Drawer slide for guiding a drawer in a cabinet
AssigneeIKEA Supply AG
InventorBenny Andersson
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Abstract
A drawer slide is arranged for guiding a drawer (2, 4, 6) in an essentially linear movement as the drawer (2, 4, 6) is pulled out from a cabinet (8) to a static extended position (S). The drawer slide comprises at least one drawer biasing member arranged to bias the drawer (2) in a direction towards the cabinet (8) upon pulling the drawer (2, 4, 6) further away from the cabinet (8) beyond the static extended position (S) to a biased non-static extended position (B).
Claims25
A drawer slide for guiding a drawer in a cabinet in an essentially linear movement as the drawer is pulled out from the cabinet to a static extended position, wherein the drawer slide comprises:
- (a) a drawer member configured for extending along a right side or a left side of the drawer, wherein the drawer has a front side and a back side;
- (b) a cabinet member configured for extending along the cabinet, wherein the drawer member is configured to move relative to the cabinet member for guiding the drawer as the drawer is pulled out from the cabinet to the static extended position;
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- (c) drawer biasing means for biasing the drawer in a direction towards the cabinet only after pulling the drawer further away from the cabinet beyond the static extended position to a biased non-static extended position, wherein the drawer slide is constructed such that the drawer is extendable further away from the cabinet beyond the static extended position to the biased non-static extended position.
A cabinet and drawer combination comprising:
- a cabinet;
- at least one drawer arranged in the cabinet;
- at least one drawer slide for guiding the at least one drawer in an essentially linear movement as the at least one drawer is pulled out from the cabinet to a static extended position;
- wherein the at least one drawer slide includes
- (a) a drawer member configured for extending along a right side or a left side of the at least one drawer, wherein the at least one drawer has a front side and a back side;
- (b) a cabinet member configured for extending along the cabinet, wherein the drawer member is configured to move relative to the cabinet member for guiding the at least one drawer as the at least one drawer is pulled out from the cabinet to the static extended position;
- and
- (c) drawer biasing means for biasing the at least one drawer in a direction towards the cabinet only after pulling the at least one drawer further away from the cabinet beyond the static extended position to a biased non-static extended position, and
- wherein the at least one drawer slide is constructed such that the at least one drawer is extendable further away from the cabinet beyond the static extended position to the biased non-static extended position.
A method of controlling a drawer being connected to a drawer slide for guiding the drawer in an essentially linear movement as the drawer is pulled out from a cabinet to a static extended position, wherein the drawer slide includes
- (a) a drawer member configured for extending along a right side or a left side of the drawer, wherein the drawer has a front side and a back side,
- (b) a cabinet member configured for extending along the cabinet, wherein the drawer member is configured to move relative to the cabinet member for guiding the drawer as the drawer is pulled out from the cabinet to the static extended position, and
- (c) drawer biasing means for biasing the drawer in a direction towards the cabinet only after pulling the drawer further away from the cabinet beyond the static extended position to a biased non-static extended position;
- the method comprising:
- the drawer biasing means biasing the drawer in a direction towards the cabinet upon pulling the drawer further away from the cabinet beyond the static extended position to a biased non-static extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.