Vertically adjustable extension drawers
AssigneeArtromick International, Inc.
InventorsRainer B. Teufel, Timothy A. Friar
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Abstract
A vertically adjustable extension rail system for a drawer used in a housing having opposed vertical walls with a plurality of horizontally-extending, vertically-spaced guide ribs leaving alternating guide grooves. The extension rail system comprises two spaced apart extension rail assemblies with each extension rail assembly having a carrier rail and a slide rail which are slidably interconnected. A guide arm is mountable at a plurality of vertical levels along each of the slide rails. The guide arms are adapted for being lengthwise slidably received by opposing guide grooves on the vertical walls. A fixed or removable drawer receptacle can be mounted between the two extension rail assemblies.
Claims13
A removable receptacle for use in a medication cart drawer having a receptacle receiving frame, said receptacle comprising:
- a tub including four side walls and a bottom wall being connected to one another to define an upper opening and an interior receiving space, two opposed side walls having a plurality of vertically spaced horizontal ribs on an outer surface thereof, said ribs defining horizontal grooves therebetween and said side walls adapted to be cut to allow the receptacle to be shortened to a desired height;
- and,
- a removable lid including a top and two fixed side walls extending downwardly from said top, said two fixed side walls including inwardly extending lips each being dimensioned and located on said fixed side walls so as to be respectively receivable in a sliding manner in two predetermined horizontal grooves, each of said predetermined horizontal grooves located in a respective opposed side wall of said tub.
A method of making a removable receptacle for use in a medication cart drawer having a receptacle receiving frame, the method comprising the steps of:
- forming a plastic tub sized to nest in said receiving frame and including for side walls and a bottom wall being connected to one another to define an upper opening and an interior receiving space, two opposed side walls having a plurality of vertically spaced horizontal ribs on an outer surface thereof, said ribs defining horizontal grooves therebetween,
- cutting a section of an upper portion of said walls to form a tub having a predetermined shortened height but leaving at least one horizontal upper rib.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.