Drawer slide
AssigneeGrace Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorDaniel M. Hoeppner
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Abstract
A slide assembly for a drawer to be received in a frame has a drawer rail formed to include a rigid stop for attachment to the drawer, a frame rail for attachment to the frame, a bearing for receipt in the frame rail and for receiving the drawer rail slidably therein. The bearing includes a flexible stop which limits outward movement of the drawer rail by engaging the rigid stop when the flexible stop is in a first position and permits outward movement of the drawer rail when in a second deformed position.
Claims20
A slide assembly for a drawer to be received in a frame, the assembly comprising:
- a first rail having an outward first end and an inward second end and formed to include a detent;
- a second rail having an outward first end and an inward second end and a rigid stop;
- a bearing disposed within the first rail, the bearing including a flexible stop, the bearing further including a stop configured to contact the detent whereby the travel of the bearing is limited relative to the first rail;
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- wherein the second rail is configured to be longitudinally moveably received within the bearing and the flexible stop and rigid stop cooperate to limit the outward travel of the second rail by engagement with one another when the flexible stop is in a first natural position and the second rail is received within the bearing.
A slide assembly for a drawer in a frame, the assembly comprising:
- a first rail having a first end and a second end, the first rail formed to include a first side flange, a second side flange in spaced-apart relation to the first side flange, and a bottom portion therebetween, the bottom portion including at least one detent;
- a second rail having a first end and a second end, the second rail formed to include a first side wall, a second side wall in spaced-apart relation to the first side wall, and a top portion therebetween, the top portion including a rigid stop projecting from the top;
- a bearing disposed within the first rail, the bearing including a stop to contact the detent wherein the detent and stop cooperate to limit the outward movement of the bearing relative to the first rail, the bearing including a flexible stop, the bearing being configured to receive the second rail for inward and outward reciprocal movement relative thereto;
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- whereby when the second rail is disposed within the bearing the flexible stop limits the outward travel of the second rail by contacting the rigid stop.
A slide assembly for a drawer and a frame, the assembly comprising:
- a first rail having a first end and a second end, the first rail formed to include a first side flange, a second side flange positioned to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first side flange, and a bottom portion therebetween, each of the flanges formed to include an angled blade, the bottom portion formed to include at least one detent;
- a second rail having a first end and a second end, the second rail formed to include a first side wall, a second side wall positioned to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first side wall, and a top portion therebetween, each of the side walls formed to include a lip, the top portion formed to include a rigid stop projecting downward from the top portion;
- a bearing formed to be disposed within the first rail, the bearing being embraced by the angled blades, the bearing formed to include a cross-member formed to contact the at least one detent whereby the travel of the bearing is limited, the bearing further formed to include a flexible stop, the bearing being further formed to receive the lips of the second rail;
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- wherein when the lips are slidably disposed within the bearing the flexible stop limits the travel of the second rail by contacting the rigid stop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.