US20030111941A1

US20030111941A1 - One-piece cabinet pedestal

Info

Publication number: US20030111941A1
Application number: US10/298,742
Authority: US
Inventors: David Noel; Bernard Lavas; Thomas Bruce; Thomas Langworthy
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Knoll Inc
Priority date: 2001-02-20
Filing date: 2002-11-18
Publication date: 2003-06-19

Abstract

A low cost cabinet pedestal wherein at least the top and side walls are formed from a single piece of material without the need for any additional stiffening members such as vertical rails for drawer slides, or any other internal strengthening members. The bottom of the low cost pedestal can also be formed from the same single sheet of material and a base panel can be added for rigidity. The top, bottom, and side walls can have flanged members at the edges thereof, and overlapping portions of the flanged members at corners of the pedestal can be rigidly joined together to provide increased stiffness to the pedestal. The side walls of the pedestal can be provided with integrally formed connection portions for the direct attachment of horizontal drawer slides.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/789,973, filed Feb. 20, 2001, now pending.[0001]

BACKGROUND

This invention relates generally to a cabinet pedestal, especially for drawer cabinets, such as a file cabinet. More particularly, the invention relates to a cabinet pedestal wherein the side walls can be provided with integrally formed connection means to directly attach horizontal drawer slides without having to first attach vertical rails to the side walls. As a result, simpler fabrication and lower cost for the cabinet pedestal can be provided.

Conventional construction of such cabinets involve forming a cabinet pedestal, usually fabricated from sheet metal, having a top and a pair of side walls welded together. Additionally, a bottom portion, or portions, may be provided. Depending on the application, a back panel may or may not be provided. More importantly, vertical rails are conventionally attached to the inside surfaces of the side walls of the cabinet pedestal in order to provide support and attachment means for the horizontal drawer slides that carry the drawers to be contained in the cabinet pedestal. The attachment of the vertical rails is typically done by welding the vertical rails to the side walls of the cabinet pedestal. The necessity of attaching vertical rails to the side walls to provide for connection of the horizontal drawer slides contributes significantly to the complexity of fabrication and the cost of the cabinet pedestal.

Accordingly, a cabinet pedestal and method of making such, which has integrally formed connection means on the side walls for attachment of the horizontal drawer slides would be desirable in order to significantly reduce the cost of the cabinet pedestal.

SUMMARY

The invention provides a low cost cabinet pedestal wherein the side walls of the pedestal can be provided with integrally formed connection means for the direct attachment of the horizontal drawer slides. As a result, the attachment of vertical rails to the side walls can be eliminated, along with the associated added complexity of fabrication and added cost. Moreover, in addition to the connection means for the horizontal drawer slides, the side walls can also be formed integrally with the top of the cabinet pedestal utilizing known metal fabrication techniques, for example—by bending a single sheet of material, such as a sheet of metal. It is also foreseeable that the bottom could also be formed integrally with the top and sides in the same manner, by simply providing a longer piece of material and bending all four sides. One presently preferred manner of integrally forming the connection means on the side walls can be to provide flange portions at or near each of the front and rear edges of the side walls. These flange portions can be simply formed, again using known methods of fabrication, by bending the edges of the side walls. These flange portions, for example, can be U-shaped bends which project inwardly into the interior space between the side walls to form inwardly projecting surfaces that can be specially configured for connection to the horizontal drawer slides. These inwardly projecting surfaces can be positioned at vertically spaced locations along each of the front and rear edges, and which locations can be located to cooperate front to rear, generally horizontally, to provide for attachment of the horizontal drawer slides. Correspondingly, front and rear regions of the horizontal drawer slides can be configured in a complementary manner to connect to the specially configured surfaces on the front and rear flanges. Consequently, the need to attach separate vertical side rails to the inside of each side wall to connect with and support the horizontal drawer slides can be eliminated, thus significantly reducing the complexity of fabrication and also the cost of the cabinet pedestal.

