Bottom mounted drawer slide assembly
AssigneeHardware Designers, Inc.
InventorFred B. Leiper
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to improvements in bottom mounted drawer slide assemblies and pertains more particularly to an assembly adapted to provide a secure connection between the drawer channel component of the assembly and drawers of a wide variety of depths.
Claims7
A bottom mounted drawer slide assembly comprising, in combination, a fixed channel member adapted to be mounted to a cabinet, said fixed channel member being U-shaped in vertical section, a drawer channel generally U-shaped in vertical section and including a horizontally disposed central web, antifriction means interposed between said channels and coupling the same for longitudinal movement between telescoped and extended relative positions, a fixed mounting flange adjacent a forward end of said drawer channel, said flange being formed from and disposed in a plane normal to said web, said flange being adapted to be secured to the front panel portion of a drawer by a horizontally directed fastener member, a plurality of mutually longitudinally spaced mounting apertures formed in said web adjacent the rear end thereof, a mounting bracket adapted to be seated selectively in one of said apertures in accordance with the depth of said drawer, said bracket including a channel attachment finger adapted to extend through a said aperture and engage against under portions of said web surrounding said aperture, said bracket having a drawer attachment disposed substantially at a right angle to said finger said leg including a fastener aperture adapted to receive a horizontal fastener member extending therethrough and into the rear panel of said drawer, thereby to couple said panel to said leg and said bracket to said web.
A bottom mounted drawer slide assembly comprising, in combination, a fixed channel member adapted to be mounted to a cabinet, said fixed channel member being U-shaped in vertical section, a drawer channel generally U-shaped in vertical section and including a horizontally disposed central web, antifriction means interposed between said channels and coupling the same for longitudinal movement between telescoped and extended relative positions, a fixed mounting flange adjacent a forward end of said drawer channel, said flange being formed from and disposed in a plane normal to said web, said flange being adapted to be secured to the front panel portion of a drawer by a horizontally directed fastener member, a plurality of mutually longitudinally spaced mounting apertures formed in said web adjacent the rear end thereof, a mounting bracket adapted to be seated selectively in one of said apertures in accordance with the depth of said drawer, said bracket including a channel attachment finger adapted to extend through a said aperture and engage against under portions of said web surrounding said aperture, said bracket having a drawer attachment leg disposed substantially at a right angle to said finger, said leg including a fastener aperture adapted to receive a horizontal fastener member extending therethrough and into the rear panel of said drawer, thereby to couple said panel to said leg and said bracket to said web, said bracket further including a forward attachment surface and a rearward attachment surface, said finger being insertible into said mounting apertures in one of two selected positions, namely with said forward or said rearward attachment surface nearest to said fixed flange, the longitudinal displacement of said flange from said attachment surfaces being a first value when said forward attachment surface is nearest said flange, and a different value when said rearward said attachment surface is nearest said flange.
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