AU2019210616B2

AU2019210616B2 - A Cabinet, An Adaptor Kit and an Associated Method

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Publication number: AU2019210616B2
Application number: AU2019210616A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Walter Bachmann
Original assignee: BACHMANN INNOVATIONS Pty Ltd
Current assignee: BACHMANN INNOVATIONS Pty Ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-01
Filing date: 2019-08-01
Publication date: 2022-01-06
Anticipated expiration: 2039-08-01
Also published as: AU2019210616A1; AU2022201836A1

Abstract

The cabinet 1 includes an internal support member 2 having attachment formations 3 facing a first direction. An adaptor member 9 is engaged with the internal support member 2 to provide attachment formations 21 facing a second direction. This allows for mounting of a generally planar panel 25, which, in turn, allows for the mounting of one or more storage inserts 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 or 39 onto the generally planar panel 25 in a variety ofuser selectable positions. A drawer 46 is also disclosed, including at least one internal surface 45 having a plurality of attachment formations 44, each being configured to mate with complementary attachment formations 55 disposed on a storage insert 37, 38. 4/12 19 19 19 111 16 10 17II II 9 21 'il 17Iii2 9 ~ 23 iI Fig.8 24 Fi.i Fig. 7 17I1t 1 16 H' A 17 li 20 20 12 10 9 IM Fig. 9

Description

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AUSTRALIA Patents Act 1990 (Cth)

COMPLETE SPECIFICATION

Applicant

Bachmann Innovations Pty Limited

Title

A Cabinet, An Adaptor Kit and an Associated Method

The invention is described in the following statement:

A CABINET, AN ADAPTOR KIT AND AN ASSOCIATED METHOD TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a cabinet, a kit for adapting a cabinet and associated methods. Embodiments of the present invention find application, though not exclusively, in the fields of furniture and storage.

BACKGROUNDART

Any discussion of documents, acts, materials, devices, articles or the like which has been included in this specification is solely for the purpose of providing a context for the present invention. It is not to be taken as an admission that any or all of these matters form part of the prior art base or were common general knowledge in the field relevant to the present invention as it existed in Australia or elsewhere before the priority date of this application.

Prior art cabinets typically provide shelves, drawers and the like for the storage of various contents therein. One such example is disclosed in Australian Patent No. 745754, which was published in June 1999.

It has been appreciated by the inventor of the present application that it would be advantageous to provide additional options for the types of contents that may be conveniently stored within, and accessed from, cabinets. Additionally, it has been appreciated by the inventor of the present application that it would be advantageous to provide the user with additional freedom to configure the cabinet's storage options, as desired.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of the present invention to overcome, or substantially ameliorate, one or more of the disadvantages of the prior art, or to provide a useful alternative.

In one aspect of the present invention there is provided a cabinet including: at least one internal support member having a plurality of attachment formations facing a first

direction; at least one adaptor member being releasably engageable with the internal support member, the releasable engageability being via the attachment formations of the internal support member, the adaptor member having a plurality of attachment formations configured to face a second direction differing from the first direction when the adaptor member is engaged with the internal support member; and a generally planar panel having a plurality of complementary attachment formations, each of the complementary attachment formations being configured to mate with an attachment formation of the adaptor member; the generally planar panel having a plurality of attachment formations, each being configured to mate with complementary attachment formations disposed on a storage insert.

Preferably the adaptor member is configured to be engageable with the internal support member without the use of tools.

In one embodiment the attachment formations of the internal support member are a

plurality of apertures disposed in a regularly spaced planar linear array upon an open-ended side of the internal support member and the adaptor member defines an elongate slot configured to receive the open-ended side. In this embodiment the adaptor member includes at least one aperture configured to receive a pin such that, when the open-ended side is received within the elongate slot, the pin is threadable through the aperture of the adaptor member and across the elongate slot so as to extend through one of the apertures of the internal support member to thereby engage the adaptor member with the internal support member. Preferably the pin is sized so as to interference fittingly lodge within the aperture of the adaptor member.

In an embodiment at least some of the attachment formations of the generally planar panel are identically sized and shaped apertures disposed on the generally planar panel so as to form a regularly spaced two-dimensional array. In this embodiment the complementary attachment formations of the storage insert are hooks each having a size and a shape configured to be received into the apertures of the generally planar panel. Preferably a separation distance between adjacent hooks matches a separation distance between an integral number of adjacent generally planar panel apertures.

