Abstract:
A hand-held breaker tool for adjusting the length of the side rails of frames that support hanging file folders in a drawer. The tool is used to break off an unwanted excess length portion of the side rails. A method of adjusting and assembling a frame for holding and supporting hanging file folders and inserting the frame into a drawer of a desk or file cabinet.
Abstract:
A portable file box including sidewalls, endwalls and a bottom wall defining a box interior. The sidewalls and endwalls are provided with a rim portion on the upper ends thereof. The sidewall rim portions are flanged outwardly to define a cover side support ledge thereon and are each provided with an aperture adjacent the support ledge. The endwall rim portions are provided with downwardly extending cut-out portions therein. Two cover members are provided each having opposed laterally extending pivot members adjacent one end and a handle member extending outwardly from the other end. The cover members are arranged in end-to-end relation such that the sides are supported on the ledges, the pivot members are received in the apertures, and the handle members extend through the cut-out portions, respectively. One of the cover members can be removed from the box without removing the other. The file box may be provided with a file support ledge below the cover support ledge for suspending files therefrom. The apertures are shaped to prevent the pivot members therein from moving past each other during opening or closing movement of the cover members to preclude binding thereof.
Abstract:
A device for providing an adjustable hanging file holder frame which is adaptable to a variety of existing office and desk organizing systems. In the preferred form of the invention, resilient, flexible clips are used to attach support rods to existing office or desk organization systems. The support rods provide the frame or rail upon which hanging files may be placed. The support rods are reversibly attached to the resilient clip members by a coupling head. The coupling head is configured to allow its forcible insertion into a mated receptacle within the clip member. When the support rod coupling head is within the receptacle, the clip mechanism is free to rotate about the support rod. The clip permits a variety of different shaped objects to be secured, providing a versatile, adaptable means of providing a hanging file folder frame.
Abstract:
A folding plastic box has two spaced parallel rails for supporting hanging files. Casters may be attached to the bottom of the box by plastic fasteners. The casters have base plates which fit fairly snuggly into the bottom areas of box-like cells formed on the bottom of the box. Plastic fasteners retain the casters in position. The walls of the box-like cells prevent lateral displacement of the casters. Also, the boxes may be transported on a dolly which has the casters attached to the bottom thereof.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a frame for hanging file folders which is size adjustable without requiring tools and without having to physically alter, as for example cutting any of the frame components. The frame consists of a set of opposing side rails, a set of opposing end rails and a plurality of upright leg members for supporting both sets of rails. Each side rail comprises overlapping side rail members which are longitudinally adjustable relative to one another for different length settings of the frame and releasable securing members securing and supporting the side rail members in the different length settings at spaced intervals along each side rail.
Abstract:
A file storage unit has a generally rectangular frame which is open at the front for receipt of a sliding drawer. The drawer has downwardly projecting ridges which slide along the interior of the frame. In addition, the front portion of the frame is provided with a snap-on reinforcing rim which acts to strengthen the unit and to accommodate the stacking of several units. A stop means is provided on the drawer which contacts a portion of the rim to prevent the drawer from being accidently withdrawn from the frame. Further, openings on the rear wall of the frame and in the handle of the drawer allow the unit to be conveniently carried.
Abstract:
A filing module includes a box of relatively rigid material, projections extending outwardly from upper portions of front and rear panels of the box, and a pair of parallel rods secured to corresponding projections on the front and rear panels. The parallel rods are spaced to support hanging folders and function as carrying handles. A cover is hinged to the box by one of the rods and can be locked for security. The filing module can be placed in a standard file drawer or can be used independently. In one embodiment, a second pair of parallel rods is secured between end panels of the box to provide support for legal size hanging folders.
Abstract:
A readily assembled desk-top storage unit consisting of only three separate components molded of plastic. The components include a pair of side panels, a plurality of shelves and a backing plate. The shelves have channels extending along the side edges thereof which are slidably received in aligned grooves formed in the side panels to mount the shelves on the panels. The backing plate is received in channels formed on the side panels. Outwardly projecting tabs formed on the rear edges of the shelves project into complementary-shaped slots formed in the backing plate to interlock the backing plate with the shelves. The storage unit can be placed in a first position on a supporting structure and serve as a tray for receiving papers, letters, etc. on the horizontal shelves. Alternately the unit can be placed in a second position with the backing plate resting on the supporting structure whereby the shelves form dividers and the heretofore front edges of the side panels form upstanding flanges for suspending hanging files therefrom.
Abstract:
A file support for file folders for use in converting storage drawers to a file drawer which is composed of a first pair of channel form track members to nest over the sidewalls of a drawer between the inside surface of the front drawer panel and the outside surface of the rear drawer panel, which rear drawer panel is somewhat shorter than the sidewalls to accommodate the same. The track members include an upstanding flange defining a depthwise pair of tracks for hooked-up engagement with the file support suspended in spanning relation of the drawer sidewalls. In an alternative, the support members are supported in spanning relation of the sidewalls on tracks which in turn are supported on four clip members, each of which are of channel form to nest over the sidewalls in spaced relation from one another and each of which has an inwardly extending projection sized to support a second pair of channel form members spanning the sidewalls, each with an upstanding flange defining a lateral pair of tracks for hooked-up engagement with file support suspended in spanning relation between the track members supported by the clip form adapters. The clips have an upstanding ear to act as a stop to limit lateral movement of the files to keep them in sliding engagement with the lateral tracks when in the alternative embodiment.
Abstract:
A suspended filing drawer having a relatively low back and sides and a relatively high front and a file supporting assembly mounted on the low section of the drawer and connected to the rear face of the drawer front, the file supporting assembly including parallel rails for the accommodation of suspended files. The drawer may be of "knock-down" construction comprising separate side, back and front panels interconnected by connecting pieces whereby the drawer may be stored and transported in a "knocked-down" or disassembled condition and erected subsequently.