Device for mounting the front panel of a drawer
US6027194A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 24, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/599
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A drawer comprises a lateral metallic frame, a front panel and a device for mounting the front panel on the lateral metallic frame. The mounting device comprises a holder provided at the front panel and protruding against the lateral metallic frame, and the holder comprises a guiding member engaging in a guiding slot of the frame, the guiding slot being open at an end face of the frame, extending in the longitudinal direction and forming a widened portion constituted by a frame recess extending transversely to the longitudinal direction. A locking piece is disposed at a side of the guiding member facing away from the front panel, the frame recess forming a locking stop engaged by a supporting surface of the locking piece, and a locking bar is insertable through the guiding slot into the widened portion laterally adjacent the frame, the locking bar being a carrier for the locking piece and being movable transversely to the guiding slot, and the locking bar being subject to a locking force.
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