Abstract: A sash frame for a sliding window construction comprises four frame members formed from plastics material and of identical cross-sectional profile, the frame members being fused or welded together at their corners and incorporating fixed abutments for engagement with a glazing unit, the frame also including removable glazing beads attachable to the frame members such that the glazing unit may be inserted laterally into the frame and retained in engagement with the abutments by attachment of the glazing beads to the assembled frame.

Abstract: A window construction incorporates a pane or panes of glass retained in a frame by glazing beads inserted between the glass and the frame at the outside of the window and incorporates means for preventing disengagement of the glazing beads other than by breaking the glass. The glazing beads may incorporate oppositely acting retaining formations engageable with at least one co-operating retaining member on the frame, each retaining formation being arranged to be more firmly engaged by movement of the associated bead in a direction to disengage the other formation. In an alternative arrangement the glazing beads may incorporate retaining formations which extend beyond and are retained by the edges of the glass following completion of the glazing process.

Abstract: A drawer has longitudinally extending tracks in its opposite sides, each of which is adapted to co-operate with a drawer runner mounted in a cabinet in which the drawer is supported in use, a roller carriage being engaged in each track and co-operable with the associated runner to support the drawer on the runner, the roller carriage being freely movable relative to the track and the runner, and each of the tracks incorporating means to stabilize the drawer against rocking or tilting movement about the roller carriage during opening and closing. One form of stabilizing means comprises a shelf raised from the base of the associated track and extending rearwardly from the forward end thereof to engage beneath the runner and prevent upward movement of the front of the drawer during initial opening and final closing movement.

Abstract: A drawer runner comprises a mounting member adapted to be mounted in a cabinet in which a drawer is to be supported in use, a pair of spaced bearing members mounted on the mounting member for engagement in the runner recess in the drawer side, and a fixed load-supporting member carried by the mounting member and adapted to assist in supporting the weight of the drawer when the drawer is laden and in its closed position. The bearing members may comprise rollers rotatably mounted on studs carried by the mounting member, the load-supporting member comprising a flange disposed rearwardly of the rear bearing member or disposed beneath the bearing members and arranged to be contacted by the drawer only when the latter is closed and laden.

Abstract: A drawer wall panel comprises a main panel member of extruded plastics material having an elongated recess extending longitudinally of the face of the panel member which will be outermost in use, and an elongated molded plastics insert defining a runner track located in the recess in the panel member and retained against lateral withdrawal by longitudinal lips formed at the edges of the recess in the panel member which project across the mouth of the recess into engagement with longitudinal grooves in the insert. The insert incorporates integrally formed projections extending inwardly thereof for engagement during use with components of a pre-determined type of drawer runner.

Abstract: A drawer with side walls provided with longitudinal tracks for engagement with drawer runners during use and a rear wall having a longitudinal track in which a pair of guide members are slidably located for movement between operative positions in which they extend across the rear ends of the tracks in the side walls and engage with the drawer runners and retracted positions in which they are arranged to retract clear of the rear ends of the runner tracks, there being rotary actuating means accessible from within the drawer to effect movement of said guide members between said positions, the actuating means incorporating locking means to retain the guide members against movement in their extended and retracted positions.