Other details, objects, and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings figures of certain embodiments thereof.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES

A more complete understanding of the invention can be obtained by considering the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: [0007]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a one-piece flanged cabinet pedestal according to the invention; [0008]
FIG. 2 is a view taken along line II-II in FIG. 1; [0009]
FIG. 3 is a view taken along line III-III in FIG. 2; [0010]
FIG. 4 is a view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 2; [0011]
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of section V in FIG. 3; [0012]
FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of section VI in FIG. 4; [0013]
FIG. 7 is a side view of an embodiment of a horizontal drawer slide for connection to integral flanges provided on the side walls of the pedestal shown in FIG. 1; [0014]
FIG. 8 is a view taken along line VIII-VIII in FIG. 7; [0015]
FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of section IX in FIG. 8; [0016]
FIG. 10 is a view taken along line X-X in FIG. 8; [0017]
FIG. 11 is a view similar to FIG. 2 illustrating an alternative configuration of the side walls for attachment of the horizontal drawer slide; [0018]
FIG. 12 is a view taken along line XII-XII in FIG. 11; [0019]
FIG. 13 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a one-piece flanged cabinet; [0020]
FIG. 14 is a sectional view taken at detail XIV in FIG. 13; [0021]
FIG. 15 is a sectional view taken at detail XV in FIG. 13; and [0022]
FIG. 16 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a base panel.[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN EMBODIMENTS