The storage insert may be configured to store a plurality of tools or tool bits. Alternatively, it may be in the form of a drawer.

In one embodiment the attachment formations of the adaptor member are a plurality of tapered slots tapering from a wider end to a narrower end. In this embodiment the complementary attachment formations of the generally planar panel are each projections sized and shaped so as to be received into the tapered slots of the adaptor member, each projection defining first and second ends, with a notch being defined at the first end.

At least some of the apertures of the of the generally planar panel may be sized and shaped so as to receive a fastener there-through for fastening of the storage insert onto the generally planar panel.

According to another aspect of the invention there is provided an adaptor kit for adaption of a cabinet having at least one internal support member having a plurality of attachment formations facing a first direction, the adaptor kit including: at least one adaptor member being releasably engageable with the internal support member, the releasable engageability being via the attachment formations of the internal support member, the adaptor member having a plurality of attachment formations configured to face a second direction differing from the first direction when the adaptor member is engaged with the internal support member; a generally planar panel having a plurality of complementary attachment formations, each of the complementary attachment formations being configured to mate with an attachment formation of the adaptor member; the generally planar panel having a plurality

of attachment formations, each being configured to mate with complementary attachment formations disposed on a storage insert.

Preferably the adaptor kit further includes at least one storage insert.

According to yet another aspect of the invention there is provided a method of adapting a cabinet having at least one internal support member having a plurality of attachment formations facing a first direction, the method including: providing at least one adaptor member having a plurality of attachment formations configured to face a second direction; releasably engaging the adaptor member with the internal support member via the attachment formations of the internal support member such that the second direction differs from the first direction; providing a generally planar panel having a plurality of complementary attachment formations, the generally planar panel further having a plurality of attachment formations, each being configured to mate with complementary attachment

formations disposed on a storage insert; attaching the generally planar panel to the adaptor member by mating each of the complementary attachment formations of the generally planar panel with one of the attachment formations of the adaptor member; and attaching the storage insert to the generally planar panel by mating the complementary attachment formations of the storage insert with at least some of the attachment formations of the generally planar panel.

According to an embodiment there is provided a drawer including at least one internal surface having a plurality of attachment formations, each being configured to mate with complementary attachment formations disposed on a storage insert.

Preferably the surface is a base of the drawer.

In one embodiment at least some of the attachment formations of the surface are identically sized and shaped apertures disposed on the surface so as to form a regularly spaced two-dimensional array. In this embodiment at least some of the apertures disposed on the surface are sized and shaped so as to receive a fastener there-through for fastening of the storage insert onto the surface. In this embodiment at least some of the complementary attachment formations are apertures sized and shaped so as to receive said fastener there through. Additionally, in this embodiment, a separation distance between adjacent apertures disposed on the storage inserts matches a separation distance between an integral number of adjacent apertures disposed on the surface.

The features and advantages of the present invention will become further apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, provided by way of example only, together with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS

Figure 1 is a side view of a prior art internal support member;

Figure 2 is a front view of the prior art internal support member;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the prior art internal support member;

Figure 4 is an isometric rear view of a partially deconstructed cabinet according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 5 is a detail view of the portion labelled A in figure 4;

Figure 6 is a detail view of the portion labelled B in figure 4;

Figure 7 is a front view of an adaptor member forming part of the embodiment of figure 4;

Figure 8 is a side view of the adaptor member shown in figure 7;

Figure 9 is an end view of the adaptor member shown in figure 7;

Figure 10 is a detail view of the portion labelled A in figure 7;

Figure 11 is an end view of the adaptor member shown in figure 7;

Figure 12 is a side view of the portion labelled A in figure 7;

Figure 13 is a detail view of the portion labelled B in figure 10; and

Figure 14 is a detail view of the portion labelled C in figure 10;

Figure 15 is an isometric view of a pin forming part of the embodiment of figure 4;

Figure 16 is a plan view of the pin of figure 15;

Figure 17 is a rear end view of the pin of figure 15;

Figure 18 is a detail view of the region labelled A in figure 15;

Figure 19 is a side view of a generally planar panel forming part of the embodiment of figure 4;

Figure 20 is a detail view of the region labelled A in figure 19;

Figure 21 is a front view of the generally planar panel of figure 19;

Figure 22 is a detail view of the region labelled B in figure 21;

Figure 23 is an upper rear isometric view of a first embodiment of a storage insert;

