To improve a hanging cabinet having an outset type door of good appearance by solving such a problem that the door projects frontward from a main body when it is opened and obstructs the work done in front of it, and to improve the hanging cabinet when it is installed as an intermediate cabinet below another hanging cabinet by solving such a problem that the door gets in the way of putting articles in and out of the hanging cabinet located above it when it is opened.

A pair of right and left side rails 3, 3 are provided along the longitudinal direction of the upper surface plate 1a of a box-shaped main body 1 which opens on its front, and a door 2 sized to be capable of covering the overall front surface of the main body 1 is freely rotationally mounted on the moving side of the slide rails 3 near its upper end. Roller 5 that make contact with the back of the door 2 are freely rotationally attached to both the right and left sides of the front end of the upper surface plate 1a. Therefore when opened the door 2 covering the front surface of the main body 1 is stored outside the top of the main body 1.