US2985333A - Plastic cabinet drawer with removable partitions - Google Patents
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- the nvention relates to drawers for relatively small cabinets for containing various types of small articles, and more particularly to a drawer of this type provided with removable partitions or dividers, for dividing the drawer into two or more compartments o'f varying size, with means for frictionally :holding the partitions in adjusted position within the drawer.
- the drawers of such cabinets are ordinarily provided with removable partitions or dividers adapted to be located in various positions transversely of the drawer to divide the same into the desired number of compartments of desired size.
- IIt is, therefore, a primary object of the present invention to provide a cabinet drawer of the character referred to having removable partitions or dividers with means fo'r frictionally holding the same in proper'adjusted position within the drawer.
- Another object of the nvention is to provide a. cabinet drawer of the character referred to having spaced vertical ribs upon the inner surfacesof the side walls thereof to' slidably receive opposite ends of a partition or divider having means thereon for frictionally eng'aging the adjacent vertical ribs in the drawer for holding the partitions or dividers securely in position therein.
- AV further object of the nvention is td provide such' a cabinet drawer with slightly flexible partitions or divid- -ers formed of plastic material or the like having small projections or buttons on opposite sides of each end portion thereof for frictionally engaging opposite side walls of the grooves forrned in the drawer so as to slightly flex the end portions of the partitions or dividers and frictionally hold them in position within the drawer.
- a still further object is to provide such a deviee in which projections or buttons are provided at'the top and bottom edge of the partition or divider on one side therethe partition or divider into slightly arcuate shape and vfrictionally hold thesarne within the drawer.
- Fatented May 23, 1961 which may be later referred to, may be attained by constructing the improved plastic cabinet drawer in the manner hereinafter set forth in detail and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
- the nvention may be briefly described as co'mprising a cabinet drawer, preferably formed of a transparent plastic material having vuniformly spaced vertically disposed ribs upon the inner surfaces of the side walls thereof, forming therebetween vertical grooves for slidably receiving partitions or dividers which may be formed of the same plastic material.
- Each partition or divider has small projections or buttons at opposite ends of one surface thereof adjacent to the upper and lower edges of the partition and similar projections or buttons on the opposite surface thereof at points intermedate the upper and lower edges of the partition or divider.
- these projections or buttons at the-ends thereof will frictionally engage opposite Sides of the vertical grooves into which the partition is inserted, slghtly flexing the end portions of the partition, the projections or buttons thereon biting into the opposite side walls of thevertical grooves and frictionally holding the partition in adjusted position so that it will not be likely to be displaced.
- a horizontal rib is formed at the top edge of each partition for the purpose of providing a finger grip for inserting the partition into the desired grooves in the drawer or removing it therefrom.
- Fig. l is a perspective view of a cabinet drawer provided with anvadjustable partition or divider-embodying the nvention;
- Fig. 2 is a detached, enlarged perspective view of one of the partitions or dividers.
- Fig. 3 is an enlarged,-fragmentary sectional elevation sho'wing the manner in which each end portion of the partition is flexed so as to frictionally engage the desired groove in the drawer.
- the cabinet drawer to which the nvention pertains is indicated, generally at 1, and although the drawer may be formed of any suitable material, it is preferably fo'rmed of transparent plastic material of a type which may be commonly obtained upon the market under various trade names such as Lucite, Plexiglas and the like.
- the drawer if made of plastic material, is preferably extrusion molded in a single piece and comprises the integral bottom wall Z, side walls 3, and front and rear walls (i and 5 respectively. Any suitable drawer pull, such as indicated at 6 in Fig. l, may be provided upon the front wall 4 for opening and closing the drawer as in usual practice. i
- each side wall 3 of the drawer is provided with a multiplicity of uniformly spaced, vertically disposed ribs 7 extending from the upper edge of the side wall to the bottom wall 2. These ribs form therebetween vertical grooves 8 of uniform Width open at their upper ends for the purpose of selectvely receiving opposite end portions of the partitions vor -dividers 9, which may also be formed of the same plastic material as the drawer itself.
