Drawer retention mechanisms for furniture

A method for regulating opening of a drawer of a piece of furniture, the piece of furniture including a frame having a front through which the drawer slides into the frame and partly out of the frame, and a drawer retention mechanism between a side wall of the drawer and a respective portion of the frame alongside the side wall, the drawer retention mechanism including an elongate, horizontal track on one of the side wall or the respective portion of the frame alongside the side wall, the track being defined between an upper part and a lower part, the method comprising:

• arranging a first stop on the upper part including a rear surface and an angled front surface;
• and
• arranging a second stop and a movable, elongate rail on the other of the first side wall or the respective portion of the frame alongside the side wall, the rail and the track being positioned relative to one another such that the rail is movable in the track, the second stop including a front surface and an angled rear surface,
• the first and second stops being positioned relative to one another to cause contact of the front surface of the second stop and the rear surface of the first stop which prevents sliding of the drawer out of the frame and such that the angled rear surface of the second stop comes into contact with and slides over the angled front surface of the first stop during insertion of the drawer into the frame.

A piece of furniture, comprising:

• a frame having a front:
• a drawer slidable through the front of said frame into said frame and alternatively slidable partly out of said frame, said drawer having first and second opposed side walls;
• and
• a drawer retention mechanism arranged between said first side wall of said drawer and a respective portion of said frame alongside said first side wall,
• said drawer retention mechanism comprising:
• a movable, elongate rail on one of said first side wall or said respective portion of said frame alongside said first side wall, said rail comprising a front well in a front end region;
• an elongate, horizontal track on the other of said first side wall or said respective portion of said frame alongside said first side wall, said rail and said track being positioned relative to one another such that said rail is movable in said track;
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• a plunger on the other of said first side wall or said respective portion of said frame alongside said first side wall and which is urged to project into said front well when said drawer is in a closed state.