Drawer for knives and other utensils and tools
OwnerOnan S. Beasley, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A knife drawer assembly includes a casing within which a drawer slides between open and closed positions. A stationary riser extends upwardly into the drawer from the floor of the casing through a bottom opening in the drawer. The riser supports a knife holder at an inclination within the drawer. The holder is pivoted at one end to the sides of the drawer near the back of the drawer for vertical swinging movement. As the drawer opens, the holder rides up over the riser, swinging the holder's outer free end upwardly toward the top opening of the drawer and projecting the knife handles out of the drawer where they can be easily grasped and removed from the holder and drawer. When the drawer closes, the holder rides downwardly along the riser to lie wholly within the drawer when it is fully closed.
Claims10
A drawer assembly comprising:
- a drawer casing means defining a drawer-receiving space with a front opening into said space,
- a stationary riser means extending upwardly from said casing into said space,
- a drawer adapted to be slidably received within said space through said front opening, said drawer including a front, a back, a top access opening and a bottom opening enabling said riser means to extend upwardly into said drawer when said drawer is both opened and closed,
- a holder means within said drawer for the retention of selected items, said holder means being pivoted to said drawer rearwardly and below the top of said riser means for vertical movement about a pivot axis transverse to the direction of sliding movement of the drawer,
- said holder means being supported forwardly of said pivot axis at an inclination within said drawer on said riser means in both the open and closed position of the said drawer such that when said drawer is closed, said holder means lies wholly within said drawer space and when said drawer is opened, a forward free end of said holder means lies outwardly of said front opening and projects upwardly toward the top access opening of said drawer to provide ready access to the items within said holder means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.