Referring now to the drawing figures, wherein like reference numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several views, a presently preferred [0024] cabinet pedestal 15 is shown in FIG. 1, having a top 18 and a pair of side walls 21, 24 extending downwardly from the top 18 to form the major portion of the cabinet pedestal 15. There is also shown a pair of bottom 27, 30 portions which can be provided for attachment to the side walls 21, 24 at front 33 and back 36 edges thereof, if desired, for example, to provide structural rigidity to the cabinet pedestal 15. Additionally, a back wall for the cabinet pedestal 15 can provided, if desired, depending on the intended application for the cabinet pedestal 15 and the requirements of the customer. FIG. 1 also depicts three horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48, shown exploded away from the cabinet pedestal 15, and aligned in a horizontal fashion illustrating generally the position and the manner in which each horizontal drawer slide 42, 45, 48 would be inserted into the cabinet pedestal 15 and connected to the side walls 21, 24.
FIGS. 2 through 4, and particularly FIGS. 2 and 3, better illustrate the positioning of the [0025] horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 and how they connect to the side walls 21, 24. In one presently preferred embodiment, a pair of connection means 51, 54 provided on the side walls 21, 24 to which the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 attach can be formed integrally with each side wall 21, 24. In particular, integrally formed front 51 and rear 54 connection means can be provided, one at or near each of the front and rear edges, respectively, of each side wall 21, 24 in a relatively horizontally aligned position from front to rear of the cabinet pedestal 15. Moreover, as shown, multiple pairs 57, 60, 63, 66 of connection means, spaced apart vertically, top to bottom along each side wall 21, 24, can be provided depending upon the number of horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 which are to be provided in the cabinet pedestal 15. It is to be understood that each pair of front 51, 57, 63 and rear 54, 60, 66 connection means need not be exactly horizontally aligned, but rather must simply be sufficiently aligned, taking into account the specific configuration of each connection means 51-66, so that the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 are held generally horizontal when attached thereto. Similarly, it is also to be understood that the front 51, 57, 63 and rear 54, 60, 66 connection means do not need to be provided “at” the actual front/ rear edges 33, 36 of the side walls 21, 24. All that is needed is sufficient space between the front 51, 57, 63 and rear 54, 60, 66 connection means to support and retain the horizontal drawer slides in a generally horizontal position. This is similarly true with respect to the front and rear locations on the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 at which the front 51, 57, 63 and rear 54, 60, 66 connection means will connect. Moreover, it is possible that a single connection means on each side wall 21, 24 could be designed, or more than two connection means on each side wall 21, 24 could be employed. Furthermore, as indicated in the drawings, each connection means need not be configured identically, and preferably, the front 51, 57, 63 connection means can be configured differently than the rear 54, 60, 66 connection means. In any case, the front 51, 57, 63 and rear 54, 60, 66 connection means can be designed such that the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 can be efficiently attached and detached, yet retained firmly and securely when attached.
In one presently preferred embodiment of the integrally formed [0026] front 51, 57, 63 and rear 54, 60, 66 connection means, illustrated most clearly in FIGS. 1 and 2, the front 33 and rear 36 edges of each side wall 21, 24 can be provided with front 69, 72 and rear 75, 78 flange members, which can further be integrally formed with each side wall 21, 24, for example, by bending the front 33 and rear 36 edges to provide U-shaped flange members which are turned in toward the inside of the cabinet pedestal 15. The U-shaped flange members 69, 72, 75, 78 can provide an inside surface at each of the front 33 and rear 36 edges of the side walls 21, 24 which can be specially configured to provide the connection means for attaching to and supporting the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48. As explained previously, the configuration of the surface can be different at each of the front 33 and rear 36 edges of the side walls 21, 24 such that different front 51, 57, 63 and rear 54, 60, 66 connection means can be provided. For example, the front 51, 57, 63 connection means can be an aperture 81, such as a square or rectangular hole, provided through the inside surface at the front edge 33 of the side wall 21, 24. In contrast, the rear 54, 60, 66 connection means can be a notch 84, open toward the front edge 33 of the side walls 21, 24, provided in the inside surface at the rear edge 36 of the side walls 21, 24.
The manner of attaching the horizontal drawer slides [0027] 42, 45, 48 to the integrally formed front 51, 57, 60 and rear 54, 60, 66 connection means on the side walls 21, 24 is most clearly illustrated in FIGS. 5 through 10, and most particularly in the enlarged views of FIGS. 5, 6, 9 and 10. The horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 can be similarly provided with front 87 and rear 90 attachment means which are correspondingly configured to connect to the front 51, 57, 63 and rear 54, 60, 66 connection means on the front 33 and rear 36 edges of the side walls 21, 24. As explained above regarding the connection means 51-66 on the side walls 21, 24, the attachment means 87, 90 on the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 can be located at spaced apart locations on the horizontal drawer 42, 45, 48 slides to mate with the connection means 81, 84 on the side walls 21, 24. Additionally, one, or more than two attachment means can be provided on the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48, depending on how many connection means are provided on the side walls 21, 24. One presently preferred embodiment of the front 87 attachment means of the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 is a clip member 93 which can be received in the aperture 81 which comprises the front 51, 57, 63 connection means on the side walls 21, 24. Additionally, the aperture 81, e.g. square hole, and the clip member 93 can be designed such that the clip member 93 can be positioned vertically downward in the square hole. Moreover, the front 87 attachment means on the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 can also include a projection 99 which is sized and positioned with respect to the clip member 93 such that when the clip member 93 is inserted into and moved vertically downward in the aperture 81, which comprises the front 51, 7, 63 connection means, the projection 99 extends through the aperture 81 also, and abuts against the top edge of the aperture 81 in order to lock the front portion of the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 to the front 51, 57, 63 connection means on the side walls 21, 24. This projection 99 could be provided