Adjustable face panel mounting assembly

A combination of a drawer slide mechanism having a first portion adapted to be fixed within a cabinet and a second portion adapted to be fixed to the base of a drawer, and a face panel mounting assembly fixed to the second portion of the drawer slide mechanism to provide adjustable mounting of a drawer face panel to the drawer slide mechanism comprising:

• a pair of angled brackets, each angled bracket having a first leg and a second leg, the first leg including a plurality of openings receiving fasteners securing the first leg to the drawer slide second portion, the second leg including a laterally extending flange, the flange including a pair of vertically paced apart openings by a first selected distance;
• a pair of plates adapted to be fixed to a back surface of a drawer face panel, each plate being situated contiguous to one of the angled brackets, each plate including a pair of vertically spaced horizontal slots, the slots being spaced apart equal to the spacing of the vertically spaced horizontal slots, and a plurality of openings adapted to receive fasteners for securing the plate to a back surface of a drawer face panel;
• fasteners passing through the pair of openings in the flange of each angled bracket second leg and through the vertically spaced horizontal slots of each contiguous plate to adjustably secure the drawer face panel to the drawer slide mechanism at a desired position.

A method of securing a decorative face panel to a drawer including movable slide rails comprising:

• attaching a first leg of each of a pair of angled brackets to the movable slide rails of the drawer so that a second leg of each angled bracket projects vertically adjacent a front end of each movable slide rail;
• inserting a fastener into each slot of a pair of plates;
• fixing the plates to a back surface of the decorative face panel so that the fasteners project rearwardly from the plates;
• positioning the decorative face panel so that the rearwardly projecting fasteners are inserted into openings in the vertically projecting second legs of the pair of angled brackets;
• and
• coupling nuts to the fasteners to secure the fasteners at a desired position.