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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7407211 | Vehicle cargo slide-out A cargo slide-out for a vehicle includes a drawer slideable within a guide frame. Glides, such as rollers or sliders, are mounted to two sides of the drawer and to the associated sides of the guide frame so that at each side of the drawer at least one glide extends ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7396092 | Sliding guide for drawers and other furniture parts slide out of the body of a piece of furniture Pull-out guide (10) for furniture parts with a running rail (14) fixable to a furniture part and a carcass rail (12) fixable on the furniture carcass as well as and a central rail (16) which is provided between these two rails. The rails ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7331644 | Stay-closed drawer slide with socket A self-closing drawer slide assembly for installation between a drawer and the interior of a cabinet is disclosed in conjunction with a compatible mounting socket for mounting the rear of the cabinet member to the rear wall of the cabinet. The socket telescopically ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7309115 | Pull out guide assembly for drawers A pull-out guide assembly for drawers, having on both sides of the drawer a support rail on the carcass and a pull-out rail on the drawer. The load of the drawer is transmitted between the rails by rollers that are borne in running carriages. The running carriages m... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308184 | Slide arrangement for cable drawer A drawer slide having first and second rails interconnected by a center rail. The center rail includes a spool configured to provide half-speed travel of the center rail relative to the travel of the first rail. The drawer slide is configured for use with a drawer a... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7281774 | Object supporting unit As an arrangement to reduce an operational force to draw the drawer 3 forward from the drawer storage position 2, wherein at least a rear end side of a drawer 3 is supported in a drawer storage portion 2 in a manner movable along back and... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281775 | Supporter for clothes washing machine and clothes drying apparatus A supporter for a clothes washing machine and a clothes drying apparatus for smoothly sliding a drawer in and out of a case regardless of temperature change by improving the structure of the drawer to be installed in the case. The supporter includes a case to suppor... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7249794 | Opposed drawer assembly for vehicles A drawer assembly for vehicles, and more particularly to a system of opposed drawers for use in a vehicle or trailer. The drawers integrate into the structure of a vehicle for storage or concealment of the retractable features, and can cantilever out and away from t... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240979 | Structure of adjustable sliding device An improving structure of adjustable sliding device that can be stretched and shortened in its length, comprises a base, an upper frame, a middle frame and a sliding device. The base further comprises a flat horizontal unit and two side plates which are formed perpe... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7229142 | Structure of pull adjustable catch for drawer slide A structure of a pull adjustable catch for a drawer slide including an adjustable catch outfitted at the front end of the slide track and a turning knob in which the adjustable catch swings when the slide track is being pulled outwardly from the drawer. The adjustab... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7171099 | Slide arrangement for cable drawer A drawer slide having first and second rails interconnected by a center rail. The center rail includes a spool configured to provide half-speed travel of the center rail relative to the travel of the first rail. The drawer slide is configured for use with a drawer a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156478 | Guide rails for pull-out drawer/equipment A sliding guide rail assembly (20, 20a, 20b) is provided for slidably mounting a drawer or equipment (10) within a cabinet or chassis. The rail (33a) is formed from a sheet metal into a T-shaped section onto which a s... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6978513 | Method and apparatus for stopping a moving member A system and method for stopping a moving member located on a stationary member. The system includes sliders or rollers configured to move along a track. The track has a discontinuity to move the moving member to engage a friction pad to slow the moving member. The ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6968606 | Apparatus and methods for connecting a movable subsystem to a frame An assembly has a frame that defines at least one opening and a subsystem that is movable relative to the frame. At least one slide connects the subsystem to the frame such that the weight of the subsystem transmits a force to the slide. The slide includes at least ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6945620 | Guide rails for pull-out drawer/equipment A sliding guide rail assembly (20, 20a, 20b) is provided for slidably mounting a drawer or equipment (10) within a cabinet or chassis. The rail (33a) is formed from a sheet metal into a T-shaped section onto which a s... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6910749 | Device for opening and closing a movable part of a piece of furniture A device for opening and closing a movable furniture part, in particular a drawer, door or shutter includes two trigger and drive units which each have a trigger member controllable by the action of an external force and a drive member coupled to the trigger member ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6902244 | Drawer rail structure allowing adjusting of vertical position of drawer front panel A drawer rail structure includes two guide rails mounted to a piece of furniture, and two slide rails mounted to a drawer. Each of the guide rails is provided at a front end with a first roller, and each of the slide rails at a rear end with a second roller and at a... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6848760 | Drawer slide A slide has a pair of identical longitudinally extending and profiled rails each having at least one flange forming two longitudinally extending tracks. The rails are interfitted with the tracks of one rail transversely confronting the tracks of the other rails. Res... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6682160 | Drawer sliding structure A drawer sliding structure includes a track seat, an outer slide rail, and an inner slide rail. The track seat is fastened to the panel of a cabinet or the like and is provided with a guide portion. The outer slide rail is fastened with a drawer of the ta... