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US 6,443,545 B1Granted
Drawer construction
AssigneeHafele America Co.
InventorAxel G. Woerner
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Abstract
A drawer construction that may be quickly assembled without tools or separate hardware, including opposed side walls having a drawer bottom support and retainers for receiving and holding down opposed front and rear walls, and a drawer bottom.
Claims14
A drawer construction comprising:
- (a) front and rear walls and a drawer bottom, said front and rear walls each having a spaced apart pair of substantially vertical grooves former therein;
- (b) opposed side walls, each having an integrally formed drawer bottom support extending inwardly from a lower ledge, and integrally formed front and rear wall retainers extending inwardly from each end thereof;
- (c) wherein said front and rear wall vertical grooves slidably receive said front and rear wall retainers to maintain said front and rear walls and drawer bottom in assembled relation.
A drawer that may be quickly assembled without tools or separate hardware comprising:
- (a) opposed side walls, each said side wall having
- (i) a front end, a rear end, and a bottom edge;
- (ii) a drawer bottom support extending inwardly from the bottom edge of said side wall and having an upper surface for holding a drawer bottom;
- (iii) retainers at the front end and rear end of said side wall extending inwardly from and perpendicular to said side wall, terminating in inner edges;
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- (iv) flanges extending from the inner edges of said retainers angularly toward the side walls;
- (b) a drawer bottom supported by the upper surface of said drawer bottom support;
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- (c) opposed front and rear walls, each having an inner and outer surface and a slot formed in the outer surface adjacent each end at an angle corresponding to and for receiving the flange of the adjacent retainer.
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