in the form of a raised area, such as an embossment, on the surface of the front 87 attachment means of the horizontal drawer slide. This feature can help to prevent the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 from being inadvertently displaced vertically, which could permit the clip member 93 to be accidentally removed from the aperture 81. However, the front 87 attachment means on the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 can still be disengaged from the front 51, 57, 63 connection means on the side walls 21, 24, as may be ascertained from FIG. 6, by rotating the horizontal drawer slide 42, 45, 48 away from the side walls 21, 24 such that the projection 99 is removed out of the aperture 81. With the projection 99 no longer in the aperture 81, the front of the horizontal drawer slide 42, 45, 48 would again be free to be moved in the vertical direction to permit removal of the clip member 93 from the aperture 81. In this manner the front 87 attachment means of the horizontal drawer slide 42, 45, 48 is securely retained by the front 51, 57, 63 connection means on the side walls 21, 24, but can be detached if desired.
The rear [0028] 90 attachment means of the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 can, for example, be a simple bayonet portion 96 which is insertable horizontally into the notch 84, i.e., the rear 54, 60, 66 connection means, at the rear edge 36 of the side walls 21, 24. The upper 102 and lower 105 edges of the notch 84 constrain the bayonet portion 96 of the horizontal drawer slide 42, 45, 48 against vertical movement. As shown best in FIG. 7, the rear 90 attachment means, wherein the bayonet portion 96 is provided, can be configured with side extensions 108, 111 which project generally the same distance, or further, as the central bayonet portion 96. Referring to FIG. 9, it can be seen that the bayonet portion 96 is offset from the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 and can have an angled tip 114 which can facilitate insertion of the bayonet portion 96 into the notch 84 which comprises the rear 54, 60, 66 connection means on the side walls 21, 24. As an added feature, the rear 54, 60, 66 connection means of the side walls 21, 24 can include an abutment member 117 which projects from the inside surface and cooperates with the notch 84. In this case, the bayonet portion 96, i.e., the rear 90 attachment means of the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48, can be inserted into the notch 84 only until the side extensions 111, 114 of the rear 90 attachment means of the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 contact the abutment member 117. The abutment member 117 can thus be employed to prevent the bayonet portion 96 from being inserted too far into the notch 84, which could overly stress the bayonet portion 96 and cause it to bend or break.
Generally, to attach the horizontal drawer slides [0029] 42, 45, 48 to the side walls 21, 24 the rear 90 attachment means of the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48, i.e., the bayonet portions 96, can first be inserted into the notches 84 at the rear edge of the side walls 21, 24, which comprise the rear 54, 60, 66 connection means. The bayonet portion 96 can be inserted into the notch 84 until the side extensions 111, 114 contact the abutment means 117 which prevents any further insertion. Next, the clip member 93, i.e., the front 87 attachment means of the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48, can be inserted into and moved vertically downward in the aperture 81, i.e., the front 51, 57, 63 connection means of the side walls 21, 24. When the clip member 93 is fully inserted downwardly in the aperture 81, the projection 99 can snap into the aperture 81, thus locking the clip member 93 therein, and generally locking the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 to the side wall 21, 24. The upper 102 and lower 105 edges of the notch 84 at the rear edge 36 of the side walls 21, 24 constrain the bayonet portion 96 of the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 against vertical movement, and the edges of the aperture 81 at the front edge 33 of the side walls 21, 24, in conjunction with the locking projection 99 of the front 87 attachment means of the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48, prevents the clip member 83 from moving either horizontally or vertically. In this manner, the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 can be securely held to the side walls 21, 24 of the cabinet pedestal 15. Yet, the cooperation of the front 51, 57, 63 and rear 54, 60, 66 connection means on the side walls 21, 24 with the front 87 and rear 90 attachment means on the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 still provides for the quick removal of the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 if desired. Removal of the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 can be accomplished simply by rotating, away from the side wall 21, 24, and lifting upwardly on the front portion of the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 to remove the clip 93 from the aperture 81. Next, the bayonet portion 96 can be removed from the notch 84 by simply pulling the horizontal drawer slides 42, 45, 48 toward the front of the cabinet pedestal 15.
FIGS. 11 and 12 illustrate an alternative manner of providing the front [0030] 251 and rear 254 connection means on a side wall 221. FIG. 11 is view similar to FIG. 2, except horizontal drawer slides are not shown in order that the alternative connection means 251, 254 can be more clearly seen and understood. As illustrated, the front 269 and rear 275 flange members could still be provided if desired. However, the front 269 and rear 275 flange members need not be utilized as the surfaces which are specially configured to be the front and rear connection means. Rather, raised formations 278, 281, which can be most clearly seen in the cross-sectional view in FIG. 12, can be provided in the side wall 221 by known fabricating techniques, such as by bending sheet metal. The raised formations can be formed in the side wall 221 as a vertically extending rail 278 which runs substantially the entire height of the side wall 221, as illustrated on the right hand side of the side wall 221 in FIG. 11. Alternatively, the raised formations may be individual raised portions 281, 281′, 281″ provided in the side walls 221 only at discrete locations where it is desired to provide a surface to be specially configured as a connection means for attaching the horizontal drawer slides, as depicted on the left hand side of the side wall 221 in FIG. 11. In other respects, particularly regarding configuration of the surfaces of the raised formations 279, 281 to comprise the connection means, this can be generally the same as described previously with regard to the specially configured surfaces provided on the flange members 69-78 in FIG. 1. Specifically, an aperture 290 can be provided in the surface of the front-most raised formation 278 to serve as the front connection means 251, and a notch 293, or slot, can be provided in the surface each of the individual rear-most raised formations 281, 281′, 281″ to serve as the rear connection means 254. Consequently, the manner of attaching the horizontal drawer slides can be the same as that described previously.
