Supports: cabinet structure – With movable components – Horizontally movable
Patent
1995-04-27
1996-08-06
Cuomo, Peter M.
Supports: cabinet structure
With movable components
Horizontally movable
312333, 31233446, 31233447, 3123342, 384 18, 384 19, 384 21, A47B 8800
Patent
active
055427596
ABSTRACT:
A disconnect latch is provided for use with a drawer slide assembly of the type including an elongated drawer member and a stopper for limiting longitudinal travel of the elongated drawer member. The disconnect latch includes the unitarily formed combination of a lever, a mounting section for non-pivotally coupling the disconnect latch to the elongated drawer member, and a main body portion integral with the lever at one end thereof and with the mounting section at the opposite end thereof. The main body portion includes a stop surface for maintaining the elongated drawer member in a locked condition. A plurality of longitudinally spaced grooves is further included, each spanning the whole vertical height of the main body portion. The grooves facilitate the non-pivotal flexing of the disconnect latch so as to allow the stop surface to clear the locking member when downward pressure is applied to the lever, as well as to allow shock absorption during impact of the stop surface against the stopper.
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Cuomo Peter M.
Snap-on Technologies, Inc.
White Rodney B.
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