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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 1995
Filed:
May. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rubbermaid Incorporated, Wooster, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206511 ; 206508 ; 206509 ; 220212 ; 220-427 ;
Abstract
A stacking drawer assembly (10) is disclosed comprising a base (14), lid (12), and drawer (16). A bottom surface (35) of the base (14) is provided with a central recess (38) and a pair of locking tabs (44) extend into the recess from a rearward recess sidewall (42) of the base (14). The lid (12) has a central raised pedestal (22) and a pair of spaced apart slots (50) extend through a rearward pedestal side (28). The base recess (38) is sized to receive the pedestal (22) of a second drawer assembly in stacking fashion, and the tabs (44) project through the slots (50) and latch over an inside surface edge defining the slots (50) to lock the stacked drawer assemblies together.