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Device for mounting the front panel of a drawer

US6027194A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 24, 1998
Grant dateFeb 22, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 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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