Thin drawer slide
AssigneeAccuride International, Inc.
InventorKent A. Jordan
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Abstract
A thin profile drawer slide apparatus for slidably supporting a heavy drawer in an article of furniture, comprising outside channels for slidably attaching the apparatus to a drawer and an article of furniture, a plurality of bearings slidably retained in the channels by parallel, opposed bearing retainers, and by a one-piece, generally "I"-shaped intermediate slide member or retaining member unitarily formed with top and bottom parallel raceway means for guiding the bearing retainers. Use of a single intermediate slide member with raceways for four separate sets of bearings enables construction of a thin, strong drawer slide for carrying heavy loads.
Claims6
A full-extension slide apparatus for slidably supporting a drawer, comprising:
- left and right channels for mounting the apparatus to a drawer and an article of furniture;
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- a plurality of bearings slidably retained in the channels by an "I"-shaped central member having a single vertical wall of a single thickness unitarily formed with top and bottom pairs of raceways for guiding the bearings, the central member having a homogenous cross section, whereby the thickness of the slide apparatus is minimized.
A generally "Z"-shaped intermediate slide member comprising top and bottom generally horizontal walls, each of the horizontal walls having a pair of raceways formed therein and having opposite lateral ends respectively affixed at a first acute angle to top and bottom ends of a single angularly disposed central wall , the first acuate angle having an angular measurement greater than a second angle defined by the central wall and a vertical axis perpendicular to the horizontal walls.
A slide apparatus comprising:
- left and right vertical channel members;
- a plurality of bearings retained in bearing retainer means and slidable in the channel members;
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- a generally "Z"-shaped intermediate member for slidably guiding the bearings, the intermediate member comprising top and bottom generally horizontal walls, each of the horizontal walls having a pair of raceways formed therein and having opposite lateral ends respectively affixed at a first acute angle to top and bottom ends of a single angularly disposed central wall, the first acute angle having an angular measurement greater than a second angle defined by the central wall and a vertical axis perpendicular to the horizontal walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.