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US 2023/0363532 A1Published application
Drawer slide latching
AssigneeAccuride International, Inc.
InventorsChuck Milligan, Talia Minear
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Abstract
A release mechanism for a drawer slide latch may include linearly translatable elements. The linearly translatable elements may cause rotation of a lever arm used in latching one drawer slide member to another. The linearly translatable elements may be coupled to a drawer, or be a component mounted to the drawer slide, in various embodiments.
Claims9
-7. (canceled)
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;
- a pivot arm extending over the release lever;
- an actuation arm fixedly coupled to the pivot arm;
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- a release bar having a pin for contacting the actuation arm, the release bar linearly displaceable, such that linear displacement of the release bar actuates the actuation arm to pivot the pivot arm to move the release lever from the first position to the second position.
2 more elements
A drawer slide with a latch mechanism, comprising:
- an outer member including a retaining hook formed in a forward edge of the outer member;
- an inner member extendably coupled to the outer member;
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- a release arm including a tab that may be captured by the retaining hook of the outer member with the inner member in a unextended position with respect to the outer member, the release arm extending from an end of a torsion spring mounted about a forward end of the inner member.
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A drawer slide latch and release mechanism, comprising:
- a push blade displaceably mounted to a web of an inner member of a drawer slide, the push blade linearly displaceable to release a tab for engagement in a catch of an outer member of the drawer slide, the tab positionable within the catch with the push blade in a first position, and the tab positioned free of the catch with the push blade in a second position, different than the first position;
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- a member configured to be coupled to a front of a drawer, the member moveable so as to displace the push blade to the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.