Referring now to FIGS. 13 through 15, a further embodiment of a [0031] cabinet 315 is illustrated, for example shown as a lateral file cabinet. In addition to having a one piece top and side walls, the cabinet 315 can further have the top 318, both side walls 321, 324 and also the bottom 327 formed from a single piece of material. Unlike any conventional cabinets known to the Applicant, all sides are formed from a single piece of material, for example, sheet metal, without any additional internal structural elements required to strengthen the one-piece cabinet. The top is not a separate, mitered and welded on part, and there are no drawer slide rails or other internal stiffening members, as used in conventional cabinets to provide the additional rigidity to the cabinet as typically needed in prior art designs.
A [0032] base panel 400 is shown in FIG. 16 which is used with the cabinet 315 shown in FIG. 13. The base panel 400 is shown with leveler mounting portions 403, 405, 407, 409 at each corner. The mounting portions can simply be holes which can be threaded to receive a threaded rod portion of the leveler. The base panel 400 is attached to the bottom of the cabinet 315, for example by spot welding the front and rear edges and corners 412, 414, 416, 418 of the base panel 400 to the underside of the bottom 327 of the cabinet 315.
Similar to the embodiment of the [0033] cabinet pedestal 15 described previously, the side walls 321, 324 have front 330, 333 and rear 336, 339 flanged portions which can be configured to provide integral connection points for mounting drawer slides, such as the drawer slides 42, 45, 48 shown in FIG. 1, directly to the side walls without the need for separate vertical rails. These connection points can be similar to the connection means 51, 54, 57, 60, 63, and 66 shown in FIG. 2. The flanged portions 330, 333, 336 and 339 also provide structural rigidity to cabinet 315.
The top [0034] 318 and bottom 327 of the cabinet can also have flanged top 342, 345 and bottom 348, 351 portions which provide added strength to the structure. To further improve the strength of the structure, adjacent surfaces of the flanged portions of the top 318, bottom 327 and side walls 321, 324 of the cabinet 315 can be rigidly joined together at each corner, for example by spot welds 360, 363, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15. The strength provided by the base panel 400 and the flanged portions of each of the top 318, bottom 327 and side walls 321, 324 along with the added rigidity provided by joining adjacent flanged portions at each corner of the pedestal provides a sufficiently strong structure for the cabinet 315 to be made from a single piece of sheet metal of any size, for example, 24 inches wide by up to 120 inches in length (or longer, depending on the application) of sheet metal having a 0.035 (20 gauge) thickness. In fact, the design is so strong that, unlike the prior art pedestals and cabinets, the top 318 and side walls 321,324 of the cabinet 315 can be formed from a single piece of metal without any need for additional, separate stiffening members, such as vertical rails, or other structural strengthening elements. The base panel 400 can be added to the bottom 327 to help keep the cabinet erect and to provide rigidity, particularly where the cabinet 315 is of a relatively larger size.
A presently preferred method of constructing an embodiment of a cabinet pedestal according to the invention can include forming at least the top and sides of the pedestal from a single sheet of material. As described in regard to FIG. 1 and as shown in FIG. 13, the bottom of the cabinet can also be formed from the same single sheet of metal. For example, a sheet of metal having appropriate length and width can be bent into the top, side walls, and the bottom of the cabinet pedestal, such as the [0035] cabinet 315 in FIG. 13. A seam 369 of up to ½ inch can be provided for the bending process to provide for manufacturing tolerances. Prior to bending the sheet metal to form the top, bottom and side walls (or, alternatively, subsequent to, depending upon the method of fabrication determined to be preferable), the flange members, or raised formations, can be formed in the sides of the sheet of metal, which will then be bent to create the four sides of the cabinet pedestal. Furthermore, even prior to bending the flange members or raised formations, i.e., the surfaces which are destined to be configured as the connection means, can be pre-configured for mating with correspondingly configured attachment means which are to be provided on the horizontal drawer slides. In particular, this may involve stamping the side walls to provide apertures, notches, slats, projections, embossments, and the like. The separate base panel 400 is designed to be connected to the front and rear edges of the side walls and the corners by spot welding and acts as a splice blade to provide rigidity. After the flanges are formed and the single sheet of metal bent to form the four sides, overlapping portions of the flanges at each corner of the pedestal can be rigidly joined together, for example by spot welding, to provide further rigidity to the structure. In this way, at least three, and even all four, sides of the cabinet pedestal can be formed from a single piece of material without the need for any added stiffening members and still have sufficient rigidity such that the one-piece cabinet can be constructed in relatively large sizes, for example, cabinets being approximately 15 to 76 inches high, 12 to 42 inches wide and 18 to 24 inches deep. The range of sizes of cabinets that can be formed in this manner can be used for numerous types of cabinet and storage applications, from pedestals, to filing cabinets to kiosks to book cases to credenzas.
Due to the rigidity achieved from the single piece bending construction method addressed above, a separate back wall need not be provided. Thus, various “pass-through” capabilities can also be achieved without the need for additional stiffening members. [0036]
Once the side walls are prepared regarding pre-configuration of the connection means, if such is done first, the sheet can be formed into the top and sides of the cabinet pedestal. Afterwards, horizontal drawer slides can be provided with corresponding attachment means for mating with the connection means provided on the side walls of the cabinet pedestal. The horizontal drawer slides can then be directly attached to the side walls of the cabinet pedestal, thus eliminating the conventional necessity of attaching vertical rails to the inside surface of the side walls prior to attaching the horizontal drawer slides. This both reduces the complexity and the amount of time to produce the cabinet pedestal, which results in corresponding significant reduction in the cost of the cabinet pedestal. [0037]
Although certain embodiments of the invention have been described in detail, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications to those details could be developed in light of the overall teaching of the disclosure. Accordingly, the particular embodiments disclosed herein are intended to be illustrative only and not limiting to the scope of the invention which should be awarded the full breadth of the following claims and any and all embodiments thereof. [0038]

