Guide rail assembly for drawers
AssigneeJulius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsEmanuel Netzer, Gunter Ohy
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Abstract
A guide rail assembly for use on each of opposite sides of a drawer to guide movement of the drawer into and out of an article of furniture includes a supporting rail to be attached to a furniture side wall, a pull out rail to be attached to the drawer, and at least one carriage for load transmitting rollers situated between the supporting rail and the pull out rail. The pull out rail and the supporting rail are provided with stops for limiting movement of the pull out rail and the carriage with respect to the supporting rail. The carriage is provided with buffers, whereby the carriage and the buffers are made in one piece of plastic material. The buffers each have the form of a meander or serpentine shaped protrusion.
Claims14
A guide rail assembly for use on each of opposite sides of a drawer to guide movement of the drawer into and out of an article of furniture, said assembly comprising:
- a supporting rail to be mounted to a furniture side wall;
- a pull out rail to be attached to the drawer;
- at least one carriage situated between said supporting rail and said pull out rail;
- said pull out rail and said supporting rail each having at least one stop for limiting movement of said pull out rail and said carriage with respect to said supporting rail;
- said at least one carriage having at least one buffer to abut one of said stops, said at least one buffer being in the form of a serpentine-shaped protrusion;
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- said at least one carriage and said at least one buffer thereof being of unitary and one-piece construction of plastic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.