Recent content by gythoody

Really taxing my memory now. When I worked in the warehouse for a summer, I recall orders from distributors for hardware stores and auto parts stores. Not the national chains, I don't think. Sorry - It has been over 40 years since I was there.

Absolutely!

I will share a few memories. Dad died of Covid in 2020 so I don't have him to tap into. My father started at Advertising Metal Displays in Cicero, IL in 1957 and moved out to Model Industries in Yorkville, IL in 1977. Both were owned by the same man at that time, Lou Krueger (hope I spelled...

My Dad designed the Rem Line and Power Kraft boxes from about 1977 - 1997. I worked at the Yorkville IL factory (assembly, warehouse, spot welding) for a couple summers and Christmas breaks. So at least one of us may have had something to do with your roller cabinets or chests. I have a 6 drawer...

If you will indulge me. Here is my father's US Patent US4721347A, granted in 1988, for an improved locking mechanism. Not bad for a high school graduate and world class tinkerer! Abstract An improved cabinet drawer locking system is provided which permits a user to lock the cabinet drawers by...

What a joy it is to see this thread. My father worked as a project engineer for AMD from 1957 to 1977. He worked on all kinds of metal displays for cigarette companies, gas stations, and many others. He then moved to the Model Industries plant in Yorkville IL as the designer of the toolboxes...