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A cabinet comprising:

a. a top, a pair of side walls, and a bottom of said cabinet formed from a single sheet of material; and

b. each of said top, said pair of side walls, and said bottom having flanged members, portions of said flange members overlapping at corners of said cabinet formed by junctions of said top, said pair of side walls, and bottom, said overlapping portions rigidly joined together;

c. an inside surface of each of said pair of side walls having at least one first connection means formed therein; and

d. said inside surface of each of said pair of side walls having at least one second connection means formed therein, said at least one second connection means positioned with respect to said at least one first connection means in order to cooperate with said first connection means to support a horizontal drawer slide on said inside surface of each of said pair of side walls.

2. The cabinet of claim 1 further comprising a base panel rigidly attached to said bottom.

3. The cabinet of claim 1 wherein at least one of said at least one first and second connection means comprises said flanged member of at least one of said side walls.

4. The cabinet of claim 1 wherein at least one of said at least one first and second connection means comprises a raised formation in each of said pair of side walls intermediate front and rear portions thereof.

5. The cabinet of claim 3 further comprising:

a. each of said pair of side walls having a front edge and a rear edge;

b. a first one of said flange members formed in said front edge;

c. a second one of said flange members formed in said rear edge;

d. said at least one first connection means formed in said first one of said flange members; and

e. said at least one second connection means formed in said second one of said flange members.

6. The cabinet of claim 5 wherein said first and second ones of said flange members respectively comprise first and second generally U-shaped members turned inwardly between said pair of side walls, a portion of each of said first and second U-shaped members respectively comprising said first and second connection means.

7. The cabinet of claim 6 further comprising:

a. at least two horizontal drawer slides each having at least one first attachment means and at least one second attachment means;

b. said at least one first attachment means on a respective one of said at least two horizontal drawer slides securable to said at least one first connection means on a respective one of said pair of side walls;

c. said at least one second attachment means on respective ones of said at least two horizontal drawer slides securable to said at least one second connection means on respective ones of said pair of side walls; and

d. respective ones of said at least two horizontal drawer slides secured to respective ones of said pair of side walls in order to hold a drawer in said cabinet.

8. The cabinet of claim 7 further comprising:

a. said first connection means is an aperture in said first U-shaped member and said first attachment means of said horizontal drawer slide is a clip receivable in said aperture to retain a front end of said horizontal drawer slide; and

b. said second connection means is a notch in said second U-shaped member and said second attachment means of said horizontal drawer slide is a bayonet receivable in said notch to retain a rear end of said horizontal drawer slide.

