Guide rail for rear mounted drawer slide assemblies

• US 6,386,661 B1
• Filed: 05/30/2000
• Issued: 05/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hafele America Comapany
• Original Assignee: Hafele America Comapany
• Inventors: Woerner, Axel G.
• Primary Examiner(s): HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE
• Application Number:
  US09/580,288
• Time in Patent Office: 714 Days
• Field of Search: 312/334.1, 312/334.5, 312/334.7, 312/334.18, 312/334.27, 312/334.33, 312/334.34, 312/330.1, 312/334.23, 312/334.24, 312/334.28, 384/19, 384/20, 384/22
• US Class Current: 312/334.5
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 88/43 at cabinet side

Abstract

A guide rail for rear-mounted drawer slide assemblies of the type attached to the rear wall of cabinets, having an elongated side wall with front and rear ends, a front mounting surface parallel to the side wall for mounting to a drawer cabinet front wall, and an extension member with a radially outwardly extending tongue for connecting the guide rail to a cabinet rear wall by inserting the extension member and tongue through the rear of the cabinet.

Claims

1. A guide rail for rear-mounted drawer slide assemblies comprising:

(a) an elongated side wall having upper and lower flanges and front and rear ends, said flanges extending inwardly from said side wall;

(b) notches formed in said flanges extending substantially the width thereof, said notches substantially vertically aligned therein whereby flexing of the side wall permitted by the notches provides for lateral adjustment of said guide rail after installation thereof, and

(c) an extension member protruding rearwardly from the rear end of said guide rail a prescribed distance greater than the thickness of a cabinet rear wall, wherein said extension member is capable of connecting said guide rail to a cabinet rear wall by insertion therethrough when installed.

2. The guide rail of claim 1 wherein said notches are substantially V-shaped.

3. The guide rail of claim 1 whereby said extension member includes a tongue portion extending radially outward from the terminal end thereof to prevent forward movement of the guide rail after installation.

4. A laterally adjustable guide rail for rear-mounted drawer slide assemblies of the type attached to the rear wall of cabinets comprising:

(a) an elongated side wall having upper and lower flanges and front and rear ends, said flanges extending inwardly from said side wall; and

(b) notches formed in said flanges extending substantially through the width thereof, said notches substantially vertically aligned therein whereby flexing of the side wall permitted by the notches provides for lateral adjustment of said guide rail after installation thereof.

5. The guide rail of claim 4 wherein said notches are substantially V-shaped.