Supports: cabinet structure – With movable components – Horizontally movable
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-02
2001-10-16
Cuomo, Peter M. (Department: 3636)
Supports: cabinet structure
With movable components
Horizontally movable
C312S330100, C312S334500, C211S123000, C248S254000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06302502
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention.
The present invention relates to adjustable mounting brackets for securing drawer guides to desk or cabinet members, and more particularly to a new and improved adjustable mounting bracket for use with tongueless drawer guides.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Various types of adjustable mounting brackets are used to provide some lateral adjustment for drawers housed by desk or cabinets to enable proper alignment of the drawers within the housing and the smooth and efficient operation thereof thereafter. For the most part, these prior art devices are simply constructed without any precise adjustment means, wear quickly, and thus provide inadequate functional assistance soon after installation. Other prior art devices are simple in design, but fail to provide adequate security when the drawer guide is being held in a particular desire position. Various other attempted solutions have involved complicated designs requiring complex manufacturing methods.
Since the prior art is comprised mostly of either simply designed and manufactured adjustable brackets characterized by the inadequacies noted above, or complicated designs requiring complex manufacturing methods, it can be appreciated that there is a continuing need for improvements to such devices. In particular, there exists a need for a bracket of simple design and ease of manufacture, yet allowing the secure, durable positioning of drawer guides. The present invention addresses the need for such improvements.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved adjustable mounting bracket which has all of the advantages of prior art brackets and none of the disadvantages.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved adjustable mounting bracket to enable secure and continuously variable lateral adjustment between a drawer guide carrying the drawer and the desk or cabinet in which the drawer resides.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved adjustable mounting bracket that is more simply designed and which provides greater security in particular positions than prior art devices and that will function with greater longevity than prior art devices. It is yet still another further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved adjustable mounting bracket that will operate with more efficiency, can be adjusted with greater variability, and can be produced more economically than prior art devices.
Accordingly, in one aspect the invention relates to a laterally adjustable mounting bracket for use with a tongueless drawer guide, the bracket comprising: a mounting plate having a front face and a rear face releasably secured to a supporting surface; a hollow central elongate member connected at one end to the front face of said mounting plate; wherein the central elongate member comprises an opening at its end distal to its connection to the front face of the mounting plate, the opening comprising a tab deflected slightly inward toward the interior of the opening.
There has been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangement of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. It is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
These, together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference is made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which like characters of reference designate like parts throughout the several views.
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Cuomo Peter M.
Fisher Michael J.
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