Patent · US Expired

Retaining device for a detachable drawer track

US6126255A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 3, 2000
Grant dateOct 3, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 3, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47B2210/0059
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A retaining device for a detachable drawer track including a track having a limit block attached to one end and a limit device attached to the other end. The limit device has two blocks extending therefrom and a bumper formed between the two blocks. A rail is slidably mounted on the track by a bearing. A retaining device is attached to the rail. The retaining device includes a retaining plate attached to the rail and a pull bar connected to the retaining plate. The retaining plate is Y-shaped and has two levers projecting toward the limit device and a hole defined at the apex of the levers. Each of the levers has a recess defined to receive the corresponding one of the blocks and an activation groove defined in the bottom thereof and being parallel thereto. The activation grooves communicate with the hole, and the pull bar is slidably mounted between the retaining plate and the rail. A shank extends from the pull bar toward the retaining plate. The shank includes a free end having two bosses extending up therefrom and received in the hole of the retaining plate. The distance between the two bosses is close to the minimum distance of the two activation grooves, and the bosses move i…

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