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Sliding pull-out shelf

  • US 5,720,230 A
  • Filed: 08/19/1996
  • Issued: 02/24/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A sliding pull-out shelf comprising:

  • a) a pair of vertical supports spaced a predetermined distance apart each having a plurality of vertical support vertical slots;

    b) a pair of shelf brackets spaced a predetermined distance apart having one or more shelf bracket tangs and a shelf bracket inner surface, each shelf bracket projects from one of the vertical supports and is secured to said vertical support by inserting the shelf bracket tangs into the vertical support vertical slots such that the shelf brackets extend horizontally and parallel to each other;

    c) a shelf board having a shelf board bottom surface, a shelf board back surface, a shelf board top, a pair of shelf board side surfaces, and a shelf board ledge, the shelf board top has a shelf board top upper surface and a shelf board top lower surface, the shelf board side surface is attached to the shelf board top lower surface, the shelf board top extends beyond and overhangs over each shelf board side surface, the shelf board back surface extends beyond the shelf board side surface, the shelf board ledge has a shelf board ledge back surface, the shelf board ledge projects from the shelf board top upper surface, the shelf board ledge back surface is flush with the shelf board back surface, the shelf board is located between the shelf brackets;

    d) a pair of telescopic sliders each having a first telescopic slider element, a second telescopic slider element which envelopes the first telescopic slider element, and a third telescopic slider element which envelopes both the first telescopic slider element and the second telescopic slider element, the first telescopic slider element has a first telescopic slider element inner surface, the third telescopic slider element has a third telescopic slider element outer surface, each first telescopic slider element inner surface is attached to one of the shelf board side surfaces, each third telescopic slider element outer surface is attached to one of the shelf bracket inner surfaces, the telescopic slider attaches between each shelf board side surface and each shelf bracket inner surface allowing the shelf board to move horizontally toward and away from the vertical supports by a force applied to the shelf board front surface.

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