US3128136A

US3128136A - Portable first aid cabinet

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Publication number: US3128136A
Application number: US135564A
Authority: US
Inventors: Louis P Mancini
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1961-09-01
Filing date: 1961-09-01
Publication date: 1964-04-07
Anticipated expiration: 1981-04-07

Description

April '7, 1964 L. P. MANCINI PORTABLE FIRST AID CABINET Filed Sept. 1, 1961 1 l 1 1 l-l/l l 7'- Q INVENTOR.

ou/s PMANc/A/f l lll/1f /2 United States Patent Ofi tice 3,128,136 Patented Apr. 7., 1964 3,123,136 PORTABLE FIRST AID CABINET Louis P. Mancini, 129 Braidbum Road, Florham Park, NJ. Filed Sept. 1, 1961, Ser. No. 135,564 9 Claims. (Cl. S12- 209) This invention relates to portable first aid cabinets preferably formed of molded plastic material, wherem the cabinet is of such size and dimensions as to be stored on the shelf of standard cabinets used in bathrooms. More particularly, the invention deals with a cabmet structure of the character ldened, wherein the side walls and top and bottom walls are each joined by two partitions intersecting with each other in dividing the cabinet into vertically arranged drawer compartments at each side of the cabinet, Va large central rectangular compartment for the storage of container products and upper and lower elongated drawer compartments.

Still more particularly, the invention deals with substantially U-shaped `drawer spacing members for spacing the drawers in the compartments at opposed sides of the cabinet.

'Ihe novel features of the invention will be best understood from the following description, when taken together with the accompanying Idrawing, in which certain embodiments of the invention are disclosed and, in which, the separate parts are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views and, in Iwhich:

FIG. 1 is a -front view of a cabinet according to my invention, omitting the `door or closure therefor, with parts of the construction broken away and diagrammatical-ly illustrating container products in the central compartment of the cabinet.

FIG. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of FIG. l and indieating, in part, the hinge cover forming a closure for the front open side of the cabinet, the cover being shown in open position.

FIG. 3 is a partial sectional plan View on the line 3 3 of FIG. 4, parts of the construction being broken away; and

FIG. 4 is a partial section on the line 4-4 of FIG. 1.

In illustrating one -adaptation and use of my cabinet, I have shown an oblong rectangular casing 10, delined by top and bottom walls 11 and `12, side walls 1'3 and 14 and a back wall 15. The top and bottom walls 1|1 and 12 are joined by a pair of

partition walls

16, 16; whereas, the side walls 13,` and 14 are joined by another pair of partition walls 17, 17', these partitions intersecting, as at 18. In molding the cabinet proper, inner adjacent surfaces of the walls 13, @16, between the partitions 17, 17', include forwardly and rearwardly extending cleats 19' and similar cleats are formed on adjacent surfaces of the walls 14 and 16', as seen at 19. Mounted on an-d suitably secured to the

cleats

19, 19" are U-shaped drawer spacing and supporting members 20, 20', one of these members being illustrated in plan in FIG. 3 of the drawing. The purpose of the foregoing construction is to simplify the mounting of the cabinet proper and, further, to minimize the overall weight of the cabinet.

The various partitions, including the members 211, 20, divide the interior of the cabinet into a plurality of compartments, the sides of the cabinet in the construction shown having ve vertically arranged compartments, all of which are preferably of the same size and in these compartments are arranged drawers 21 of similar size and contour. Each of the drawers 21, note FIG. 4 of the drawing, comprise a front wall 22, a bottom wall 23 and a back wall 24, the latter being of less Vertical dimensions than the front wall. Each of the front walls includes, at

the upper end thereof, a tingerpiece knob 25, these knobs being clearly illustrated in FIG. 1 of the drawing.

Formed between the top and bottom walls 11 and i12 and t-he partition wa-

lls

17, 17 are two elongated compartments, in which elongated Idrawers 26 are arranged. The drawers 26 are both of the same size to simplify construction of the cabinet and these drawers also include a front lWall 27, note FIG. 2, a bottom Wall 28 and a back -wall 29, the latter being preferably of less vertical dimensions than the front Wall 27. The drawers 26 also include iingerpiece knobs 30, similar to the knobs 2'5.

Formed between the partition Walls 16, 16'; 17, 17 centrally of the cabinet is a large

rectangular compartment

3,1, in which various containers for different treatment ointments or the like are adapted to be stored, two large containers 32 being employed, twosmall containers 33 and a tube 34, preferably containing a rst aid cream. While these several containers can be mounted directly upon the bottom partition wall 17', l prefer to employ a shallow drawer 35 employing a front wall 36, note FIG. 2, a bottom wall 37 and a back wall 38 so that the various containers can be moved forwardly by engaging the lingerpiece knob 39 to facilitate removal and replacement of any of the containers.

Considering FIG. 2 of the drawing, it will be apparent that the front open side of the cabinet is preferably closed by a door 4t)x 1hinged to the bottom wall 12 of the cabinet, as indicated at 41. In this connection, it will be understood that any type and kind of closure can be employed to gain access to the several drawers of the cabinet in removal of the first aid products in rendering first aid treatment.