Figure 24 is a lower frontal isometric view of a second embodiment of a storage insert;

Figure 25 is an upper rear isometric view of a third embodiment of a storage insert;

Figure 26 is an upper rear isometric view of a fourth embodiment of a storage insert;

Figure 27 is an upper rear isometric view of a fifth embodiment of a storage insert;

Figure 28 is an upper rear isometric view of a sixth embodiment of a storage insert; and

Figure 29 is an upper frontal isometric view of an embodiment of a drawer adapted for the attachment of at least one storage insert.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been designed to adapt the cabinet disclosed in Australian Patent No. 745754, the contents of which are hereby incorporated in their entirety by way of reference. However, it will be appreciated that other embodiments of the invention may be designed to function with other cabinets.

The cabinet 1 includes four generally vertical internal support members 2, each having a plurality of attachment formations 3. The cabinet is shown in figure 4, although its rear side, front doors and lid are omitted from the drawing to highlight some of the components used in the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Various views of one of the internal support members 2 are illustrated in figure 1 to 3. The attachment formations 3 of the internal support member 2 are a plurality of apertures 4 disposed in a regularly spaced planar linear array upon an open-ended side 5 of the internal support member 2.

The profile of the internal support member 2 can be best seen in the plan view shown in figure 3. More specifically, the internal support member 2 is comprised of side 6 connected at right angles to side 7, which is connected at right angles to side 5. Together the three sides create a U-shaped profile, with sides 5 and 6 being open ended. Sides 5 and 7 are both of approximately the same width and are narrower as compared to the width of side 6.

As used in the prior art described in Australian Patent No. 745754, the apertures of the support member provide for the mounting of trays, shelves, drawers, etc into the cabinet. However, as will be described in more detail below, the preferred embodiment of the present invention uses some of the apertures 4 for attachment of an adaptor member 9.

All of the apertures 4 of the internal support member 2 face a first direction, which in the illustrated preferred embodiment is parallel to the rear 8 of the cabinet 1. Hence, threading an object into one of the apertures 4 is most easily accomplished by displacing the object parallel to the rear wall of the cabinet 1. This geometry is suitable for the prior art usage of the apertures 4. However, for the purposes of the present invention, it has been appreciated by the present inventor that it would be advantageous to provide attachment formations facing towards the front of the cabinet 1 and this is achieved in the preferred embodiment by releasably engaging the adaptor member 9 with the internal support member 2.

As best shown in figures 7, 9 and 11, the adaptor member 9 defines an elongate slot that is configured to receive the open-ended side 5 (i.e. the side having the apertures 4) of the internal support member 2. The slot 10 extends along the centre line from the top 11 to the bottom 12 of the adaptor member 9. Figure 4 shows the adaptor member 9 fitted to one of the rear internal support members 2. This fitment is achieved by displacing the adaptor member 9 towards the internal support member 2 with its slot 10 in alignment with the open ended side 5 until the distal end 13 of the open-ended side 5 abuts the proximal end 14 of the slot 10. This results in the adaptor member 9 being loosely positioned on the internal support member 2.

The adaptor member 9 may be fixed in place without the use of tools by pushing two of the pins 15 illustrated in figure 15 into the upper and lower apertures 16 that each extend through the side of the adaptor member 9. These apertures 16 are each configured to form an interference fit once the pin 15 has been pushed a sufficient distance into the aperture 16. These upper and lower apertures 16 are positioned on the adaptor member 9 so as to respectively align with two of the apertures 4 of the internal support member 2 when the open-ended side 5 is received within the elongate slot 10. In this state the pin 15 is aligned with the upper or lower aperture 16 as shown in region A of figure 4 and in figure 5. The pin is threaded through the aperture 16 and across the elongate slot 10 so as to extend through one of the apertures 4 of the internal support member 2. As the pin 15 continues to be pushed into the aperture 16 of the adaptor member 9, it eventually forms an interference fit with the aperture 16 and is thereby lodged in place, as shown in region B of figure 4 and in figure 6. As shown in figures 15 to 18, four ribs 47, each having a small triangular cross-section, are provided towards the rear of the pin 15 to ensure that the interference fit is achieved once a majority of the length of the pin 15 has been inserted into aperture 16 and to ensure that some of the length of the pin 15 remains outside the aperture 16 to allow for subsequent tool-free removal. Once the pair of pins 15 are respectively lodged in the upper and lower apertures

16, the adaptor member 9 is engaged with the internal support member 2. If desired, the adaptor member 9 may be removed from the internal support member 2 without the use of tools simply by pulling the pins 15 out and then displacing the adaptor member 9 away from the internal support member 2.