- Integral projections or buttons 10 and 11 are formed upon one surface of each partition, at opposite ends thereof, near the upper and lower edges of the. partition respectively.
- a similar projectionor button 12 is formed on the opposite surface of each parti- 3 tion at a point spaced midway between the projections and 11.
- a horizontal rib 13 is formed at the upper edge of each partition, on one surface thereof, to provide a finger grip by means of which the partition may be inserted into or removed from the grooves 8 in the side walls of the drawer.
- the upper and lower projections or buttons 10 and 11 will engage one wall of the groove 8 into which the corresponding end of the partition is inserted, and the intermediate projection or button 12 will engage the opposite wall of the groove, as best shown in Fig. 3, flexing the slightly flexible or resilient partition 9 into curved or arcuate shape, as shown in Fig. 3, causing the projections 10, 11 and 12 to bite into the walls of the grooves 8 so as to frictionally hold the partition in desired adjusted position.
- the comhined thckness of the partition and either of the projections 10, 11 or 12 is equal to the width of a groove 8, so that when the partition is inserted into the groove, in the manner shown in Fig. 3, each projection tightly contacts one side wall of the groove, while the opposite side of the adjacent portion of the partition tightly contacts the opposite side wall of the groove.
- the upper projection 10 tightly contacts the upper end portion of the left side wall of the groove and the opposite side of the upper edge of the partition tightly contacts the upper end portion of the right side wall of the groove;
- the intermediate projection 12 tightly contacts the intermediate portion-of the right side wall of the groove and the opposite side of the intermediate portion of the partition tightly contacts the intermediate portion of the left side wall of the groove;
- the lower projection 11 tightly contacts the lower portion of the left side wall of the groove, and the opposite side of the lower edge of the partition tightly contacts the lower end of the right side wall of the partition, frictionally holding the partition vertically flexed Within the groove.
- a simple, inexpensive and efiicient means is provided for removably mounting the partitions in adjusted position within the drawer and for frictionally holding the partitions in Vadjusted position within the drawer, so that they may not be accidentally displaced from, the drawer, while at the same time permitting removal of the partitions when it is desired to change the relative positions thereof within the drawer.
- a cabinet drawer having a bottom wall, front and back walls, side walls and an open top, a plurality of spaced vertical grooves on the inner surfaces of the side walls, said grooves being open at their upper ends, a removable partition for said drawer, said partition comprisinga flat sheet of plastic material .selectively insertable into said grooves, and projcctions on opposite surfaces L- of the end portions of said partition each projection engaging one side wall of the corresponding groove and the opposed side of the partition engaging the other side wall of said groove and slightly fiexing the partition vertically within said grooves.
- a cabinet drawer having a bottom wall, front and back walls, side walls and an open top, a plurality of spaced vertical grooves on the inner surfaces of the side Walls, said grooves being open at their upper ends, a removable partition for said drawer, said partition comprising a flat sheet of slightly flexible material selectively insertable into said grooves, and projections on opposite surfaces of the end portions of said partition each projection engagingV .one side wall of the corresponding groove and the opposed side of the partition engaging the other side wall of said groove and slightly fiexing the partition vertically within said grooves.
- a cabinet drawer having a bottom wall, front and back walls, side walls and an open top, a plurality of spaced vertical grooves on the inner surfaces of the side walls, said grooves being open at their upper ends, a removable partition for said drawer, said partition comprising a flat sheet of slightly flexible plastic material selectively insertable into said grooves, and projections at spaced points on opposite surfaces of the end portions of said partition, each projection engaging one side wall of the correspondingV groove and the opposed side of the partition engaging the other side wall of said groove and slightly fiexing the partition vertically Within said grooves.
