Cabinet drawer mechanism
AssigneeJeffrey Scott Hendry
InventorEdgar B. Hendry
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Abstract
A cabinet drawer includes a drawer body, a drawer face movable with respect to the drawer body, and a guide bar attached to an underside of the drawer body. The guide bar includes a first end and a second end. The first end includes a first projection and the second end includes a second projection. Each of the first and second projections extend away from the underside of the drawer body. The second projection is configured to engage with a cabinet as a pivot point to urge the drawer face to move with respect to the drawer body. A cabinet and a method of displacing a cabinet drawer are also disclosed.
Claims20
A cabinet drawer, comprising:
- a drawer body;
- a drawer face movable with respect to the drawer body;
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- a guide bar attached to an underside of the drawer body, the guide bar including a first end and a second end, the first end including a first projection and the second end including a second projection, each of the first and second projections extending away from the underside of the drawer body, wherein the second projection is configured to engage with a cabinet as a pivot point to urge the drawer face to move with respect to the drawer body.
A cabinet, comprising:
- a guide member, the guide member including:
- a first section defined along a first axis,
- a second section defined along a second axis,
- an offset segment connecting the first and second sections;
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- a drawer, the drawer including:
- a drawer body;
- a drawer face movable with respect to the drawer body, and
- a guide bar attached to an underside of the drawer body, the guide bar including a projection extending away from the underside of the drawer body and configured to engage with the offset segment of the guide member such that the projection acts as a pivot point to urge the drawer face to move with respect to the drawer body.
A method of displacing a cabinet drawer, comprising:
- moving a cabinet drawer with respect to a cabinet, the cabinet drawer including a drawer body, a drawer face movable with respect to the drawer body, and a guide bar attached to an underside of the drawer body with a projection extending therefrom, the projection engaged with a guide member including a first section defined along a first axis, a second section defined along a second axis, and an offset segment connecting the first and second sections such that the projection engages with the offset segment to urge the drawer face to move with respect to the drawer body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.