Double pull drawer
OwnerVernon R. Honeinventor
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Abstract
A drawer arranged to be pulled out from opposite sides of a cabinet contains a receptacle half the length of the drawer. A transverse roller is mounted in an opening at mid length in the bottom of the drawer to roll on the bottom of the drawer compartment in the cabinet. The receptacle rides on the roller whereby the receptacle is moved toward the outer end of the drawer when the drawer is opened, regardless of the direction in which the drawer is pulled out of the cabinet.
Claims10
In a kitchen cabinet and the like having a drawer arranged to be pulled out from opposite sides of the cabinet, said drawer having bottom and side walls and having opposite end walls each equipped with a handle for pulling the drawer in said opposite directions, a receptacle in said drawer having a bottom wall, said receptacle being half the length of said drawer, and opening at mid length in the bottom of said drawer, a roller mounted on said drawer for rotation in said opening, and a supporting surface in said cabinet for the under side of said roller, said bottom wall of said receptacle resting on the upper side of said roller to shift said receptacle toward the outer end of said drawer when said drawer is pulled in either direction out of said cabinet, said receptacle being confined at all times within said drawer and said receptacle being at the outer end of said drawer when the drawer is pulled half way out of said cabinet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.