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US 5,169,221 AGranted
Pivotable drawer slide mount with pivot controlling guide slot
AssigneeGeneral Devices Co., Inc.
InventorFloyd C. Wheeler
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Abstract
A pivotable slide track assembly has a drawer support plate appended to the drawer and a drawer slide. A pivot guide plate is attached to the drawer slide and formed to define a guide path therein. A follower appended to the drawer support plate follows the guide path defined within the pivot guide plate whereby the drawer and drawer support plate pivot relative to the pivot guide plate in response to movement of the drawer relative to the drawer slide.
Claims5
A drawer pivot assembly comprising:
- a drawer support plate means for attachment to a sliding drawer;
- a pivot guide plate means having at least two guide slot means therein;
- a drawer slide means attached to said pivot guide plate means to permit horizontal reciprocating movement of said pivot guide plate means;
- drawer guide means attached to said drawer support plate means and engaged in the at least two guide slot means of said pivot guide plate means for pivoting the drawer support plate means with respect to the pivot guide plate means;
- wherein two of said at least two guide slot means each have a configuration including arcuate guide path portion means for permitting the drawer support plate means to pivot with respect to the pivot guide plate means about an axis located offset from and between said arcuate guide path portion means of said two of said at least two guide slots as the drawer guide means traverse the arcuate guide path portion means.
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