Patent · US Expired

Rear drawer slide frame mounting screw with adjustable position compression spring

US4984762A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 3, 1989
Grant dateJan 15, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 3, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47B2210/01
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A system is provided for mounting the rear end of a bracket assembly within a cabinet between the front and rear walls of the cabinet and wherein the horizontal distance between the front and rear walls of the cabinet may vary. The rear end of the bracket assembly includes front-to-rear extending guide sleeves supported therefrom and support pins are longitudinally slidably received through the sleeves. The front ends of the pins include rotary torque input structure whereby rotary torque may be applied to the pins through the utilization of a rotary torque tool and the rear ends of the pins include threaded blind bores in which forward ends of screw shanks are removably threadedly engaged, the rear ends of the screw shanks being equipped with wood screw threads. In addition, the rear ends of the pins include abutment structures supported therefrom for adjustment longitudinally therealong and compression springs are disposed on the pins between the abutment structure and the sleeves through which the pins are slidably received.

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