Method of attaching and adjusting a cabinet drawer guide assembly
First Claim
1. A method for attaching a rear end of a first drawer slide to a mounting surface whereby lateral movement of the rear end of the slide is facilitated, said method comprising the following steps:
- a. providing said drawer slide with an end bracket fixed at said rear end;
b. attaching a mounting bracket to the mounting surface, said mounting bracket having a front with means for receiving said end bracket;
c. inserting the end bracket into the receiving means on the front of the mounting bracket;
d. manually moving the first slide laterally at said rear end to align the slide so that a drawer supported by said first slide will move along a desired line of motion, said line of motion being parallel with another slide attached to and supporting the drawer; and
e. resiliently gripping the end bracket in the receiving means on the front of the mounting bracket to stabilize the rear end of the first slide against lateral movement during opening and closing of the drawer after the manually moving step.
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Abstract
A two-piece bracket assembly for use in cabinetry as a drawer slide rear mounting include one piece to receive the rear end of a drawer slide. The other piece is fastened to the inside of the cabinet back. The first piece is pushed into the second piece and retained by spring-clip detent action. Horizontal sliding movement of the clipped portion of the second piece in the first piece is possible when needed for adjustment of the slides to establish parallelism of the drawer front with the cabinet front, without adjustment of the piece fastened to the cabinet back.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for attaching a rear end of a first drawer slide to a mounting surface whereby lateral movement of the rear end of the slide is facilitated, said method comprising the following steps:
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a. providing said drawer slide with an end bracket fixed at said rear end; b. attaching a mounting bracket to the mounting surface, said mounting bracket having a front with means for receiving said end bracket; c. inserting the end bracket into the receiving means on the front of the mounting bracket; d. manually moving the first slide laterally at said rear end to align the slide so that a drawer supported by said first slide will move along a desired line of motion, said line of motion being parallel with another slide attached to and supporting the drawer; and e. resiliently gripping the end bracket in the receiving means on the front of the mounting bracket to stabilize the rear end of the first slide against lateral movement during opening and closing of the drawer after the manually moving step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of mounting a drawer in an opening in a front wall of a cabinet having front and rear walls and comprising the steps of:
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supporting a front end of a drawer slide at a rear side of said front cabinet wall; fastening a clip to said rear wall generally behind said front end; providing the drawer slide having a rear end mount adaptor at a rear end; clipping said slide rear end mount adaptor into said clip; mounting a drawer on said slide, said drawer having a planar front flange; laterally moving said clipped rear end mount adaptor until an inner face of said drawer flange is parallel to the front wall of said cabinet; and resiliently gripping said clipped rear end mount adaptor to stabilize said rear end of said slide against lateral movement during opening and closing of the drawer. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A drawer mounting method comprising the steps of:
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providing a first drawer slide with an end bracket at a rear end; attaching a back side of a mounting bracket to a first stationary mounting surface in a cabinet, the mounting bracket also having a front with a receptacle for receiving said end bracket; mounting the end bracket to the mounting bracket by inserting the end bracket into the receptacle on the front of the mounting bracket; supporting a front end of said drawer slide on a second stationary mounting surface which is spaced from and in front of said first mounting surface in the cabinet; manually moving the first slide laterally at said rear end while holding said front end stationary to align the first slide so that a drawer supported by said first slide will move along a desired line of motion in the cabinet; and resiliently gripping the end bracket in the receptacle to stabilize the rear end of said first slide against lateral movement during opening and closing of the drawer after said manually moving step. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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