- a removable partition for said drawer comprising a flat sheet of slightly flexible material selectively insertable into said grooves, and projections on opposite surfaces of the end portions of said partition for simultaneously frictionally engaging opposite walls of said grooves and slightly flexing the ends of the partition vertically within said grooves for frictionally holding the partition in adjusted position in said drawer, the projections on one surface of the partition being located near the upper and lower edges of the partition and the projections on the other surface being located midway between the upper and lower edges of the partition, Vthe projection near the upper and lower edges of each end of the partition engaging the upper and lower portions respectively of one side wall of the corresponding groove, the opposed side of the upper and lower edges of the partition Vengaging adjacent portions of the other side Wall of said groove, the projectionlocated midway engaging an intermediate portion of saidV other Vside wall of said groove
- a cabinet drawer having a bottom wall, front and back walls, side walls and an open top, a plurality of spaced vertical grooves on the inner surfaces of the side walls, said grooves being open at Vtheir upper ends, a removable partition for said drawer, said partition comprising a flat sheet of slightly exible material selectively insertable into said grooves, and projections at spaced points onV opposite surfaces of the end portions of said partition each projection engaging one side wall of the corresponding groove and the opposed side of the partition engaging the other side wall of said groove and slightly fiexing the partition vertically within said grooves.
- a cabinet drawer having a bottom wall, front and back walls, side Walls and an open top, a plurality of spaced vertical grooves on the inner surfaces of the side walls, said grooves being open at their upper ends, a removable partition for said drawer, said partition comprising a fiat sheet of slightly flexible materialrselectively insertable into said grooves, and projections'on opposite surfaces of the end portions of said partition for simul- 2,9s5,sss
- the projections on one surface of the partition being located near the upper and lower edges of the partition and the projections on the other surface being located midway between the upper and lower edges of the partition, the projection near the upper and lower edges of each end of the partition engaging the upper and lower portions respectively of one side wall of the corresponding groove, the opposed side of the upper and lower edges of the partition engaging adjacent portions of the other side wall of said groove, the projection located midway engaging an intermediate portion of said other side wall of said groove, and the opposed side of the intermediate portion of the partition engaging an interrnediate portion of the first-named side wall of said groove and slightly flexing the partition vertically within said grooves.
- a removable partition for said drawer comprising a flat sheet of slightly flexible material selectively insertable into said grooves, and projections on opposite surfaces of the end portions of said partition for simultaneously frictionall'y engaging opposite walls of said grooves for frictionally holding the partition in adjusted position in said drawer, the projections on one surface of the partition being located near the upper and lower edges of the partition and the projections on the other surface of the partition being located midway between the upper and lower edges of the partition, the projections near the upper and lower edges of each end of the partition engaging the upper and lower portions respectively of one side wall of the corresponding groove, and the opposed side of the upper and lower edges of the partition engaging the upper and lower portions of the other side wall of said groove, the projection located mdway between the upper and lower edges of the partition engaging an intermediate portion of said other side Wal-l
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May 23, 1961 D. H. KIRKMAN 2,985,333 i" PLASTIC CABINET DRAWER WITH REMOVABLE PARTITIONS Donald H. Kirkman, Canton, Ohio, assignor to Akro- Mils, Inc., Akron, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Filed Feb. 23, 1960, Ser. No. 10,304
7 Claims. (Cl. 220-22) The nvention relates to drawers for relatively small cabinets for containing various types of small articles, and more particularly to a drawer of this type provided with removable partitions or dividers, for dividing the drawer into two or more compartments o'f varying size, with means for frictionally :holding the partitions in adjusted position within the drawer.
Inrecent years relatively small cabinets provided with a plurality of drawers, divided by adjustably mounted partitions or dividers into bcompartments of varying size, have come into' general use. Such cabinets have a variety of uses Vin the home, oflice or shop to separatelyhouse many small articles such as screws, bolts, nails, small articles of hardware, paper clips, staples, erasers, stamps, jewelry, cosmetics, sewing supplies, and many -other articles in such a manner as to be readily accessible.
In orderV to divide each drawer into two or more compartments o'f desired size for containing the various articles, the drawers of such cabinets are ordinarily provided with removable partitions or dividers adapted to be located in various positions transversely of the drawer to divide the same into the desired number of compartments of desired size.
