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US 2021/0212463 A1Published application
Rotational bar for drawer slide latch operation
AssigneeAccuride International, Inc.
InventorsChuck Milligan, Talia Minear
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Abstract
A rotating bar may be used to unlatch a drawer of a cabinet. In some embodiments a drawer slide used to extendably mount the drawer within the cabinet includes a latch comprised of a tab coupled to an inner member and a catch to receive the tab on an outer member. The tab may be part of a release lever, which may be actuated by an arm coupled to the rotating bar, to release the latch.
Claims15
A drawer slide latch and release mechanism, comprising:
- a release lever pivotably mounted to a web of an inner member of a drawer slide, the release lever part of a structure including a tab for engagement in a catch of an outer member of the drawer slide, the tab of the structure including the release lever positionable within the catch with the release lever in a first position, and the tab of the structure including the release lever positioned free of the catch with the release lever in a second position, different than the first position;
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- a rotating bar coupled to an arm, the rotating bar including a manipulable surface for use in displacing the manipulable surface towards a drawer to which the drawer slide is to be mounted, to cause rotation of the rotating bar, the arm positioned to engage the release lever on rotation of the rotating bar so as to move the release lever to the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.