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6619772 | Ball bearing slide assembly A ball bearing roller and ball bearing slide assembly for use in an article of manufacture, for example a toolbox having drawers, is disclosed. The ball bearing slide assembly can comprise a first slide element, a second slide element and a carriage, wher... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6585336 | Drawer slide having adjustment device A drawer slide having an adjustment device including a cam. The cam can be actuated to adjust the position of the drawer slide with respect to a drawer to which the drawer slide is attached.... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6565168 | Fittings with a distendible guide for drawers or the like A pull-out guide assembly for a drawer comprises a first body rail, a second body rail, a first moveable rail, a second moveable rail, a first support roller mounted on the first body rail, a second support roller mounted on the second body rail, a first ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6478393 | Sliding device for a storage case A sliding device for a storage case is provided which is durable and provides a smooth sliding motion even in environments, such as those encountered in a refrigerator, wherein the storage case is subjected to humid, cold (below the freezing point) condit... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6428128 | Drawer for standardized furniture unit A standardized furniture unit in which a drawer moves in a longitudinal direction and has a plurality of closed positions, having a first slide element attached to a stationary panel, the drawer having a shell, a second slide element attached thereto The ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6390574 | Fully extendible drawer unit and coupling A fully extendible drawer unit utilizes two pairs of, in each case, three rails which can be pushed into one another. On the carcass rail is positioned a differential roller, which allows the intermediate rail to be moved along when the drawer starts to b... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6378969 | Guide for drawers with braked opening A guide for drawers comprises two elongated metal parts, mutually slidable along each other. One of said two parts has a wall conveniently bent to define a raceway (15) with play for a wheel (13) rotatably fastened to the other part. In the raceway (15) a... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6347849 | Pull-out slide for drawer or the like A pull-out slide for drawers, working leaves and other pull-out furniture parts has at least two guide rails which are displaceable in the longitudinal direction by bearing units. One guide rail is fastenable to a stationary part such as a furniture body,... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6325473 | Pull-out guide for drawers A pull-out guide for a drawer includes a carcass-side supporting runner and a drawer-side pull-out runner on each side of the drawer. A respective roller is supported on each runner. Running flanges of the pull-out runners cover running flanges of the sup... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6010200 | Adapter rail for plastic drawer An adapter rail is provided for an injection molded plastic drawer to compensate for the draft angle of the sidewalls of the plastic drawer and to dispose a runner attached to the adapter rail aligned with and substantially parallel to a track mounted in ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5984442 | Cabinet and sliding drawer having improved features A a cabinet with a sliding drawer, including: a housing; two opposing outer slides attached to inner surfaces of opposite sides of the housing; two inner slides attached to the sliding drawer and disposed in and telescopingly engaging the outer slides; an... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5906422 | Insert panel support structure A cabinet structure includes first and second inner side panels (40a,40b) positioned respectively on opposite first and second lateral sides of the cabinet. Each of the side panels includes a generally vertical inner face (50) and a vertically extending V... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5895102 | Drawer slide There is described a sliding drawer guide comprising a u-shaped guide rail (1), and a drawer rail (8) which is supported on a track roller (7) in the front end portion of the guide rail (1), and in the rear end portion carries a track roller (11) rolling ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5895101 | Drawer slide An improved drawer slide member ball bearing raceway. The improved raceway comprises a square U-channel shape with double indentations restricting lateral movement of the ball bearings contained therein. Alternatively, a shoulder may be formed in the race... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5876103 | Self-positioning cabinet rail for a drawer guide A self-positioning cabinet rail for a drawer guide for supporting a drawer in a drawer opening of a furniture article such as a cabinet includes a rail member with front and rear ends, upper and lower ledges, a cabinet rail roller and a projection on the ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5860716 | Dishwasher rack adjustment mechanism A pair of support assemblies for an upper rack of a washer. Each of the support assemblies includes an arm, a bracket, a carriage, and a lever. The arms each have a plurality of vertical teeth. The carriages are movably disposed within the tracks. The car... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5785400 | Dual drawer slide assembly A dual drawer slide assembly for smooth and safe operation of a drawer in a cabinet. The assembly includes first and second drawer slides each including a drawer rail having a front end and a back end. A wall member extends between the front and back ends... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5775787 | Pull-out guide assembly for drawers or the like A pull-out guide assembly for use on each of opposite sides of a drawer for guiding the movement of the drawer into and out of the body of an article of furniture includes a supporting rail to be mounted on a respective side of the body of the article of ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5769518 | Pullout assembly for drawers In a complete pullout assembly for drawers (2, 3), with a stationary cabinet slide member (16), an intermediate slide member (10) and a drawer slide member (6), the intermediate slide member (10) being guided along the cabinet slide member (16) and the dr... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5733027 | Drawer with roller pull-out guide A drawer, which is supported in the carcass of a piece of furniture so that it can be pulled out by means of a roller pull-out guide (10), at the side walls (12) of which drawer, in the rear end region in the interior of the carcass, in each case at least... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5733026 | Drawer slide A drawer slide formed by cold rolling metal strip and shaped, in cross section, to define first mutually presented tracks for receiving and cooperating with a first set of rollers carried, in use, by a drawer, second mutually presented tracks for receivin... | 03/31/1998 |