Difiiculty has been experienced in the past by such parttions becoming accidentally displaced so that articles -in two' adjacent compartments become intermixed, due to the fact that no adequate means has heretofore been provided for securely holding the partitions in adjusted position.
IIt is, therefore, a primary object of the present invention to provide a cabinet drawer of the character referred to having removable partitions or dividers with means fo'r frictionally holding the same in proper'adjusted position within the drawer.
Another object of the nvention is to provide a. cabinet drawer of the character referred to having spaced vertical ribs upon the inner surfacesof the side walls thereof to' slidably receive opposite ends of a partition or divider having means thereon for frictionally eng'aging the adjacent vertical ribs in the drawer for holding the partitions or dividers securely in position therein.
AV further object of the nvention is td provide such' a cabinet drawer with slightly flexible partitions or divid- -ers formed of plastic material or the like having small projections or buttons on opposite sides of each end portion thereof for frictionally engaging opposite side walls of the grooves forrned in the drawer so as to slightly flex the end portions of the partitions or dividers and frictionally hold them in position within the drawer.
A still further object is to provide such a deviee in which projections or buttons are provided at'the top and bottom edge of the partition or divider on one side therethe partition or divider into slightly arcuate shape and vfrictionally hold thesarne within the drawer. V
The above objects together with others which Will be w apparent from the drawing and following description, or
Fatented May 23, 1961 which may be later referred to, may be attained by constructing the improved plastic cabinet drawer in the manner hereinafter set forth in detail and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
In general terms, the nvention may be briefly described as co'mprising a cabinet drawer, preferably formed of a transparent plastic material having vuniformly spaced vertically disposed ribs upon the inner surfaces of the side walls thereof, forming therebetween vertical grooves for slidably receiving partitions or dividers which may be formed of the same plastic material.
Each partition or divider has small projections or buttons at opposite ends of one surface thereof adjacent to the upper and lower edges of the partition and similar projections or buttons on the opposite surface thereof at points intermedate the upper and lower edges of the partition or divider.
When a partition is inserted into any desired gro'oves of the drawer, these projections or buttons at the-ends thereof will frictionally engage opposite Sides of the vertical grooves into which the partition is inserted, slghtly flexing the end portions of the partition, the projections or buttons thereon biting into the opposite side walls of thevertical grooves and frictionally holding the partition in adjusted position so that it will not be likely to be displaced.
A horizontal rib is formed at the top edge of each partition for the purpose of providing a finger grip for inserting the partition into the desired grooves in the drawer or removing it therefrom.
Having thus brieiiy described the nvention, reference is now made to the accompanying drawng forming a part hereof, in which:
Fig. l is a perspective view of a cabinet drawer provided with anvadjustable partition or divider-embodying the nvention;
Fig. 2 is a detached, enlarged perspective view of one of the partitions or dividers; and
Fig. 3 is an enlarged,-fragmentary sectional elevation sho'wing the manner in which each end portion of the partition is flexed so as to frictionally engage the desired groove in the drawer.
Reference is now made to the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout.
The cabinet drawer to which the nvention pertainsis indicated, generally at 1, and although the drawer may be formed of any suitable material, it is preferably fo'rmed of transparent plastic material of a type which may be commonly obtained upon the market under various trade names such as Lucite, Plexiglas and the like.
The drawer, if made of plastic material, is preferably extrusion molded in a single piece and comprises the integral bottom wall Z, side walls 3, and front and rear walls (i and 5 respectively. Any suitable drawer pull, such as indicated at 6 in Fig. l, may be provided upon the front wall 4 for opening and closing the drawer as in usual practice. i
*The inner surface of each side wall 3 of the drawer is provided with a multiplicity of uniformly spaced, vertically disposed ribs 7 extending from the upper edge of the side wall to the bottom wall 2. These ribs form therebetween vertical grooves 8 of uniform Width open at their upper ends for the purpose of selectvely receiving opposite end portions of the partitions vor -dividers 9, which may also be formed of the same plastic material as the drawer itself. Integral projections or buttons 10 and 11 are formed upon one surface of each partition, at opposite ends thereof, near the upper and lower edges of the. partition respectively. A similar projectionor button 12is formed on the opposite surface of each parti- 3 tion at a point spaced midway between the projections and 11.
