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Abstract

A storage assembly includes a storage cabinet removably mounted to a wheeled base which is supported by a supporting surface such as a floor. A guide assembly is interconnected with the floor and the base for guiding movement of the base in a longitudinal direction, so as to provide movement of the storage cabinet between an extended position and a retracted position in response to application of an axial pull-out or push-in force to the cabinet. The guide assembly includes an inner mounting member secured to the floor, and an extendible and retractable guide mechanism extends from the inner mounting member. The guide mechanism may be in the form of a telescoping drawer slide assembly including a fixed-position member secured to the inner mounting member and an extension member secured to and interconnected with the base and slidably mounted to the fixed-position guide member. A floating engagement arrangement is provided between the extension member and base so as to provide relative vertical movement between the base and the extension member as the base is moved on the floor, to accommodate unevenness in the floor. A releasable retainer mechanism is interposed between the base and the guide assembly for releasably retaining the storage cabinet in either its extended position or its retracted position. The storage cabinet is removably mounted to the base by a removable mounting arrangement which requires a minimum number of tools to secure the storage cabinet to the base and which provides quick and easy mounting and demounting of the storage cabinet relative to the base. A shim system is engaged with the base for providing the dual function of locating the comers of the storage cabinet relative to the base and for selectively shimming one or both sides of the storage cabinet to adjust the position of the storage cabinet relative to the base.

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