Snap together safety storage cabinet

摘要

A molded plastic storage cabinet having a plurality; of panels that can be snap-fit together. The cabinet has a door panel serving as a door, the door panel being symmetric about a horizontal centerline; a back panel; a pair of side panels, each side panel being symmetric about a horizontal centerline; and a top panel and a bottom panel, each arranged to connect to the back and side panels, and each having a hinge/latch pin at ends of a front edge. The door panel has a hinge cavity at one end and a door latch at the other end of a top and a bottom edge, to permit latching or hinging of the door panel on the hinge/latch pins.

主权项

1. A molded plastic storage cabinet having a plurality of panels that can be snap-fit together, comprising:
a door panel serving as a door, the door panel being symmetric about a horizontal centerline; a back panel; a pair of side panels, each side panel being symmetric about a horizontal centerline; and a top panel and a bottom panel, each arranged to connect to the back and side panels, and each having a hinge/latch pin at ends of a front edge; the door panel having a hinge cavity at one end and a door latch at the other end of a top and a bottom edge, to permit latching or hinging of the door panel on the hinge/latch pins; and wherein locking slots are provided in the bottom panel and the top panel, and outwardly flexible locking tabs having locking tab retainers are provided at accessible outer walls of the bottom panel and the top panel, each flexible locking tab being formed by providing a pair of spaced apart slits in the bottom panel and top panel, said pair of slits separating each flexible locking tab from remaining portions of the bottom panel and top panel, and a ridge along horizontal edges of the side panels and the back panel engage with the outwardly flexible locking tab retainers to retain the side panels and back panel in the bottom panel and top panel anddisassembly of the molded plastic storage cabinet can be carried out by outwardly flexing the locking tab retainers to release the side panels and back panel from the bottom panel and top panel.