Locking recreational vehicle drawer
AssigneeAmerican Bolt & Screw Mfg. Inc.
InventorsJoshua Colby Hutton, Mark Edward Voss
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Abstract
A drawer latch comprising a base configured to couple to a first slide member, a drawer stop disposed on the base and positioned to contact a second slide member at a retracted position within the first slide member, and a least one arm extending from the base in a direction parallel to an axis of the first slide member and towards the second slide member, a distal portion of the arm having a protrusion configured to engage an indent disposed on a side of the second slide member when the second slide member is in the retracted position.
Claims10
A self-retaining drawer slide system comprising:
- a) a first slide member configured to couple to a cabinet;
- b) a second slide member configured to couple to a drawer slideably disposed within the first slide member such that the first and second slide members telescopically engage one another, the second slide member slideable along an axis between an extended position and a retracted position, the second slide member including a distal portion having at least one indent disposed on one side of the second slide member;
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- c) a drawer latch coupled to a distal portion of the first slide member, the drawer latch comprising:
- i) a base;
- ii) a drawer stop disposed on the base and positioned to contact the second slide member at its retracted position;
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- iii) a least one arm extending from the base in a direction parallel to the axis and towards the second slide member, a distal portion of the arm having a protrusion configured to engage the indent when the second slide member is at its retracted position to retain the second slide member in its retracted position.
A self-retaining drawer slide system comprising:
- a) a first slide member configured to couple to a cabinet;
- b) a second slide member slideably disposed within the first slide member;
- c) a third slide member configured to couple to a drawer slideably disposed within the second slide member such that the first, second, third slide members telescopically engage one another, the third slide member slideable along an axis between an extended position and a retracted position, the third slide member including a distal portion having at least one indent disposed on one side of the third slide member;
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- d) a drawer latch coupled to a distal portion of the first slide member, the drawer latch comprising:
- i) a base;
- ii) a drawer stop disposed on the base and positioned to contact the third slide member at its retracted position;
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- iii) a least one arm extending from the base in a direction parallel to the axis and towards the second slide member, a distal portion of the arm having a protrusion configured to engage the indent when the third slide member is at its retracted position to retain the third slide member in its retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.