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US 7,959,242 B2Granted
Pocket door cabinet and slide assembly
AssigneeAccuride International, Inc.
InventorDennis Del Castillo
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Abstract
A slidable structure for a pocket door cabinet. The slidable structure may be coupled to a false wall of the pocket door cabinet, with a door hinged to the slidable structure. In some aspects, the slidable structure includes a self-open mechanism to force the door to a fully extended position.
Claims18
An enclosure with a pocket door, comprising:
- a top wall, a bottom wall, and side walls interconnecting the top wall and the bottom wall;
- a slidable structure directly attached by a bracket to at least one of the top wall or bottom wall and within the enclosure approximate one of the side walls, the slidable structure translatable from approximate a front of the enclosure towards a rear of the enclosure;
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- a door hingedly coupled to the slidable structure, the door being moveable, with the slidable structure approximate the front of the enclosure, from a closed position to an open position, the door being translatable with the slidable structure towards the rear of the enclosure with the door in the open position, the door being within the enclosure between the slidable structure and the one of the side walls when the slidable structure is translated towards the rear of the enclosure.
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A slidable structure for a pocket door cabinet, comprising:
- a slide rail;
- means for directly attaching a false wall to a bottom wall of a cabinet enclosure and for coupling the slide rail to the bottom wall of the cabinet enclosure;
- a slidable member translatably coupled to the slide rail;
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- means for coupling a door to the slidable member.
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A slidable structure for a pocket door cabinet, comprising:
- an upper slide rail with an upper slidable member translatably coupled to the upper slide rail;
- a lower slide rail with a lower slidable member translatably coupled to the lower slide rail;
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- a connecting member coupling the upper slidable member and the lower slidable member, the connecting member pivotally connected to the upper slidable member and pivotally connected to the lower slidable member.
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A slidable structure for a pocket door cabinet, comprising:
- an upper slide rail with an upper slidable member translatably coupled to the upper slide rail;
- a lower slide rail with a lower slidable member translatably coupled to the lower slide rail;
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- a connecting member coupling the upper slidable member and the lower slidable member;
- wherein the lower slidable member includes a bracket having a pivot hole, wherein a stud associated with the connecting member passes through the pivot hole, with the stud and pivot hole forming a pivot point;
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- wherein the bracket further includes a cutout, with a further stud associated with the connecting member moveable within the cutout.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.