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Document Number
US Patent 3734590
Issued Date
May 22, 1973
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The file includes an open top tub having casters on its legs. There are side hangers located at the sidewalls such that hanging files can be hung between the sides, and there are end hangers and a central hanger spaced between the ends such that hanging files can be hung between each end and the central hanger. The end hangers are removably secured in the tub such that they can be removed to facilitate the insertion of an integral door and interior end wall assembly. In the assembly, the door is slidably mounted to the end wall by means of interfitting channels and the end wall can be releasably secured to the tub at the end thereof. The end wall itself includes a hanger flange to serve the function of the removed end hanger.
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Owner
Steelcase Inc. (Grand Rapids, MI)
Published
May 22, 1973
Application Number
05/136,113
Filed
April 21, 1971
US Classification
312/322   312/109 312/184 312/321.5
Int'l Classification
A47B   63/00   (20060101)  
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USPTO Field of Search
312/323   312/322   312/184   312/183   312/109   312/138   312/7TV   312/324   62/DIG.15  
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