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US 6,027,193 AGranted
Two-part undermount drawer guide assembly with pivot member
AssigneeGrass America, Inc.
InventorsGeorg Domenig, Andreas Moser, Joseph Larson
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Abstract
A drawer guide assembly for a movable structure such as a drawer in a furniture article allows for full or nearly full extension of the movable structure. A drawer guide assembly comprises a pull-out rail, a swing arm with one end hinged to the pull-out rail and having a track roller coupled thereto, a guide rail supporting the pull-out rail and communicating with the track roller, and a curved track disposed on the guide rail for receiving the track roller when a drawer is pushed into a furniture article.
Claims18
A drawer guide assembly, comprising:
- a pull-out rail having front and rear ends;
- a swing arm having first and second end portions, with the first end portion hinged to the pull-out rail proximate the rear end of the pull-out rail and swingable in a plane;
- a track roller coupled to the second end portion of the swing arm;
- a guide rail having front and rear ends, the guide rail supporting the pull-out rail and having a curved track disposed proximate the rear end of the guide rail in a plane substantially parallel to the plane in which the swing arm is swingable, the track roller being receivable in the curved track;
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- a pull-out rail roller coupled to the pull-out rail and receivable by the guide rail.
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A drawer guide assembly comprising:
- a guide rail having front and rear ends;
- a pull-out rail having front and rear ends and supported on the guide rail;
- a swing arm having first and second end portions, with the first end portion hinged to the pull-out rail proximate the rear end of the pull-out rail;
- a track roller coupled to the swing arm;
- a ledge roller coupled to the swing arm and disposed below the track roller;
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- a guide rail roller disposed proximate the front end of the guide rail in rolling contact with the pull-out rail;
- wherein the ledge roller is receivable by the guide rail.
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A drawer guide assembly comprising:
- a pull-out rail having a pull-out rail rear roller, a pull-out rail upper ledge, and a swing arm with swing arm guide means;
- a guide rail having a guide rail upper ledge in rolling contact with the pull-out rail rear roller and the swing arm guide means, the guide rail having a curved track;
- a guide rail front roller in rolling contact with the pull-out rail upper ledge;
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- the curved track in contact with the swing arm guide means for causing the swing arm to swing substantially 90 degrees relative to the pull-out rail.
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A guide rail assembly for carrying a structure in and out of an article of furniture, said guide rail assembly comprising.
- a guide rail having a guide rail front roller and guide rail upper and lower ledges;
- a pull-out rail having an upper ledge in rolling contact with the guide rail front roller;
- a pull-out rail rear roller in rolling contact with the guide rail upper ledger;
- a pull-out rail inside lower ledge in rolling contact with the guide rail roller;
- the pull-out rail having front and rear ends and a longitudinal axis;
- a swing arm pivotable about an axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pull-out rail;
- means for holding the swing arm in an extended position in alignment with the longitudinal axis of the pull-out rail and for pivoting the swing arm to an upright position relative to the longitudinal axis of the pull-out rail;
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- a pull-out rail retaining member disposed obliquely relative to the longitudinal axis of the pull-out rail and positioned proximate the front end of the pull-out rail, the retaining member engaging the guide rail front roller in a rearward position of the pull-out rail relative to the guide rail.
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A guide rail assembly for carrying a structure in and out of an article of furniture, said guide rail assembly comprising:
- a guide rail having front and rear ends, a guide rail front roller and guide rail upper and lower ledges;
- a pull-out rail having an upper ledge in rolling contact with the guide rail front roller;
- a pull-out rail rear roller in rolling contact with the guide rail upper ledger;
- a pull-out rail inside lower ledge in rolling contact with the guide rail roller;
- the pull-out rail having front and rear ends and a longitudinal axis;
- a swing arm pivotable about an axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pull-out rail;
- means for holding the swing arm in an extended position in alignment with the longitudinal axis of the pull-out rail and for pivoting the swing arm to an upright position relative to the longitudinal axis of the pull-out rail;
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- a guide rail detent with a run-in slope which slopes downward toward the rear end of the guide rail for engaging the pull-out rail rear roller.
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A guide rail assembly for carrying a structure in and out of an article of furniture comprising;
- a guide rail having a guide rail front roller and guide rail upper and lower ledges;
- a pull-out rail having an upper ledge in rolling contact with the guide rail front roller;
- a pull-out rail rear roller in rolling contact with the guide rail upper ledger;
- a pull-out rail inside lower ledge in rolling contact with the guide rail roller;
- the pull-out rail having front and rear ends and a longitudinal axis;
- a swing arm pivotable about an axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pull-out rail;
- means for holding the swing arm in an extended position in alignment with the longitudinal axis of the pull-out rail and for pivoting the swing arm to an upright position relative to the longitudinal axis of the pull-out rail;
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- means for limiting inward movement of the pull-out rail relative to the guide rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.