Description
Steelcase Used 2 Drawer 42 In Lateral File, White
Forty two inches is the width that gets specified when a department has real paper. It is the widest lateral in the standard Steelcase run, and the extra six inches over a 36 inch cabinet buys a meaningful amount of filing without pushing the case into a footprint that blocks a walkway. Steelcase has been building steel office storage in Grand Rapids for the better part of a century, and the two drawer lateral is the workhorse of that catalog: low enough to sit beside a desk, wide enough to hold a working year of files.
This pre-owned unit measures 19 inches deep by 42 inches wide by 22 inches high. The case is white steel with a clean flush face, and the pulls are inset and recessed into the drawer fronts rather than projecting from them, so nothing catches a sleeve or a passing hip in a tight aisle. A lock sits in the top drawer, and leveling feet underneath let the cabinet sit flat on floors that are not.
The configuration is a shallow storage drawer above a full depth file drawer. The top drawer handles supplies and small equipment, and the file drawer takes letter and legal folders left to right across the full 42 inch span. That side to side arrangement is what makes a lateral worth its floor space: open the drawer and the entire run of correspondence presents itself at once, with no reaching into the dark at the back of the cabinet. Ball bearing suspension carries the drawer under a full paper load, and at 22 inches high the case slides under most work surfaces or reads as a low credenza against a wall.
Features:
- Steelcase Lateral File: Steel filing engineered in Grand Rapids for decades of daily use.
- 42 Inch Width: The widest standard lateral, for departments with real filing volume.
- Storage Drawer Over File Drawer: Shallow top drawer for supplies, full depth bottom drawer for folders.
- Letter and Legal, Left to Right: The file drawer takes both standards across the full width.
- Recessed Inset Pulls: Handles sit flush within the drawer face so nothing projects into the aisle.
- Locking Top Drawer: Lock set into the upper drawer face.
- Ball Bearing Suspension: Drawers roll smoothly under a full load of paper.
- Leveling Feet: Adjust underneath so the cabinet sits flat on uneven flooring.
- Low 22 Inch Height: Slides under a work surface or reads as a low credenza against a wall.
- Clean White Finish: Bright neutral case that lightens a storage wall.
- Welded Steel Case: One piece steel body that stays square through years of use.
- Ideal for Departmental Filing: Records areas, finance and HR offices, and shared team storage.
Color: White
See example photos. Lateral files may have small holes from earthquake straps. Keys may not be available, but can be purchased through your local locksmith or at Easykeys.com.