Patents by Inventor Peter J. Houck

Peter J. Houck has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5580174
    Abstract: A drawer slide assembly includes a track member mounted to a cabinet frame and a bracket mounted to the side wall of a drawer. The track member includes a track roller axially mounted thereon, and a longitudinally extending channel. The bracket includes a bracket roller axially mounted thereon and a longitudinally extending groove. The bracket roller is received in the channel on the track and is substantially surrounded on three sides by the channel. The track roller has a periphery having a cross-section similar to that of a truncated cone, and the groove is substantially V-shaped. The track roller rides in the groove such that the slant sides of the roller are received on the opposing sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Houck Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter J. Houck
  • Patent number: 4863288
    Abstract: A side-mount drawer slide with a floating wheel permitting lateral movement of the drawer to compensate for skewness in the drawer and/or supporting cabinet. A drawer slide of the type having a track attached to the drawer and a corresponding track attached to the adjacent wall is provided with a pair of wheels, one secured at an end of each track. On one side the wheels have only minimal lateral play. On the other side the wheels have a substantial predetermined lateral play to compensate for lack of parallelism in the walls of the cabinet and/or drawer so as to avoid the need for shimming the tracks when the drawer and/or cabinet are not parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Houck Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter J. Houck