Jig assembly for installing cabinet drawer slides

A jig assembly for use in installing drawer slides at specified locations of first and second sides of a cabinet, the cabinet also including at least a bottom extending in interconnecting fashion with the first and second sides, said jig assembly comprising:

• first and second substantially elongated supports, each exhibiting a pair of lengthwise extending slots and a substantially flattened end surface;
• a scissor mechanism including first and second pairs of elongated and pivotally interconnecting members, associated ends of said elongated members interconnecting within said slots of said first and second supports in vertically displaceable and adjustable fashion and so that said respective end surfaces are arrayed in oppositely facing manner;
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• a ratchet sub-assembly associated with said scissor mechanism and permitting incremental extension of said first support relative to said second support, the drawer slide being supported in substantially level and extending fashion upon a selected support prior to being secured to an associated side of the cabinet.

A jig assembly for use in installing drawer slides at specified locations of first and second sides of a cabinet, the cabinet also including at least a bottom extending in interconnecting fashion with the first and second sides, said jig assembly comprising:

• first and second substantially elongated supports, each exhibiting at least one lengthwise extending slot and a substantially flattened end surface, each of said first and second elongated supports further comprising at least one secondary slide support surface defined at a selected and longitudinally extending edge thereof;
• a scissor mechanism including first and second pairs of elongated and pivotally interconnecting members, associated ends of said elongated members interconnecting within said slot associated with said first and second supports in vertically displaceable and adjustable fashion and so that said respective end surfaces are arrayed in oppositely facing manner;
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• a ratchet sub-assembly associated with said scissor mechanism and defining a substantially midpoint interconnection between said pair of elongated members, said ratchet sub-assembly permitting incremental extension of said first support relative to said second support, the drawer slide being supported in substantially level and extending fashion upon a selected support surface prior to being secured to an associated side of the cabinet.