The pins 15 mentioned in the preceding paragraph will typically suffice to retain the adaptor member 9 in engagement with the internal support member 2. However, if it is desired to affix the adaptor members 9 more solidly, fasteners may be used. Each adaptor member 9 includes four fastener apertures 17 extending from the front to the rear of the adaptor member 9. The positions of these fastener apertures 17 aligns them with some of the apertures 18 that are formed in side 7 of the internal support member 2. Fasteners, such as self-tapping screws or the like, are inserted through the fastener apertures 17 and into the apertures 18. These fasteners may threadedly engage with the apertures 18 or with a cylindrical plastic insert having a central hole sized for the threaded engagement that may be placed behind each of the apertures 18.

As best shown for example in figure 7, a pair of projections 19 are disposed at the top end 11 of the adaptor members 9 on either side of the elongate slot 10. If it is desired to stack the adaptor members 9 lengthways one on top of the other, the projections 19 may be mated with a corresponding pair of apertures 20 that are disposed at the bottom end 12 of the adaptor members 9 on either side of the elongate slot 10. This inter-engagement helps to maintain the desired alignment of the two stacked adaptor members 9.

As best shown in figures 8 to 14, the adaptor member 9 has a plurality of attachment formations 21 in the form of a plurality of tapered slots 22 tapering from a wider upper end 23 to a narrower lower end 24. These tapered slots 22 are configured to face a second direction differing from the first direction when the adaptor member 9 is engaged with the internal support member 2. More specifically, the tapered slots 22 face towards the front of the cabinet 1 and therefore the second direction is parallel to the side wall of the cabinet 1. Hence, threading an object into one of the tapered slots 22 is most easily accomplished by displacing the object parallel to the side wall 48 of the cabinet 1, as will be described in more detail below with regard to the generally planar panel 25.

As shown for example in figures 19 to 22, the generally planar panel 25 has a plurality of complementary attachment formations 26 that are configured to mate with the attachment formations 21 of the adaptor member 9. More specifically, the complementary attachment formations 26 of the generally planar panel 25 are each in the form of hook shaped projections 27 sized and shaped so as to be received into the tapered slots 22 of the adaptor member 9. Each of the hook-shaped projections 27 define a lower end 28 and an upper end 29, with a notch 30 being defined at the lower end 28.

Once a pair of adaptor members 9 have been respectively engaged with the left-rear and right-rear internal support members 2, the tapered slots 22 are ready to receive the hook shaped projections 27 so as to mount the generally planar panel 25 at the rear of the cabinet 1. This is achieved by aligning the hook-shaped projections 27 with the tapered slots 22 and displacing the generally planar panel 25 parallel to the side wall 48 of the cabinet 1 until the hook-shaped projections 27 are received into the tapered slots 22. The generally planar panel is then lowered until the narrow lower ends 24 of the tapered slots 22 abut the upper end of the notch 30. The generally planar panel 25 is now mounted at the rear of the cabinet 1 as shown in figure 4.

The tapering of the slots 22 eases the mounting process described in the preceding paragraph because the additional width of the wider upper ends 23 of the tapered slots 22 makes it easier to thread the hook-shaped projections 27 into the slots 22. The narrower width of the lower ends 24 of the slots 22 retain the hook-shaped projections 27 (once the generally planar panel 25 has been lowered such that the hook-shaped projections 27 drop down to the lower narrower ends 24 of the slots 22) with tighter tolerances as compared to the loose manner in which the wider upper ends 23 retains the hook-shaped projections 27.

As best shown in figures 21 and 22, the generally planar panel 25 has a plurality of attachment formations 31, which take two forms. Some of the attachment formations 31 are in the form of identically sized and shaped square apertures 32, which are formed in a regular two-dimensional array across the length and breadth of the generally planar panel 25. The others of the attachment formations 31 are in the form of identically sized and shaped smaller circular apertures 33, which are also formed in a regular two-dimensional array across the generally planar panel 25. The circular aperture array is vertically off-set from the square aperture array.

