MULTIDIRECTIONAL PUSH AND PULL DRAWER
A multidirectional push and pull drawer includes a supporting unit, sliding unit, and carrying basket. The sliding unit is disposed on the supporting unit, and can be pulled leftward to move away from the supporting unit and pushed rightward to get closer to the supporting unit. The carrying basket is disposed on the sliding unit, and can be moved relative to the supporting unit and the sliding unit, pulled forward to move away from the supporting unit, and pushed backward to get closer to the supporting unit whenever the sliding unit lies above the supporting unit. The carrying basket can be pulled to move away from the supporting unit together with the sliding unit whenever the sliding unit is outside the supporting unit. Hence, the carrying basket can be moved away from the supporting unit in any of two directions.
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to drawers, and more particularly, to a drawer with a carrying basket capable of being pulled and pushed in a multidirectional manner.
2. Description of Related Art
U.S. design Pat. D660,088, D659,482, and D659,481 each disclose a drawer, but baskets of the drawers can only be pulled and pushed in a unidirectional manner. As a result, the baskets of the drawers cannot be pulled in two directions.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONA multidirectional push and pull drawer of the present invention comprises a supporting unit, a sliding unit, and a carrying basket. The supporting unit has a front side, a rear side, a left side, and a right side. The sliding unit is disposed on the supporting unit. The sliding unit can be pulled leftward out of the supporting unit and pushed rightward into the supporting unit. The carrying basket is slidably disposed on the sliding unit. When the sliding unit is inside the supporting unit, the carrying basket is movable relative to the supporting unit and the sliding unit and thus can be pulled forward to get closer to the supporting unit and pushed backward to move farther away from the supporting unit. When the sliding unit is outside the supporting unit, the carrying basket can be pulled to move farther away from the supporting unit together with the sliding unit. hence, the carrying basket can be pulled in one of the two directions to move farther away from the supporting unit to thereby allow the carrying basket to be pulled in different directions.
In particular, the supporting unit has left and right rods and front and rear guide rails. The front and rear guide rails are fixed to the left and right rods and adapted to underpin the sliding unit. The sliding unit has two first engaging portions and left and right guide rails. The two first engaging portions are positioned proximate to the right side of the sliding unit and engaged with the front and rear guide rails. The left and right guide rails underpin the carrying basket. The left and right rods stop the two first engaging portions of the sliding unit. The carrying basket has a body and two second engaging portions. The two second engaging portions are connected to the body, positioned proximate to the rear side of the body, and engaged with the left and right guide rails of the sliding unit. Given the aforesaid simple structures, the carrying basket can be pulled out in one of two different directions.
The carrying basket has at least one lug. The at least one lug is connected to the front side of the body and engaged with the sliding unit to prevent the carrying basket from being lifted. Hence, the carrying basket can separate from the sliding unit only if it is pulled forward to move farther away from the supporting unit.
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In this preferred embodiment, left and right rods as ell as front and rear guide rails of the supporting unit and the sliding unit can also be disposed above the carrying basket, and thus the present invention is not necessarily limited to this preferred embodiment. The structure of the two first engaging portions is the same as that of the two second engaging portions. In practice, the first and second engaging portions can be of any other structure, provided that it is feasible to pull the carrying basket forward and leftward.
The purpose of the lugs 404, 405 of the carrying basket 40 is to prevent the carrying basket 40 from being lifted. If this purpose is not required, the two lugs 404, 405 can be dispensed with.
Claims
1. A multidirectional push and pull drawer, comprising:
- a supporting unit having a front side, a rear side, a left side, and a right side;
- a sliding unit slidably disposed on the supporting unit, wherein the sliding unit can be pulled leftward to move farther away from the supporting unit and pushed rightward to get loser to the supporting unit; and
- a currying basket slidably disposed on the sliding unit, wherein the carrying basket can be moved relative to the supporting unit and the sliding unit, pulled forward to move farther away from the supporting unit, and pushed backward to get closer to the supporting unit whenever the sliding unit is inside the supporting unit, the carrying basket be capable of pulled to move farther away from the supporting unit together with the sliding unit whenever the sliding unit is outside the supporting unit.
2. The multidirectional push and pull drawer of claim 1, wherein the supporting unit has left and right rods and front and rear guide rails, the front and rear guide rails being fixed to the left and right rods and adapted to underpin the sliding unit, the sliding unit having two first engaging portions and left and right guide rails, the two first engaging portions being positioned proximate to a right side of the sliding unit and engaged with the front and rear guide rails, the left and right guide rails underpinning the carrying basket, wherein the left and right rods stop the two first engaging portions of the sliding unit, and the carrying basket has a body and two second engaging portions, the two second engaging portions being connected to the body, positioned proximate to a rear side of the body, and engaged with the left and right, guide rails of the sliding unit.
3. The multidirectional push and pull drawer of claim 2, wherein the sliding unit further comprises a ring, wherein the two first engaging portions are connected to the ring and disposed thereunder, the left and right guide rails be connected to the ring and disposed thereon, the ring stops the two first engaging portions of the carrying basket.
4. The multidirectional push and pull drawer of claim 3, wherein the first engaging portions each have a long straight section, a short straight section, a curved section, and a ball, the long and short straight sections of the first engaging portion being connected to left and right sides of the ring of the sliding unit, respectively, the curved section of the first engaging portion being positioned between the long and short straight sections of the first engaging portion, and the ball of the first engaging portion being connected to the curved section of the first engaging portion; wherein the second engaging portions each have a long straight section, a short straight section, a curved section, and a ball, the long and short straight sections being connected to front and rear sides of the body, respectively, the curved section of the second engaging portion being positioned the long and short straight sections of the second engaging portion, and the ball of the second engaging portion being connected to the curved section of the second engaging portion.
5. The multidirectional push and pull drawer of claim 4, wherein the carrying basket has at least one lug connected to a front side of the body, engaged with the sliding unit, and disengaged from the sliding unit as soon as the carrying basket is pulled forward to move farther away from the supporting unit.
6. The multidirectional push and pull drawer of claim 2, wherein the carrying basket has at least one lug connected to a front side of the body, engaged with the sliding unit, and disengaged from the sliding unit as soon as the carrying basket is pulled forward to move farther away from the supporting unit.
Type: Application
Filed: Mar 13, 2013
Publication Date: Sep 18, 2014
Applicant: DONGGUAN MASTER UNITED PLASTIC & HARDWARE PRODUCTS CO., LTD. (Dongguan City)
Inventor: DONGGUAN MASTER UNITED PLASTIC & HARDWARE PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
Application Number: 13/798,685
International Classification: A47B 88/12 (20060101);