A horizontal rib 13 is formed at the upper edge of each partition, on one surface thereof, to providea finger grip by means of which the partition may be inserted into or removed from the grooves 8 in the side walls of the drawer.
When a partition 9 is inserted into any desired grooves 8 in opposite side walls of the drawer, the upper and lower projections or buttons 10 and 11 will engage one wall of the groove 8 into which the corresponding end of the partition is inserted, and the intermediate projection or button 12 will engage the opposite wall of the groove, as best shown in Fig. 3, flexing the slightly flexible or resilient partition 9 into curved or arcuate shape, as shown in Fig. 3, causing the projections 10, 11 and 12 to bite into the walls of the grooves 8 so as to frictionally hold the partition in desired adjusted position.
As best shown in Fig. 3, the comhined thckness of the partition and either of the projections 10, 11 or 12 is equal to the width of a groove 8, so that when the partition is inserted into the groove, in the manner shown in Fig. 3, each projection tightly contacts one side wall of the groove, while the opposite side of the adjacent portion of the partition tightly contacts the opposite side wall of the groove.
Thus, as shown in said figure of the drawing, the upper projection 10 tightly contacts the upper end portion of the left side wall of the groove and the opposite side of the upper edge of the partition tightly contacts the upper end portion of the right side wall of the groove; the intermediate projection 12 tightly contacts the intermediate portion-of the right side wall of the groove and the opposite side of the intermediate portion of the partition tightly contacts the intermediate portion of the left side wall of the groove; and in like manner, the lower projection 11 tightly contacts the lower portion of the left side wall of the groove, and the opposite side of the lower edge of the partition tightly contacts the lower end of the right side wall of the partition, frictionally holding the partition vertically flexed Within the groove.
From the above it will be obvious that a simple, inexpensive and efiicient means is provided for removably mounting the partitions in adjusted position within the drawer and for frictionally holding the partitions in Vadjusted position within the drawer, so that they may not be accidentally displaced from, the drawer, while at the same time permitting removal of the partitions when it is desired to change the relative positions thereof within the drawer.
In the foregoing description, certain terms'have been used for brevity, clearness and understanding, but no unnecessary limitations are to be implied therefrom beyond the requirements of the prior art, because such words are used for descriptive purposes herein and are intended to be broadly construed.
Moreover, the embodiments of the improved con- H struction illustrated and described herein are by way of example, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the exact details of construction.
Having now described the invention or discovery, the construction, the Operation, and use of preferred ernbodiments thereof, and the advantageous new and useful results obtained thereby; the new and useful construction, and reasonable mechanical equivalents thereof obvious to those skilled in the art, are set forth in the appended claims.
I claim:
2. In a cabinet drawer having a bottom wall, front and back walls, side walls and an open top, a plurality of spaced vertical grooves on the inner surfaces of the side Walls, said grooves being open at their upper ends, a removable partition for said drawer, said partition comprising a flat sheet of slightly flexible material selectively insertable into said grooves, and projections on opposite surfaces of the end portions of said partition each projection engagingV .one side wall of the corresponding groove and the opposed side of the partition engaging the other side wall of said groove and slightly fiexing the partition vertically within said grooves.
3.,In a cabinet drawer having a bottom wall, front and back walls, side walls and an open top, a plurality of spaced vertical grooves on the inner surfaces of the side walls, said grooves being open at their upper ends, a removable partition for said drawer, said partition comprising a flat sheet of slightly flexible plastic material selectively insertable into said grooves, and projections at spaced points on opposite surfaces of the end portions of said partition, each projection engaging one side wall of the correspondingV groove and the opposed side of the partition engaging the other side wall of said groove and slightly fiexing the partition vertically Within said grooves.