The attachment formations 31 of the generally planar panel 25 are configured to mate with complementary attachment formations 40 disposed on storage inserts. The storage inserts may be configured to perform various roles, as desired. For example, the illustrated storage inserts in figures 23 to 28 are configured to store a plurality of tools or tool bits. The front side 49 of the storage insert 34 shown in figure 23 has formations 50 that can retain a plurality of screwdrivers. The storage insert 35 shown in figure 24 has formations 51 that work in combination with like formations on a like storage insert 35 so as to retain a plurality of spanners. The front side 52 of the storage insert 36 shown in figure 25 has formations 53 for retaining a plurality of tool bits. The cubically shaped formations 54 on the storage inserts 37 and 38 shown in figures 26 and 27 are for retaining sockets. The storage insert 39 shown in figure 28 is in the form of a drawer.

The rear faces 42 of the storage inserts 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39 have complementary attachment formations 40 in the form of hooks 41, each having a size and a shape configured to be received into the square apertures 32 of the generally planar panel 25. The separation distance between adjacent hooks 41 matches the separation distance between an integral number of square apertures 32. To hang one of the storage inserts 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 or 39 onto the generally planar panel 25, the user aligns the hooks 41 with some of the square apertures 32 and pushes the storage insert towards the generally planar panel 25 until the rear face 42 of the storage insert abuts the generally planar panel 25. At this point the storage insert 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 or 39 is allowed to drop so that the lower halves of the hooks 41 overlap the lower edges of the square apertures 32 with which they have been engaged. The storage insert 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 or 39 has now been hung. It will be appreciated that the regular two-dimensional arrays of attachment formations 31 that are provided on the generally planar panel 25 provide the user with many options for the positioning of the storage inserts 34,35,36,37,38 and39.

If the attachment provided by the hooks 41 is deemed insufficient, the preferred embodiment also provides the user with the option of using fasteners to affix the storage inserts 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39 to the generally planar panel 25. Each of the circular apertures 33 in the generally planar panel 25 are sized and shaped so as to receive a fastener, such as a self-taping screw or the like, there-through for fastening of the storage insert 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 or 39 onto the generally planar panel 25. The off-set geometry of the circular apertures 33 relative to the square apertures 32 on the generally planar panel 25 is mirrored by the offset distances between the hooks 41 and the apertures 43 that are disposed on the rear face 42 of the storage inserts 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39. This ensures that when the storage insert is hanging by the hooks 41, as described in the preceding paragraph, apertures 43 in the storage insert are in alignment with some of the circular apertures 33 in the generally planar panel 25. Hence, once the storage insert is hanging by the hooks 41 in the desired position, the user may drive fasteners through the apertures 43 and into the circular apertures 33. The fasteners may make threaded engagement with the circular apertures and/ or with a cylindrical plastic insert of the type mentioned above.

A preferred embodiment of the invention may be sold as an adaptor kit for adaption of a cabinet 1 of the type described above. The adaptor kit includes at least some of the components described above. More specifically, the adaptor kit may include: at least one adaptor member 9; a generally planar panel 25; and, optionally, at least one storage insert 34, , 36, 37, 38 and/or 39.

Another usage for an array of attachment formations that may be the same as, or similar to, the arrays provided upon the generally planer panel 25, is illustrated in figure 29. In this arrangement an array of attachment formations 44 is provided upon at least one internal surface of a drawer 46. In the illustrated embodiment the internal surface is the base 45. The attachment formations 44 are each configured to mate with complementary attachment formations 55 provided upon the storage inserts 37 and/or 38, as best shown in figures 26 and 27. The attachment formations 44 of the surface 45 are identically sized and shaped apertures disposed on the surface 45 so as to form a regularly spaced two-dimensional array. It will be appreciated that, in use, the base 45 will typically be horizontal, or close thereto. Hence, the hooks 41 aren't particularly suitable for connecting the storage inserts 37, 38 to the surface 45. For this reason, the preferred embodiment makes use of fasteners, such as self-tapping screws or the like, to connect the storage inserts 37, 38 to the surface 45.

The attachment formations 44 of the surface 45 and the complementary attachment formations 55 provided upon the storage inserts 37 and/or 38 are each in the form of circular apertures that are sized to receive the fasteners there-through for fastening of the storage insert 37, 38 onto the surface 45. The separation distance between adjacent complementary attachment formations 55 matches a separation distance between an integral number of adjacent surface apertures 44. This allows the storage inserts 37 and/or 38 to be attached to the base 45 in a variety of user-selectable positions in which the complementary attachment formations 55 are in alignment with at least some of the attachment formations 44. The fasteners threadedly engage with the complementary attachment formations 55 and may be driven through the complementary attachment formations 55 and into the surface apertures 44. The fasteners may also threadedly engage with the attachment formations 44 and/or with a cylindrical plastic insert of the type described above. This fixes the storage insert 37, 38 onto the base 45 in the user-selected position.

