard storage cabinet for clothes comprising primarily of two like die-cut pieces, one piece comprising a top, side, about one-half of the back and horizontal front, side and back flaps, the other like piece being reversed forming the bottom, the opposite side, the other half of the back and the other front, side and back flaps, top and bottom track means extending transversely along the front of said cabinet, a door slidably mounted on said track means, matching holes on said back and said flaps, means secured in said aligned matching holes for holding said backs and said flaps together, in which there are opposed thin metal plates bent over the top edges of said cabinet, each of said plates having a hole formed therein, a hanger rod having projecting end pins, said end pins being received in the holes of said opposed plates for supporting said hanger rods therebetween.

Claim 3

A knock-down cabinet comprising a pair of identical cabinet body sections, each of said sections being integrally formed of a die cut blank of foldable sheet material, said die cut blanks includes a side panel portion, a half back panel portion hingedly connected about a foldline extending along a longitudinal edge of said side panel portion, a transverse panel hingedly connected to one edge of said side panel portion along a foldline disposed normal to said first mentioned foldline, a front edge portion hingedly connected along a foldline extending along the other longitudinal edge of said side panel portion, and a flap connected to each free edge of said transverse panel, whereby the respective flaps are folded normal to said transverse panel, said blank when folded defining a complementary half section of said cabinet when disposed in opposed and inverted positions relative to one another, and means for detachably securing two said half sections to define said cabinet.

Claim 4

A knock-down cabinet comprising a pair of identical cabinet body sections, each of said sections being integrally formed of a die cut blank of foldable sheet material, said die cut blanks includes a side panel portion, a half back panel portion hingedly connected about a foldline extending along a longitudinal edge of said side panel portion, a transverse panel hingedly connected to one edge of said side panel portion along a foldline disposed normal to said first mentioned foldline, a front edge portion hingedly connected along a foldline extending along the other longitudinal edge of said side panel portion, and a flap connected to each free edge of said transverse panel, whereby the respective flaps are folded normal to said transverse panel, said blank when folded defining a complementary half section of said cabinet when disposed in opposed and inverted positions relative to one another, and means for detachably securing two said half sections to define said cabinet.

Claim 5

A cabinet as defined in claim 2 and including rail means extending between the opposed front edge portions of said assembled sections, and a door slideably mounted on said rail means.

Claim 6

A cabinet as defined in claim 3 and including a hanger means extended between the side panels of said cabinet in the assembled position.

Claim 7

An inexpensive cardboard storage cabinet comprising a cabinet body formed of a pair of identical preformed blanks of readily foldable cardboard sheet material, each of said identical blanks comprising a side wall portion, a back wall flap integrally connected along a foldline extending along one edge of said side wall portions, a front marginal flap integrally connected along a foldline along an opposite edge of said side wall portion, and an end panel integrally connected along a foldline extending along a transverse edge of said side wall portion, each of said blanks in the folded position thereof defining complementary identical half sections of said cabinet body, whereby each half section when oppositely disposed and inverted relative to one another define said cabinet body having an open front and means for securing said oppositely disposed and inverted sections to one another for maintaining said sections in the erected position.

Claim 8

An inexpensive cardboard storage cabinet comprising a cabinet body formed of a pair of identical preformed blanks of readily foldable cardboard sheet material, each of said identical blanks comprising a side wall portion, a back wall flap integrally connected along a foldline extending along one edge of said side wall portions, a front marginal flap integrally connected along a foldline along an opposite edge of said side wall portion, and an end panel integrally connected along a foldline extending along a transverse edge of said side wall portion, each of said blanks in the folded position thereof defining complementary identical half sections of said cabinet body, whereby each half section when oppositely disposed and inverted relative to one another define said cabinet body having an open front and means for securing said oppositely disposed and inverted sections to one another for maintaining said sections in the erected position.

Claim 9

The storage cabinet as in claim 5 in which the outer face of said cardboard blanks are finished with a paper or plastic sheeting.

Claim 10

An inexpensive cardboard storage cabinet as defined in claim 5 wherein said front marginal flaps includes an intermediate foldline about which said marginal flaps is reversely folded.

Claim 11

An inexpensive storage cabinet as defined in claim 5 and including a back flap, side flap and front flap integrally connected to a corresponding free edge of said end panel, each of said back flap, side flap and front flap being hingedly connected about a foldline defining the free edges of said end panel.

Claim 12

An inexpensive storage cabinet as defined in claim 8 and including a upper and lower transversely extending rail means connected to the front flaps of the respective opposed end panels in the assembled position of said complementary half sections, and a unitary door slidably mounted between said rail means to define a sliding closure for said open front of said cabinet body.