To pull out and push in drawers easily and appropriately irrespective of the build and usage of a user, and to enable a reduction of the number of components and an increase in storage space.

A cabinet is provided with one or a plurality of drawers 2 which are pulled out and pushed in by sliding in the direction of the depth on the opening of a main body of the cabinet and a handle 3 located all along an upper edge part 2a or a lower edge part of an end plate 21 constituting the front surface side of the drawer 2. A pair of latch mechanisms 4 for mooring the drawer 2 to the main body 1 of the cabinet are placed separately in the proximity of both end parts of the handle 3 of the cabinet, and each latch mechanism 4 is connected to operate in a synchronizing manner through the handle 3.

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