Lateral Filing Cabinets

What Are Lateral Filing Cabinets? Lateral filing is when papers are added from the side of the file and the identification tab is on the side of the file. To pull the document out, you grab the sides edges. The main benefit of this type of filing system is that it is more space efficient.Lateral storage systems arrange folders perpendicular to the front of the drawer. That makes the depth of a lateral storage cabinet around the same length of a standard storage folder. Vertical storage systems arrange the folders on the same plane as the front of the drawer.Lateral files are identified by labels on the side edge of a file, and they're organized horizontally rather than vertically. They don't always require drawers but instead can sit inside open shelving systems. Files are pulled in and out of the shelves by their edges.