Drawer suspension assembly

In a suspension system for supporting a drawer from a cabinet structure wherein the drawer includes side walls defining elongated, longitudinally extending grooves therein and front and rear walls, and the cabinet structure includes a plurality of horizontally spaced, vertically disposed members, first support means recessed within and secured to said drawer side walls, and second support means secured to said cabinet structure and cooperating with said first support means, said first support means including a track member recessed within each groove and secured to and extending longitudinally of each of said drawer side walls, each said track member including an elongated channel member having a substantially C-shaped cross-section, the depth of each groove substantially corresponding to the thickness of a track member received therein such that the outermost surfaces of the track member are substantially flush with the outermost surfaces of a drawer side wall, and said second support means including generally horizontally disposed, spaced mounting plates, secured to selected vertically spaced members of said cabinet structure, each said plate including a flat, relatively thin, elongated member positioned in a vertical plane and extending generally longitudinally of said drawer side walls, said recessed track members of said flat, thin mounting plates permitting minimum spacing between said drawer side walls and said cabinet structure thereby permitting use of drawers of increased width, a plurality of horizontally spaced rollers fixedly secured to each said mounting plate and received within each said side wall recess and positioned for rolling engagement within a track member upon displacement of the drawer, said cabinet structure including a framework defined by horizontally disposed, parallel, top and bottom side rails and top and bottom end rails secured to said vertically disposed members, said vertically disposed members comprising spaced, parallel, front and rear vertical rails and vertically extending stretchers intermediate said front and rear vertical rails, and wherein said mounting plates have end portions secured to said vertical front rails and stretchers, respectively, and wherein a plurality of horizontally spaced rollers are mounted upon each said plate, one roller being secured adjacent a vertical front rail and a second roller being secured substantially midway between a vertical front rail and a stretcher.