Supports: cabinet structure – With external guides or trackways
Patent
1987-02-03
1991-04-30
Falk, Joseph
Supports: cabinet structure
With external guides or trackways
312342, 384 23, A47B 8800
Patent
active
050112422
ABSTRACT:
A prefabricated metal drawer-slide assembly for mounting in a cavity of a furniture unit, comprising a female channel-shaped guide member terminating in ends on a common level, the member adapted to be mounted in the cavity and to extend between front and back side of the furniture unit, for guiding a complementary male component affixed to a bottom side of a slideable drawer adapted for reciprocally movement in the cavity. The assembly further comprises an elevated reinforcing rib extending along the major length of a bottom side of the female guide member between the ends, and downwardly sloping terminal portions extending from opposite ends of the elevated rib for mergence with the opposite ends. Each of the terminal portions are inclined slightly to the horizontal and are provided with a screw opening adapted to accommodate an attachment screw for affixing the female guide member to frame elements of the furniture unit on a common level, the screws adapted to extend at a slight angle to the vertical and sufficient to clear a driving tool of the screw from the frame elements of the furniture unit irrespective of any vertical spacing between the frame elements. Protuberance are provided on the reinforcing rib which co-act with a minimal frictional resistance place member to provide a limited stop in the course of withdrawal of the drawer.
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