US 9,869,506 B2Granted

Drawer system including cover

AssigneeElectrolux Home Products, Inc.

InventorsJoshua Hanson, Benjamin Paul Shrader, Saba Rizzi, Nathan Cho

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Abstract

A drawer system includes a drawer and a drawer cover. The drawer can include an open top and be configured to be supported at a supporting structure, such as a refrigerator fresh food compartment for example, for selective sliding movement outwardly from the supporting structure and sliding movement inwardly toward the supporting structure. The drawer cover can be configured to be mounted at the supporting structure in engagement with the drawer at the open top of the drawer for movement directly vertically upwardly at the supporting structure away from the open top of the drawer when the drawer is moved outwardly from the supporting structure and for movement directly vertically downwardly at the supporting structure toward the open top of the drawer when the drawer is moved inwardly toward the supporting structure.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A drawer system including:

a drawer including an open top, the drawer configured to be supported at a supporting structure for sliding movement outwardly from the supporting structure and subsequent sliding movement inwardly toward the supporting structure;
and
a drawer cover configured to be mounted at the supporting structure in engagement with the drawer at the open top of the drawer for movement directly vertically upwardly at the supporting structure away from the open top of the drawer when the drawer is moved outwardly from the supporting structure and movement directly vertically downwardly at the supporting structure toward the open top of the drawer when the drawer is moved inwardly toward the supporting structure,
wherein the supporting structure includes at least one hanger at the drawer cover that supports the drawer cover from a fixed anchor, and
wherein the at least one hanger includes a pin that is received in a vertical slot in the fixed anchor, thereby limiting the drawer cover to movement directly vertically upwardly at the fixed anchor away from the open top of the drawer when the drawer is moved outwardly from the fixed anchor and movement directly vertically downwardly at the fixed anchor toward the open top of the drawer when the drawer is moved inwardly toward the fixed anchor.

2 more elements

A refrigerator that includes a fresh food compartment and a drawer system supported at the fresh food compartment, the drawer system comprising:

a drawer including an open top, the drawer configured to be supported at the fresh food compartment for selective sliding movement outwardly from an interior of the fresh food compartment toward an exterior of the fresh food compartment and sliding movement inwardly from the exterior of the fresh food compartment toward the interior of the fresh food compartment;
and
a drawer cover configured to be mounted at the interior of the fresh food compartment in engagement with the drawer at the open top of the drawer for movement directly vertically upwardly within the fresh food compartment away from the open top of the drawer when the drawer is moved outwardly from the interior of the fresh food compartment toward the exterior of the fresh food compartment and movement directly vertically downwardly within the fresh food compartment toward the open top of the drawer when the drawer is moved inwardly from the exterior of the fresh food compartment toward the interior of the fresh food compartment,
wherein the drawer cover includes at least one hanger that supports the drawer cover from an anchor mounted to a side wall of the fresh food compartment, and
wherein the at least one hanger includes a pin that is received in a vertical slot in the anchor, thereby limiting the drawer cover to movement directly vertically upwardly at the anchor within the fresh food compartment away from the open top of the drawer when the drawer is moved outwardly from the fresh food compartment and movement directly vertically downwardly at the anchor toward the open top of the drawer when the drawer is moved inwardly of the fresh food compartment.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/157,546Filed 18 May 2016 · us provisional application
Priority: 18 May 2015
Published: US 2016/0341469 A124 Nov 2016
Granted: 16 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

F25D 25/025
Slidable shelves: drawers
F25D 23/062
Walls: defining a cabinet
A47B 2210/08
General construction of drawers, guides and guide devices: covers or lids for sliding drawers
A47B 2210/175
Drawers used in connection with household appliances: refrigerators or freezers