Tilt front drawer with locking slide
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorBart Andrew Nuss
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Abstract
A drawer assembly for an appliance includes a drawer front providing selective access to a drawer recess, a handle assembly attached to the drawer front, and a slide assembly attached to the drawer front. The slide assembly includes a fixed slide mounted to the appliance, a sliding support coupling the drawer front to the fixed slide, and a catch lever operably coupled to the fixed slide and the sliding support. The catch lever is movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position to selectively fix the sliding support relative to the fixed slide.
Claims19
A drawer assembly for an appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the appliance comprising a cabinet defining a drawer recess, the drawer assembly comprising:
- a drawer front rotatable between an open position and a closed position for providing selective access to the drawer recess;
- a handle assembly attached to the drawer front;
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- a slide assembly operably coupling the drawer front to the cabinet, the slide assembly comprising
- a fixed slide mounted to the cabinet, the fixed slide defining a receiving slot, and wherein the fixed slide comprises a plurality of notches spaced along the transverse direction;
- a sliding support slidably coupling the drawer front to the fixed slide;
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- a catch lever operably coupled to the fixed slide and the sliding support, the catch lever comprising a locking tab and being movable between an engaged position where the sliding support is fixed relative to the fixed slide and a disengaged position where the sliding support is slidable relative to the fixed slide, wherein the locking tab is received within one of the plurality of notches when the drawer front is in the open position and the sliding support is in the engaged position.
A refrigerator appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the refrigerator appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a fresh food storage chamber and a frozen food storage chamber;
- a drawer slidably mounted within one of the fresh food storage chamber and the frozen food storage chamber and defining a drawer recess, wherein the drawer comprises:
- a drawer front rotatable between an open position and a closed position for providing selective access to the drawer recess;
- a handle assembly attached to the drawer front;
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- a slide assembly operably coupling the drawer to the cabinet, the slide assembly comprising
- a fixed slide mounted to the cabinet, the fixed slide defining a receiving slot, and wherein the fixed slide comprises a plurality of notches spaced along the transverse direction;
- a sliding support slidably coupling the drawer front to the fixed slide;
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- a catch lever operably coupled to the fixed slide and the sliding support, the catch lever comprising a locking tab and being movable between an engaged position where the sliding support is fixed relative to the fixed slide and a disengaged position where the sliding support is slidable relative to the fixed slide, wherein the locking tab is received within one of the plurality of notches when the drawer front is in the open position and the sliding support is in the engaged position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.