4. In a cabinet drawer having a bottom wall, front and back walls, side walls and an open top, a plurality of spaced vertical grooves on the inner surfaces of the side walls, said grooves being open at their upper ends, a removable partition for said drawer, said partition comprising a flat sheet of slightly flexible material selectively insertable into said grooves, and projections on opposite surfaces of the end portions of said partition for simultaneously frictionally engaging opposite walls of said grooves and slightly flexing the ends of the partition vertically within said grooves for frictionally holding the partition in adjusted position in said drawer, the projections on one surface of the partition being located near the upper and lower edges of the partition and the projections on the other surface being located midway between the upper and lower edges of the partition, Vthe projection near the upper and lower edges of each end of the partition engaging the upper and lower portions respectively of one side wall of the corresponding groove, the opposed side of the upper and lower edges of the partition Vengaging adjacent portions of the other side Wall of said groove, the projectionlocated midway engaging an intermediate portion of saidV other Vside wall of said groove, and the opposed side of the intermediate portion of the partition engaging an intermediate portion of the first-named side wall of said groove.
5. In a cabinet drawer having a bottom wall, front and back walls, side walls and an open top, a plurality of spaced vertical grooves on the inner surfaces of the side walls, said grooves being open at Vtheir upper ends, a removable partition for said drawer, said partition comprising a flat sheet of slightly exible material selectively insertable into said grooves, and projections at spaced points onV opposite surfaces of the end portions of said partition each projection engaging one side wall of the corresponding groove and the opposed side of the partition engaging the other side wall of said groove and slightly fiexing the partition vertically within said grooves.
6. In a cabinet drawer having a bottom wall, front and back walls, side Walls and an open top, a plurality of spaced vertical grooves on the inner surfaces of the side walls, said grooves being open at their upper ends, a removable partition for said drawer, said partition comprising a fiat sheet of slightly flexible materialrselectively insertable into said grooves, and projections'on opposite surfaces of the end portions of said partition for simul- 2,9s5,sss
taneously frictonally engaging opposite walls of said grooves for frictionally holding the partition in adjusted position in said drawer, the projections on one surface of the partition being located near the upper and lower edges of the partition and the projections on the other surface being located midway between the upper and lower edges of the partition, the projection near the upper and lower edges of each end of the partition engaging the upper and lower portions respectively of one side wall of the corresponding groove, the opposed side of the upper and lower edges of the partition engaging adjacent portions of the other side wall of said groove, the projection located midway engaging an intermediate portion of said other side wall of said groove, and the opposed side of the intermediate portion of the partition engaging an interrnediate portion of the first-named side wall of said groove and slightly flexing the partition vertically within said grooves.
7. In a cabinet drawer having a bottom wall, front and back walls, side walls and an open top, and a plurality of 20 spaced vertical grooves on the inner surfaces of the side walls, said grooves being open at their upper ends, a removable partition for said drawer, said partition comprising a flat sheet of slightly flexible material selectively insertable into said grooves, and projections on opposite surfaces of the end portions of said partition for simultaneously frictionall'y engaging opposite walls of said grooves for frictionally holding the partition in adjusted position in said drawer, the projections on one surface of the partition being located near the upper and lower edges of the partition and the projections on the other surface of the partition being located midway between the upper and lower edges of the partition, the projections near the upper and lower edges of each end of the partition engaging the upper and lower portions respectively of one side wall of the corresponding groove, and the opposed side of the upper and lower edges of the partition engaging the upper and lower portions of the other side wall of said groove, the projection located mdway between the upper and lower edges of the partition engaging an intermediate portion of said other side Wal-l of said groove, and the opposed side of the intermediate portion of the partition engaging an intermediate -portion of the first named side wall of said groove and slightly flexing the partition vertically within said grooves.
Drengberg Feb. 26, 1952 Sitler Aug. 4, 1959
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