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Cabinet structure for storing, displaying and indexing

  • US 4,540,222 A
  • Filed: 02/28/1983
  • Issued: 09/10/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A cabinet comprising a base, spaced vertical sides, a back and a top, a plurality of removable shelves extending between the spaced sides of the cabinet, said shelves being expandable in width with each comprising two complementary full-length sections indivdually supported at their ends by said cabinet sides, a longitudinally extending reinforcing member on the underside of each shelf section having a downwardly facing trough with a compressible filler therein and spaced transverse slots that rise above the bottom of said compressible filler, said shelf sections having longitudinally spaced rows of cuts in vertical registry with said reinforcing member slots, shallow channels with downwardly extending tabs seated in selected rows of cuts on at least one shelf, vertical partitions removably supported in confronting reinforcing channel slots and shallow channels being downwardly biased by said compressible filler, co-acting upper and lower jaws mounted on the edges of said vertical partitions, each lower jaw being in fixed position and each upper jaw being vertically adjustable and a vertically oriented planar front member removably secured across the front of a shelf by partition carried jaws to define with a respective shelf and dividers at least one bin.

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