Cabinet drawer
OwnerEdwin H. Sandeninventor
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Abstract
Both the tracks attached to the inside of the side walls of a cabinet and the slides attached to the outside of the side walls of the drawer are inclined downwardly and outwardly, so that the drawer will normally move outwardly from the cabinet by gravity. A bump or upward arcuate indentation in the top flange of each drawer slide adjacent the front edge thereof will engage the roller of the respective cabinet track to hold the drawer in a closed position. A lip extending downwardly from the upward indentation will raise the drawer upwardly when it is pushed rearwardly, so that release of the drawer will then cause an impetus to be given to the drawer which will carry the indentation over the front roller and the drawer will automatically move to open position.
Claims3
A device for opening a drawer having side walls and disposed in a cabinet having upright side walls and an upright front wall, comprising:
- an inwardly facing channel track mounted on each side wall of said cabinet to slope downwardly from rear to front, said tracks being mounted at corresponding vertical positions;
- an outwardly facing channel slide mounted on each side wall of said drawer in a position parallel to the corresponding track and sloping downwardly from rear to front at a corresponding angle;
- each said track including mounting means for a roller adjacent the front of said track and engaged by an upper flange of the corresponding slide;
- each said upper flange of each slide having an arcuate, upwardly extending indentation engaged by said roller with said drawer closed, said indentation corresponding in shape to the periphery of said roller and adapted to engage said slide roller to maintain said drawer in closed position against gravity;
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- the front edge of said indentation having a sufficient extent to permit said drawer to be pushed inwardly from closed position to cause the front of said indentation to rock up onto said roller and cause said slide and drawer to be moved upwardly and then move downwardly on release, thereby causing said drawer to move to a fully open position after said drawer is pushed rearwardly and released.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.