The various compartments of the cabinet will provide storage for numerous types and kinds of equipment and, in illustrating a few articles, sterile bandage, cotton, :adhesive tape, iinger bands, sterile gauze pads and standard types of remedies for treatment of wounds, burns, accidental poisonings and the like can be stored therein. Further, such hardware :as `swab sticks, scissors and tourniquets will be employed.

Considering FIG. 2 of the drawing, it will appear that each of the members 20 comprise a wide front crosshead 42, from which extend the inwardly directed narrow side members directly arranged upon and secured to the cleats 19, thus producing the generally U-shaped contour of each of the members 20. It will also appear, from a consideration of FIG. 2 of the drawing, that the front walls of all of the drawers are set inwardly of the forward edges of the several walls of the cabinet, so that the ingerpiece knobs of the respective drawers do not project beyond the forward edges which might be said to define a vertical plane, against which the door or closure 4t) rests when the cabinet is in closed position.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that only three dierent size drawers are employed in the cabinet, thus minimizing die cost and enabling the cabinet to be produced at a reasonable price. The cabinets can be merchandised in a filled state or in a blank state for filling by the purchaser or user.

In addition to the simplicity in the structure of the cabinet, the location of the large compartment 31 in a position centrally of the cabinet to immediately meet the eye is desirable, particularly when the products of the several containers stored in this compartment are needed for quick administration.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A portable first aid cabinet comprising an oblong rectangular molded casing dened by a back wall, top, bottom and side walls, a pair of spaced vertical partition Walls integral with the top and bottom walls, a pair of spaced horizontal partition walls integrally joining said side walls, the last named partition walls integrally intersecting the first named partition walls, said partition walls dividing the cabinet into a large rectangular center compartment, said center compartment being bordered by top, bottom and side large drawer receiving compartments and four small corner drawer receiving compartments, drawers conforming to and fitting in said top, bottom and corner drawer compartments, means between the spaced horizontal partition walls and each side wall and the adjacent vertical partition wall for forming a plurality of drawer compartments in each of said side drawer compartments, and drawers in said last named compartments.

2. A cabinet as dened in claim 1, wherein said last named means includes cleats integral with the side and vertical partition walls, and spacing members supported on and fixed to said cleats.

3. A cabinet as defined in claim 2, wherein said spacing members are generally U-shaped in form.

4. A cabinet as defined in claim 1, wherein all of said drawers are generally of the same construction, each drawer comprising only front, bottom and back walls, and a ngerpiece knob on said front wall.

5. A cabinet as defined in claim 4, wherein the center compartment includes a vertically shallow product supporting drawer generally similar in contour to the other drawers of the cabinet.

6. A cabinet as defined in claim l, wherein the drawer compartments and drawers at sides and corners of the cabinet are all of the same size.

7. A cabinet as defined in claim 6, wherein the drawer compartments and drawers above and below the center rectangular compartment are of the same depth but of greater width than the side compartments and drawers.

8. A cabinet as dened in claim 7, wherein the center compartment includes a product supporting drawer disposed at the lower portion only of said compartment.

9. A cabinet as defined in claim 1, wherein a drawer is disposed in the bottom of said center compartment, and said drawer being materially less in vertical dimensions than the vertical dimensions of said center compartment.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 236,906 Ladewig Ian. 25, 1881 1,094,397 Abbath Apr. 21, 1914 1,966,800 Katzman Iuly 17, 1934 3,008,785 Gehr Nov. 14, 1961

Claims

1. A PORTABLE FIRST AID CABINET COMPRISING AN OBLONG RECTANGULAR MOLDED CASING DEFINED BY A BACK WALL, TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS, A PAIR OF SPACED VERTICAL PARTITION WALLS INTEGRAL WITH THE TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS, A PAIR OF SPACED HORIZONTAL PARTITION WALLS INTEGRALLY JOINING SAID SIDE WALLS, THE LAST NAMED PARTITION WALLS INTEGRALLY INTERSECTING THE FIRST NAMED PARTITION WALLS, SAID PARTITION WALLS DIVIDING THE CABINET INTO A LARGE RECTANGULAR CENTER COMPARTMENT, SAID CENTER COMPARTMENT BEING BORDERED BY TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE LARGE DRAWER RECEIVING COMPARTMENTS AND FOUR SMALL CORNER DRAWER RECEIVING COMPARTMENTS, DRAWERS CONFORMING TO AND FITTING IN SAID TOP, BOTTOM AND CORNER DRAWER COMPARTMENTS, MEANS BETWEEN THE SPACED HORIZONTAL PARTITION WALLS AND EACH SIDE WALL AND THE ADJACENT VERTICAL PARTITION WALL FOR FORMING A PLURALITY OF DRAWER COMPARTMENTS IN EACH OF SAID SIDE DRAWER COMPARTMENTS, AND DRAWERS IN SAID LAST NAMED COMPARTMENTS.