Laterally adjustable mounting bracket for use in a desk cabinet drawer and with a drawer guide having a bent tongue

• US 5,257,861 A
• Filed: 08/12/1992
• Issued: 11/02/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Grass American, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Grass America Incorporated (Grass)
• Inventors: Domenig, Georg, Marsh, Rick
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Long, Janet M.
• Application Number:
  US07/929,755
• Time in Patent Office: 447 Days
• Field of Search: 312/334.12, 312/334.7, 312/334.21, 312/334.42, 312/334.5, 248/225.1, 248/221.4, 248/223.4, 384/22
• US Class Current: 312/334.5
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 88/43 at cabinet side

Abstract

A laterally adjustable mounting bracket for use with a desk or cabinet drawer and with a drawer guide having a bent tongue, the bracket including a base and opposing spring flanges flexibly secured to the base and cooperatively receiving the drawer guide tongue for lateral adjustment. The base is secured to the desk or cabinet, and latching members having shaft sections and engaging ears secure the bracket to the desk or cabinet.

Claims

1. A laterally adjustable mounting bracket for use in a desk or cabinet drawer and with a drawer guide having a tongue portion, the bracket comprising:

a base having a tongue portion receiving end and a second end;

opposing spring flanges each secured to the base and each having an upstanding side section integrally secured to the base, a flat top section generally parallel to the base and connected to the side section, an inclined section extending downwardly from the top section toward the base, and a lower section generally parallel to the base connected to the inclined section forming a tongue portion opening smaller than the thickness of the tongue portion, the tongue portion openings cooperatively receiving the tongue portion and frictionally maintaining the tongue portion therein for lateral adjustment; and

a vertical stop formed on the base limiting the lateral movement of the drawer and carried drawer guide.

2. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 wherein the spring flanges at least partially encircle a portion of the drawer guide tongue portion.

3. The bracket as claimed in claim 2 wherein the drawer guide tongue portion is curved.

4. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 wherein the base has a front and back wall and the base securing means includes fasteners extending from the back wall to engage the desk or cabinet.

5. The bracket as claimed in claim 4 wherein each of the fasteners include a dowel portion and flexible latching members securing the base to the desk or cabinet.

6. The bracket as claimed in claim 5 wherein the latching members have shaft sections and engaging ears to secure the bracket to the desk or cabinet.

7. The bracket as claimed in claim 6 wherein the latching member shaft sections are grooved.

8. The bracket as claimed in claim 7 wherein the drawer guide tongue portion is curved.

9. The bracket as claimed in claim 7 wherein the fastener dowel portions have one or more ribs extending parallel to the axes of the dowel portions.

10. The bracket as claimed in claim 5 wherein the fastener dowel portions have one or more ribs extending parallel to the axes of the dowel portions.

11. The bracket as claimed in claim 4 wherein the drawer guide tongue portion is curved.

12. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 wherein the drawer guide tongue portion is curved.

13. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 wherein the limiting means is a stop carried by the base and positioned at the tongue portion receiving end of the base.

14. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 wherein the limiting means is a fixing screw securing the drawer guide tongue portion to the drawer in a predetermined location.