Bench cabinet assembly which can be assembled and disassembled without tools

Abstract

A bench cabinet which can be assembled and disassembled without tools is provided. The bench cabinet includes a front door panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, and a rear panel. Two sideboards pivotly connected to two sides of the front frame respectively and are foldable to flatly contact to the front frame to save transport costs. Also, the front door panel is connected to the rear panel by the fixing pillar and the slot with the clamping edge to slid laterally for connecting. The top panel and the bottom panel are connected to the front door panel by the notch and the stud. Therefore, the bench cabinet can be assembled and disassembled easily without tools by users.

1 . A bench cabinet comprising:
 a front door panel, including a front frame, two doors connected to the front frame, and two sideboards pivotly connected to two sides of the front frame respectively, the sideboards being foldable to flatly contact to the front frame and each of the sideboards including studs at a top side and a bottom side of an inner surface, the sideboards further including a slot and a clamping edge extended from the slot at a rear end, a diameter of the slot being greater than a width of the clamping edge;   a bottom panel, including at least one notch at two opposite sides of a bottom surface, the bottom panel being connected to the front frame between the sideboards near the bottom sides of the sideboard by the studs fixing to the notch;   a top panel, including at least one notch at two opposite sides of a bottom surface, the top panel being connected to the front frame between the sideboards near the top sides of the sideboard by the studs fixing to the notch; and   a rear panel, including at least one fixing pillar at two ends to slid laterally to the clamping edge for connecting between the sideboards.   
     
     
         2 . The bench cabinet of  claim 1 , wherein the fixing pillar including a neck section and a connected head section with an outer diameter of the head section greater than a diameter of the neck section. 
     
     
         3 . The bench cabinet of  claim 2 , wherein the diameter of the slot being large enough for the head section of the fixing pillar to go through, the clamping edge having a second internal diameter which is too small to allow the head section of the fixing pillar to go through, so that the fixing pillar is inserted into the slot and slid laterally to the clamping edge for connecting. 
     
     
         4 . The bench cabinet of  claim 2 , wherein the slot has a depth marginally smaller than a longitudinal length of the neck section. 
     
     
         5 . The bench cabinet of  claim 1 , wherein stud including a neck section and a connected head section with an outer diameter of the head section greater than a diameter of the neck section. 
     
     
         6 . The bench cabinet of  claim 5 , wherein the notch includes a clamping portion to fix the neck section of the stud. 
     
     
         7 . The bench cabinet of  claim 1 , further comprises a divider panel connected between the bottom panel and the top panel. 
     
     
         8 . The bench cabinet of  claim 7 , wherein the divider panel includes at least one fixing pin to insert into fixing holes of the bottom panel and the top panel. 
     
     
         9 . The bench cabinet of  claim 8 , wherein the bottom panel and the top panel are made of wood, and the fixing pin is made of plastic. 
     
     
         10 . The bench cabinet of  claim 9 , wherein the fixing pin tight-fit in the fixing holes of the bottom panel and the top panel.