9. The cabinet of claim 8 further comprising:

a. said clip is inserted vertically into said aperture to be retained therein; and

b. said bayonet is inserted horizontally into said notch to be retained therein.

10. The cabinet of claim 7 further comprising:

a. a plurality of said integrally formed first and second connection means provided on each of said pair of side walls, respective ones of said plurality of first and second connection means positioned at vertically spaced apart locations on each of said pair of side walls;

b. a plurality of said horizontal drawer slides each having said first and second attachment means; and

c. respective ones of said plurality of horizontal drawer slides secured to said pair of side walls via respective ones of said first and second attachment means of each of said plurality of horizontal drawer slides being secured to respective ones of said plurality of integrally formed first and second connection means.

11. A method of making a cabinet comprising:

a. forming a top, a pair of side walls, and a bottom from a single piece of material;

b. forming a flange member in each of said top, pair of side walls, and bottom such that portions of said flange member in each of said top, pair of side walls, and bottom overlap at corners of said cabinet at junctions of said top and front and back edges of each of said side walls;

c. rigidly joining together said overlapping portions of said flange members;

d. forming at least one first connection means in an inside surface of each of said pair of side walls; and

e. forming at least one second connection means in an inside surface of each of said pair of side walls at a location to cooperate with said first connection means to attach to a horizontal drawer slide.

12. The cabinet of claim 11 further comprising attaching a base panel to said bottom.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein forming said at least one first and second connection means further comprises:

a. forming a first one of said flange members in a front edge of each of said pair of side walls;

b. forming a second one of said flange members in a rear edge of each of said pair of side walls; and

c. forming said first and second connection means in said first and second ones of said flange members, respectively.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein forming said at least one first and second connection means further comprises forming raised formations in said pair of side walls intermediate front and rear edges thereof.

15. A cabinet pedestal comprising:

a. a top and a pair of side walls of said cabinet formed from a single piece of material;

b. at least one first connection means formed in an inside surface of each of said pair of side walls; and

c. at least one second connection means formed in said inside surface of each of said pair of side walls, said at least one second connection means positioned with respect to said at least one first connection means in order to cooperate with said first connection means to support a horizontal drawer slide on said inside surface of each of said pair of side walls.

16. The cabinet pedestal of claim 15 wherein at least one of said at least one first and second connection means comprises a flanged member.

17. The cabinet pedestal of claim 15 wherein at least one of said at least one first and second connection means comprises a raised formation in each of said pair of side walls intermediate front and rear portions thereof.

18. The cabinet pedestal of claim 16 further comprising:

a. each of said pair of side walls having a front edge and a rear edge;

b. a first flange member provided at said front edge;

c. a second flange member provided at said rear edge;

d. said at least one first connection means provided on said first flange member; and

e. said at least one second connection means provided on said second flange member.

19. The cabinet pedestal of claim 18 herein said first and second flange members respectively comprise first and second generally U-shaped members turned inwardly between said pair of side walls, a portion of each of said first and second U-shaped members respectively comprising said first and second connection means.

20. The cabinet pedestal of claim 19 further comprising:

b. said at least one first attachment means on respective ones of said at least two horizontal drawer slides securable to said at least one first connection means on respective ones of said pair of side walls;

d. respective ones of said at least two horizontal drawer slides are secured to respective ones of said pair of side walls in order to hold a drawer in said cabinet pedestal.

21. The cabinet pedestal of claim 20 further comprising:

22. The cabinet pedestal of claim 21 further comprising:

23. The cabinet pedestal of claim 20 further comprising:

a. a plurality of said first and second connection means formed in each of said pair of side walls, respective ones of said plurality of first and second connection means positioned at vertically spaced apart locations on each of said pair of side walls;

24. A method of making a cabinet pedestal comprising:

a. forming a top and a pair of side walls from a single piece of material;

b. forming at least one first connection means in an inside surface of each of said pair of side walls; and

c. forming at least one second connection means in an inside surface of each of said pair of side walls at a location to cooperate with said first connection means to attach to a horizontal drawer slide.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein forming said at least one first and second connection means further comprises:

a. forming front and rear edges of said pair of side walls into flanged members; and

b. forming said first and second connection means in said flanged members.

26. The method of claim 24 wherein forming said at least one first and second connection means further comprises forming raised formations in said pair of side walls intermediate front and rear edges thereof.