Haworth, Inc.

Chad J Potinsky

William L Cleair

Richard A Dixon

Eric Hill

Joanna DeWeerd

Joanna C De Weerd

David H Timmerman

Victor H Tan

Dave Timmermann

David A Beurkens

A lateral file having a cabinet structure which provides improved rigidity against racking, including an improved upright boxlike housing having an improved base associated therewith. The housing has opposed sidewall structures which are defined by identical one-piece monolithic structures each having a generally planar and upright exterior side wall with a pair of channel-like uprights fixed to an inside surface thereof and extending vertically along the exterior side wall adjacent opposite edges thereof. The upright channels and the exterior side wall are formed as a monolithic one-piece structure from a monolithic piece of sheet steel, such as by roll forming. The sidewall structure is generally symmetrical about a vertically extending centerline so that identical sidewall structures can define both the right and left sides of the housing.

Lateral file

A lateral file having a cabinet structure which provides improved rigidity against racking, including an improved base associated with a hollow boxlike housing. The base is preferably defined as a closed hollow box which extends across the bottom of the housing. The closed hollow box additionally has wall structure which defines closed tubelike channels extending lengthwise along opposite edges thereof.

Housing for free-standing file cabinet

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Holland, MI, United States of America

Chad J Potinsky