Mobile Storage Assembly

Abstract

A storage assembly has a frame assembly defining a compartment and a drawer slidably supported in the frame assembly between a closed position and an open position. The storage assembly further has cooperative structure between the frame assembly and the drawer to selectively maintain the drawer in the closed position.

1 . A storage assembly comprising:
 a frame assembly defining a compartment;   a drawer slidably supported in the compartment of the frame assembly between a closed position and an open position; and   cooperative structure defined between the frame assembly and the drawer such that the drawer is selectively maintained in the closed position by engagement of surfaces of the cooperative structure.   
   
   
       2 . The storage assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the frame assembly has a divider to define the compartment, the divider comprising a support member having an opening therein, the opening defining a frame engagement surface. 
   
   
       3 . The storage assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the drawer has a depending member defining a drawer engagement surface, wherein when the drawer is in the closed position, the drawer engagement surface is positioned to engage the frame engagement surface to selectively maintain the drawer in the closed position. 
   
   
       4 . The storage assembly of  claim 3 , wherein to place the drawer in the open position, the drawer is lifted wherein the drawer engagement surface clears the frame engagement surface, wherein the drawer is slidable to the open position. 
   
   
       5 . The storage assembly of  claim 4 , wherein the depending member has a ramped surface, wherein the ramped surface engages the support member when the drawer is moved to the closed position wherein the drawer is raised until the depending member is received by the opening wherein the drawer is in the closed position. 
   
   
       6 . The storage assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the cooperative structure is defined between a frame engagement surface on the frame assembly and a drawer engagement surface on the drawer. 
   
   
       7 . The storage assembly of  claim 6 , wherein frame engagement surface is defined by an opening in a support member of the frame assembly and the drawer engagement surface is defined by a depending member on the drawer. 
   
   
       8 . The storage assembly of  claim 7 , wherein depending member depends from a bottom of the drawer. 
   
   
       9 . The storage assembly of  claim 6 , wherein the frame engagement surface and the drawer engagement surface are vertical surfaces. 
   
   
       10 . The storage assembly of  claim 4 , wherein the frame assembly defines a plurality of compartments and the storage assembly has a plurality of drawers, a respective drawer being received in a respective compartment. 
   
   
       11 . The storage assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the frame assembly has a base, a first side panel, a second side panel, and a top panel, being connected together to form a box-like structure. 
   
   
       12 . The storage assembly of  claim 11 , wherein the top panel has a lifting structure. 
   
   
       13 . The storage assembly of  claim 2 , wherein a portion of the top panel is recessed from an uppermost surface of the top panel to define a tray. 
   
   
       14 . The storage assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the drawer has a bottom, a front wall, a back wall and two side walls, collectively defining a chamber therein. 
   
   
       15 . The storage assembly of  claim 14 , wherein the two side walls are tapered towards a front portion of the drawer. 
   
   
       16 . The storage assembly of  claim 14 , wherein the front wall has a lifting structure extending from the front wall. 
   
   
       17 . The storage assembly of  claim 14 , wherein a portion of the cooperative structure is a depending member that depends from the bottom of the drawer. 
   
   
       18 . A storage assembly comprising:
 a frame assembly defining a plurality of compartments;   a plurality of drawers, each drawer slidably supported in a respective compartment between a closed position and an open position; and   each compartment having a support member having an opening therein, the opening defining a frame engagement surface, and each drawer having a depending member on a bottom of the drawer wherein the depending member defines a drawer engagement surface, wherein when the drawer is in the closed position, the drawer engagement surface is positioned to engage the frame engagement surface to selectively maintain the drawer in the closed position.   
   
   
       19 . The storage assembly of  claim 18 , wherein to place the drawer in the open position, the drawer is lifted wherein the drawer engagement surface clears the frame engagement surface, wherein the drawer is slidable to the open position. 
   
   
       20 . The storage assembly of  claim 18  wherein the depending member has a ramped surface, wherein the ramped surface engages the support member when the drawer is moved to the closed position wherein the drawer is raised until the depending member is received by the recess wherein the drawer is in the closed position. 
   
   
       21 . The storage assembly of  claim 18  wherein the frame assembly has a lifting structure located on a top panel of the frame assembly. 
   
   
       22 . The storage assembly of  claim 21  wherein the top panel has a recessed portion defining a tray. 
   
   
       23 . A storage assembly comprising:
 a frame assembly comprising:   a base;   a first side panel connected to the base, the first side panel extended upward, perpendicular to the base;   a second side panel connected to the base, the second side panel extended upward, perpendicular to the base;   a top panel connected to the first side panel and the second side panel, wherein the top panel has a slot to be used as a handle for movement of the storage assembly, the top panel having a recessed portion defining a shallow tray;   a plurality of interconnected horizontal support members and vertical members defining a plurality of compartments in the frame assembly, each compartment having an opening defined in the horizontal support members, each opening spaced from a front portion of a respective horizontal support members, the opening defining a vertical frame engagement surface and a pair of support rails;   a plurality of drawers wherein a respective drawer is slidably supported in a respective compartment of the frame assembly between a closed position and an open position, each drawer comprising:   a bottom, a pair of sidewalls, a front wall and a back wall connected together to form a chamber, the bottom wall having a depending member having a vertical surface defining a drawer engagement surface and a ramped surface, the front wall having a lifting structure extending outwardly therefrom,   wherein when each drawer is in the closed position, the drawer engagement surface is positioned to engage the frame engagement surface to selectively maintain the drawer in the closed position, and wherein to place the drawer in the open position, the drawer is lifted wherein the drawer engagement surface clears the frame engagement surface, wherein the drawer is slidable to the open position and wherein the drawer is placed back into the closed position, the ramped surface engages a front portion of a respective horizontal support member wherein the drawer is raised until the depending member is received by the opening wherein the drawer is in the closed position.