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The present invention relates to a self-leveling drawer slide assembly. The assembly incorporates roller assemblies intended to be attached to the opposed faces of a cabinet and channel assemblies adapted to be affixed to the cabinet-adjacent faces of the drawer. The device of the invention is chara

The present invention relates to a self-leveling drawer slide assembly. The assembly incorporates roller assemblies intended to be attached to the opposed faces of a cabinet and channel assemblies adapted to be affixed to the cabinet-adjacent faces of the drawer. The device of the invention is characterized in that the rollers are mounted on a short section and the channel assembly comprises a substantially longer section, the inner and outer ends of the channel section being inclined upwardly relative to a central horizontal section whereby, in the inner and outer limiting positions of the drawer, the tendency of the drawer to sag is counteracted by the tendency of the rollers to tilt the channels.

대표청구항 ▼

A self-leveling drawer slide assembly comprising a pair of channel members adapted to be mounted to the sides of a drawer and a pair of roller assemblies adapted to be mounted to the drawer-adjacent faces of a cabinet, said channel members being generally U-shaped in transverse section and including

A self-leveling drawer slide assembly comprising a pair of channel members adapted to be mounted to the sides of a drawer and a pair of roller assemblies adapted to be mounted to the drawer-adjacent faces of a cabinet, said channel members being generally U-shaped in transverse section and including a vertically directed branch portion and upper and lower horizontal track portions, said roller assemblies including a horizontally spaced-apart pair of roller members adapted to ride between said track portions and support said upper track for translatory movement between inner and outer limiting positions corresponding, respectively, to the closed and opened positions of said drawer, the horizontal distance between said rollers being generally of the order of about one half or less the length of said track members, said channels including a generally level central portion and at least one end portion inclined upwardly from said central portion, said inclined end portion, in one said limiting position being in registry with at least one said roller of each said roller assembly, said roller assemblies and inclined portions being positioned to coact in said one limiting position bodily to pivot the end of the channel member remote from said at least one end portion in an upward direction, thereby to counteract the tendency of said drawer to sag.