Drawer assembly for an appliance
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBart Andrew Nuss, Alan Joseph Mitchell
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Abstract
A drawer assembly for an appliance is provided. The drawer assembly includes a container for receipt of items for storage and a linkage assembly positioned below the container. The container is supported by the linkage assembly such that the container is moveable along a transverse direction on the linkage assembly.
Claims20
A refrigerator appliance, the refrigerator appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the refrigerator appliance, comprising:
- a housing defining a chilled chamber;
- a drawer assembly positioned within the chilled chamber of said housing, said drawer assembly comprising
- a container defining a storage volume for receipt of food items for storage, said container having a bottom wall;
- a linkage assembly positioned below the bottom wall of said container along the vertical direction, said container supported by said linkage assembly such that said container is moveable along the transverse direction on said linkage assembly into and out of the chilled chamber of said housing, said linkage assembly comprising
- a pair of fixed link arms spaced apart from one another along the lateral direction, each fixed link arm of said pair of fixed link arms extending between a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portions of said pair of fixed link arms rotatably mounted to said housing;
- a pair of mobile link arms spaced apart from one another along the lateral direction, each mobile link arm of said pair of mobile link arms extending between a first end portion and a second end portion, each first end portion of said pair of mobile link arms rotatably mounted to a respective second end portion of said pair of fixed link arms;
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- a connecting link extending between and coupling the second end portions of said pair of mobile link arms together.
A drawer assembly for an appliance, the drawer assembly defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the drawer assembly, comprising:
- a container defining a storage volume for receipt of items for storage, said container having a bottom wall;
- a linkage assembly positioned below the bottom wall of said container along the vertical direction, said container supported by said linkage assembly such that said container is moveable along the transverse direction on said linkage assembly, said linkage assembly comprising
- a base;
- a pair of fixed link arms spaced apart from one another along the lateral direction, each fixed link arm of said pair of fixed link arms extending between a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portions of said pair of fixed link arms rotatably mounted to said base;
- a pair of mobile link arms spaced apart from one another along the lateral direction, each mobile link arm of said pair of mobile link arms extending between a first end portion and a second end portion, each first end portion of said pair of mobile link arms rotatably mounted to a respective second end portion of said pair of fixed link arms;
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- a connecting link extending between and coupling the second end portions of said pair of mobile link arms together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.