Runners 47 are provided on either side of the drawer 46 to enable the drawer 46 to be displaced into and out of a cabinet or like structure in a known manner.

While a number of preferred embodiments have been described, it will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that numerous variations and/or modifications may be made to the invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as broadly described. The present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive.

Claims

THE CLAIMS DEFINING THE INVENTION ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. A cabinet including: at least one internal support member having a plurality of attachment formations

facing a first direction; at least one adaptor member being releasably engageable with the internal support member, the releasable engageability being via the attachment formations of the internal support member, the adaptor member having a plurality of attachment formations configured to face a second direction differing from the first direction when the adaptor member is engaged with the internal support member; and a generally planar panel having a plurality of complementary attachment formations,

each of the complementary attachment formations being configured to mate with an attachment formation of the adaptor member;

the generally planar panel having a plurality of attachment formations, each being configured to mate with complementary attachment formations disposed on a storage insert.

2. A cabinet according to claim 1 wherein the adaptor member is configured to be engageable with the internal support member without the use of tools.

3. A cabinet according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the attachment formations of the internal support member are a plurality of apertures disposed in a regularly spaced planar linear array upon an open-ended side of the internal support member and wherein the adaptor member defines an elongate slot configured to receive the open-ended side.

4. A cabinet according to claim 3 wherein the adaptor member includes at least one aperture configured to receive a pin such that, when the open-ended side is received within the elongate slot, the pin is threadable through the aperture of the adaptor member and across the elongate slot so as to extend through one of the apertures of the internal support member to thereby engage the adaptor member with the internal support member.

5. A cabinet according to claim 4 wherein the pin is sized so as to interference fittingly lodge within the aperture of the adaptor member.

6. A cabinet according to any one of the preceding claims wherein at least some of the attachment formations of the generally planar panel are identically sized and shaped apertures disposed on the generally planar panel so as to form a regularly spaced two-dimensional array.

7. A cabinet according to claim 6 wherein the complementary attachment formations of the storage insert are hooks each having a size and a shape configured to be received into the apertures of the generally planar panel.

8. A cabinet according to claim 7 wherein a separation distance between adjacent hooks matches a separation distance between an integral number of adjacent generally planar panel apertures.

9. A cabinet according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the storage insert is configured to store a plurality of tools or tool bits.

10. A cabinet according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the storage insert is a drawer.

11. A cabinet according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the attachment formations of the adaptor member are a plurality of tapered slots tapering from a wider end to a narrower end.

12. A cabinet according to claim 11 wherein the complementary attachment formations of the generally planar panel are each projections sized and shaped so as to be received into the tapered slots of the adaptor member, each projection defining first and second ends, with a notch being defined at the first end.

13. A cabinet according to claim 6 wherein at least some of the apertures of the generally planar panel are sized and shaped so as to receive a fastener there-through for fastening of the storage insert onto the generally planar panel.

14. An adaptor kit for adaption of a cabinet having at least one internal support member having a plurality of attachment formations facing a first direction, the adaptor kit including: at least one adaptor member being releasably engageable with the internal support member, the releasable engageability being via the attachment formations of the internal support member, the adaptor member having a plurality of attachment formations configured to face a second direction differing from the first direction when the adaptor member is engaged with the internal support member; a generally planar panel having a plurality of complementary attachment formations,

15. An adaptor kit according to claim 14 further including at least one storage insert.

16. A method of adapting a cabinet having at least one internal support member having a plurality of attachment formations facing a first direction, the method including: providing at least one adaptor member having a plurality of attachment formations

configured to face a second direction; releasably engaging the adaptor member with the internal support member via the attachment formations of the internal support member such that the second direction differs from the first direction; providing a generally planar panel having a plurality of complementary attachment formations, the generally planar panel further having a plurality of attachment formations,

each being configured to mate with complementary attachment formations disposed on a storage insert; attaching the generally planar panel to the adaptor member by mating each of the complementary attachment formations of the generally planar panel with one of the attachment formations of the adaptor member; and

attaching the storage insert to the generally planar panel by mating the complementary attachment formations of the storage insert with at least some of the attachment formations of the generally planar panel.

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