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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364244 | User-controllable latching carrier rail system A system rack configured to house rack-mount modules comprising a support structure; a rack-mount module slidingly mounted within the support structure; a carrier rail system slidingly supporting the module and comprising a pair of linear slides each secured to the ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7320508 | Roller and stopper mechanism for a drawer slide system A roller and stopper mechanism for drawer slide systems which overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art and effectively provides a low friction rolling surface between two drawer slides in directions parallel to and perpendicular to the length of the drawer slide... | 01/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6386659 | Latchable drawer slide A drawer slide has an outer rail forming a plurality of parallel and inwardly open tracks, an inner rail fitting in the outer rail and having a plurality of flat surfaces each confronting and extending parallel to a respective one of the tracks, and a res... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6254210 | Drawer slide bearing retainer and guide block An improved bearing retainer and a guide block for use with drawer slides having multiple slide members. The bearing retainer comprises a connecting member and upper and lower flanges, with apertures to house bearings, extending from the top and bottom of... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6145945 | Drawer slide bearing retainer and guide block An improved bearing retainer and a guide block for use with drawer slides having multiple slide members. The bearing retainer comprises a connecting member and upper and lower flanges, with apertures to house bearings, extending from the top and bottom of... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5992956 | Inclined slide assemblies for vertical drawers A tool cabinet has a plurality of vertically-oriented drawers, each slidably supported at its upper and lower ends by upper and lower drawer slide assemblies, wherein each slide assembly is coupled between facing support surfaces on the drawer and the cab... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5775788 | Track assembly for a drawer A track assembly includes a guide rail secured to a piece of furniture, a runner secured to a drawer and formed with end stops that run against stationary stops to limit the movement of the runner, an inner slide rail interconnecting the runner and the gu... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5580139 | Device for fixing a drawer extension mechanism A device for releasably fixing a guide rail of a drawer slide to a drawer, the guide rail extending in a longitudinal direction and having a support surface for the drawer, the guide rail defining an opening, comprises an integral shaped part comprising a... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5551775 | Telescopic drawer slide with mechanical sequencing latch A ball-bearing type drawer slide having proximal, intermediate and distal slide members extendable and retractable relative to each other. A latch is carried by a first of the slide members and is engageable with a locking element on a second of the slide... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5470143 | Self-locking snap-on suspension unit for furniture cabinets and the like A suspension unit for roll-out shelves, drawers, etc. is provided for furniture cabinets and the like of the type having a case with slotted interior uprights. The suspension unit includes an inner housing member connected with a drawer or other roll-out ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5439283 | Adjustment device to align a drawer An adjustment device aligns a drawer that is mounted on rails. A body member is fastened to the rail. An activation part is movably hinged to the body member at a hinge area. The activation part is connected to a wedge piece. The activation part is moveab... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5405195 | Automatic release mechanism for telescoping slide assembly A telescoping slide assembly is provided for moving a load between a fully retracted position and a fully extended position. The telescoping slide assembly includes a load-carrying slide member and an intermediate slide member and each slide member is for... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5403084 | Molded refrigerator shelf with snap-in slide A refrigerator shelf assembly with snap-in slides for supporting a sliding bin, receptacle or other separate member has a shelf panel and a front rim extending across at least a portion of a front edge of the shelf panel. The front rim extends below the s... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5242221 | Runner for drawers A reciprocable drawer is guided in a piece of furniture by two runners each of which is adjacent one sidewall of the drawer and includes an elongated rail-shaped horizontal support affixed to the piece of furniture, an elongated follower member in the for... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5131733 | Mounting bracket for drawer guides Mounting bracket (10) for the rearward end of the runner (18) of a drawer guide (20), in which the guide rail (22) to be fastened to the cabinet wall reaches from underneath into the corresponding runner (18) which is formed of a hollow structural shape o... | 07/21/1992 |
| 4810045 | Fitting for the adjustable mounting of the runner of a drawer slide Fitting for holding the front-drawer end of the runner of a drawer slide. The fitting has a runner holding clip which can be fastened behind the drawer front under the bottom of the corner of the drawer and grips the end of the runner between two resilien... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4653821 | Drawer guide A drawer has two side walls each provided with a groove, a drawer bottom inserted in the grooves of the side walls, and two arresting devices which are provided for entrainment of the drawer guide rails of an article of furniture; each arresting device ha... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4606588 | Guide structure for a drawable furniture part One of two drawable furniture parts have an outer rail made from a triangular hollow section having a lengthwise slot for receiving an inner rail. The outer rail is mounted on an inner rail and rides on a triangular array of balls. The inner rail is made ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4440462 | Self-aligning drawer and slide bracket arrangement therefor and associated method A slide is provided which includes two elongated telescopically engageable members mounted for relative telescopic sliding movement. The members include respective side walls shaped to define longitudinal ball bearing tracks. Ball bearings supported by a ... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4181376 | Rolling type door or window guide The invention provides a rolling-type door or window guide comprising opposed longitudinal track members attached to the door and frame, respectively, and a length-adjustable sliding assembly carrying rolling contact elements which is received between the... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4095854 | Bearing assembly for a sliding rectilinear motion A bearing assembly for facilitating relative sliding rectilinear motion between a first and second part which includes a rail body adapted to be connected to one part, and a ball retainer means adapted to be connected to the other part. The rail means has... | 06/20/1978 |