Drawer slide assembly
AssigneeKenneth H. Gutner
InventorsKenneth H. Gutner, Jay S. Waxman
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Abstract
A drawer slide assembly including a generally T-shaped guide mounted on the article of furniture and a C-shaped slide mounted on the underside of a drawer receivable within the furniture article, each of the slide and guide being equipped with plastic elements to minimize noise while providing a lubricating effect.
Claims29
A drawer slide assembly comprising an elongated generally T-shaped stationary metal guide member adapted to be secured to the interior of a drawer-equipped article of furniture extending rearwardly from the center of a drawer opening in the front of the article and an elongated, generally C-shaped metal slide member adapted to be secured to the underside of a drawer in ensleeving relation with said guide member, said guide member being equipped with a plastic element adjacent the front end thereof in bearing relation to said C-shaped slide member, said slide member being equipped with a plastic adapter element adjacent the rear end thereof in bearing relation with said T-shaped guide member whereby noise from metal to metal bearing is avoided while simultaneously providing a lubricating effect.
A drawer slide assembly comprising elongated metal guide and slide members, said guide member having end tabs for connection to the front and rear parting rails of an article of manufacture, said guide member also having spaced apart upstanding walls and outwardly extending flanges commencing a spaced distance from the forward end thereof and extending rearwardly therefrom, said slide member having end tabs for connection to the front and rear of a drawer and a general C-shape in transverse section to embrace said outwardly extending flanges, said C-shape including inwardly extending flanges notched a spaced distance from the rear end thereof, said spaced distances affording an entrance for said slide when said drawer has the front end thereof tilted upwardly, said guide member being equipped with a plastic bearing element adjacent the forward end thereof and said slide member being equipped with a plastic bearing element adjacent the rear end thereof.
A drawer slide assembly comprising elongated metal guide and slide members, said guide member having end tabs for connection to the front and rear parting rails of an article of manufacture, said guide member also having spaced apart upstanding walls and outwardly extending wings, said slide member having end tabs for connection to the front and rear of a drawer and a general C-shape and transverse section to embrace said outwardly extending wings, said guide member being equipped with a plastic element adjacent the front end thereof and equipped with means for simultaneous securement thereof with said guide member with said front parting rail, said guide member being adapted to be in bearing relation to said C-shaped slide member, said slide member being equipped with a plastic adapter element adjacent the rear end thereof and equipped with means for simultaneous securing of the same with said slide member to the rear of a drawer, said plastic adapter element being adapted to be in bearing relation with the wings of said guide member.
A drawer slide assembly comprising an elongated T-shaped stationary metal guide member adapted to be secured to the interior of a dresser-equipped article of furniture extending rearwardly from the center of a drawer opening in the front of the article, and an elongated generally C-shaped metal slide member adapted to be secured to the underside of a drawer in ensleeving relation with said guide member, said guide member being equipped with a plastic element adjacent the front end thereof in bearing relation to the bight of said C-shaped slide member, said guide member having end tabs for connection to the front and rear parting rails of said article of manufacture, said plastic element being equipped with means for simultaneously securing said plastic element and said guide member to said front parting rail, said metal guide having spaced apart vertically extending walls defining the stem of said T-shape with sidewardly extending wings defining the wing portions of said T-shape, said plastic element having a block portion received within said vertically extending walls and horizontally extending flanges integral with said block portion spaced above said wings, said flanges providing an upper surface for bearing engagement with the bight of said C-shaped slide member, said slide member having end tabs for connection to the front and rear of a drawer and being equipped with a plastic adapter element adjacent the rear end thereof, said plastic adapter element being equipped with means for simultaneous securement with said slide member to the rear of said drawer, said plastic adapter element being equipped with integral ways for the receipt of the wings of said guide member whereby metal to metal bearing is avoided between said slide and guide members.
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