Abstract: A freezer drawer support assembly is provided for a refrigerator including an upper fresh food compartment and a lower freezer compartment having a rearwardly tapering liner. The support assembly includes a pair of side adapters which compensate for the tapering of the liner, while defining both channels for the attachment of extensible drawer slides, to which a freezer door and a slidable basket is attached, and ledges for slidably supporting another basket. Preferably, the side adapters mate with groove and ledge structure formed into the liner to enhance the transfer of weight from the baskets, while enabling a refrigerator liner designed to directly support one or more slidable baskets to indirectly support multiple baskets which can be slid relative to each other.

Abstract: A shock absorbing mounting rail includes a first rail member formed of a first material. A second rail member is formed of a second material more resilient than the first material. The second rail member is mounted in the first rail member and provides a shock absorbing fastener receptacle and a shock absorbing tip on a first end of the first rail member. A flexible handle is provided on a second end of the first rail member, opposite the first end.

Abstract: A component chassis of a server is installed into a rack with a quick-disconnect slide rail. The inner rail member is secured to the component chassis by a quick-connect system having multiple headed protrusions received in corresponding keyhole slots in the rail web, and then slid along the slots until a spring latch snaps into place, without the use of tools. The component chassis, with its attached inner rail members, is then slid into place by inserting the inner rail members in mating outer rail members pre-installed on the rack.

Abstract: A cabinet rail assembly includes a pair of cabinet rails, each of which is provided with a projection on the bottom edge of a front end portion that extends a predetermined distance below the bottom edge of the front end portion which is adapted to space the bottom edge of the cabinet rail by a pre-determined distance above a bottom member of the drawer opening. The projection on the front end of a left-hand cabinet rail is formed from a corresponding notch on the front end of a right-hand cabinet rail and vice versa.

Abstract: A plastic or metal locator bracket for providing securing surfaces for cabinet member drawer slide mechanisms formed to fit within discreet areas of drawer supporting structures. The body portion has first and second substantially flat portions formed at right angles with each other, spacer elements or tabs and a center marker to provide quick positioning within a discretely formed space. Shaped pockets integral with the first substantially flat portion provide structure for multiple fastener receiving apertures to accommodate a plurality of drawer frame front thicknesses. The first and second substantially flat portions have interior engaging surfaces for securement to the frame.

Abstract: The invention relates to guide fittings for pulling-out drawers (1) or the like. The inventive fittings comprise a drawer rail (5) on the side of the drawer, a support rail (3) on the side of the body and a central rail (6) that runs between said two rails (3, 5) and is situated on both sides of the drawer (1). The weight of the drawer (1) is transmitted between the rails (3, 5, 6) and by means of rollers (14). A damping device (7) is active between two of the rails (3, 5, 6) and comprises at least two components which can be moved in relation to one another.

Abstract: The quick assembly draw guide comprises a shaped body which has a device for connection to the wall of the draw.

Abstract: A sliding drawer system, containing two opposite facing slide members, two drawer glides, and a sliding drawer or wire basket. Each slide member contains a longitudinal interior channel running substantially the length of the slide member. The drawer contains an outer rim that engages and slides across a dome located at a front end of each slide member. The two drawer glides are attached to the drawer along the along the drawer's outer rim for slidable engagement with the longitudinal interior channel of the slide members. The apparatus contains features designed to reduce friction between the sliding parts so as to ease the inward and outward sliding of the drawer and to increase its effective life.

Abstract: A furniture kit includes several pieces of furniture which can be combined in one way to produce an infant changing table and in another way to produce a desk. The furniture kit includes a table, a drawer, a chest, and an infant changer.

Abstract: A fixing base structure of a slide track. The fixing base includes snap members, a guide channel, a retaining groove, and a retaining plate. The snap members are arranged on the back face of the fixing base. The guide channel is provided in the front face of a fixing base, and the retaining groove is matingly provided in the guide channel. In the structure of the guide channel, the guide channel is matingly provided with a retaining plate located above the retaining groove. When the slide track is mounted in the guide channel of the fixing base, the retaining plate elastically presses the slide track in the retaining groove, such that the slide track and the fixing base may have a better combination positioning effect therebetween.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pinched rail guide system which is comprised of a pair of guide rails 18 exteriorly jointed to the parallel side walls 20 of a drawer 16 or the like. There are two sets of three guide rollers 14 positioned so that two of the guide rollers 24 are beneath the guide rail 18 and supporting the drawer-like member 16. The third guide roller 26 is stationed to engage the top of the guide rail 18 and which location is of paramount importance to the present invention 10. Sets of guide rollers 14 can be mounted to the structural drawer-like holding member 16 by individually fixedly mounting each guide roller 14 to the structural drawer-like holding frame member 12 according to the aforementioned prescribed method or each set 14 can be fixedly mounted to a guide roller plate member 40 Drawer stops 30 are located on the top rear section of the rails 38 and are milled into wooden rails 18 and are formed into metal rails 18.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fixing base structure of a slide track. The fixing base includes a plurality of snap members, a guide channel, a retaining groove, and a retaining plate. The snap members are arranged on the back face of the fixing base. The guide channel is provided in the front face of a fixing base, and the retaining groove is matingly provided in the guide channel. In the structure of the guide channel, the guide channel is matingly provided with a retaining plate located above the retaining groove. When the slide track is mounted in the guide channel of the fixing base, the retaining plate elastically presses the slide track in the retaining groove, such that the slide track and the fixing base may have a better combination positioning effect therebetween.

Abstract: A sliding device for a storage case is provided which is durable and provides a smooth sliding motion even in environments, such as those encountered in a refrigerator, wherein the storage case is subjected to humid, cold (below the freezing point) conditions. The sliding device comprises a fixed rail fixedly mounted to an inner side surface of the storage case and having a roller coupling portion in which a first set of rollers are rollably received; a movable rail fixedly mounted to an outer side surface of the storage container and having a roller coupling portion in which a set of second rollers are rollably received; and a middle rail which is slidably mounted between the fixed rail and the movable rail so as to provide a coupling relationship therebetween which guides the rolling motion of the first and second rollers. The fixed rail, the movable rail and the middle rail, as well as the rollers, are made of an injection molded plastic.

Abstract: A component chassis of a server is installed into a rack with a quick-disconnect slide rail. The inner rail member is secured to the component chassis by a quick-connect system having multiple headed protrusions received in corresponding keyhole slots in the rail web, and then slid along the slots until a spring latch snaps into place, without the use of tools. The component chassis, with its attached inner rail members, is then slid into place by inserting the inner rail members in mating outer rail members pre-installed on the rack.

Abstract: A sliding drawer system, containing two opposite facing slide members, two drawer glides, and a sliding drawer or wire basket. Each slide member contains a longitudinal interior channel running substantially the length of the slide member. The drawer contains an outer rim that engages and slides across a dome located at a front end of each slide member. The two drawer glides are attached to the drawer along the along the drawer's outer rim for slidable engagement with the longitudinal interior channel of the slide members. The apparatus contains features designed to reduce friction between the sliding parts so as to ease the inward and outward sliding of the drawer and to increase its effective life.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel sliding drawer system, containing two opposite facing slide members, two drawer glides, and a sliding drawer or wire basket. Each slide member contains a longitudinal interior channel running substantially the length of the slide member. The drawer contains an outer rim that engages and slides across a dome located at a front end of each slide member. The two drawer glides are attached to the drawer along the along the drawer's outer rim for slidable engagement with the longitudinal interior channel of the slide members. The apparatus contains features designed to reduce friction between the sliding parts so as to ease the inward and outward sliding of the drawer and to increase its effective life.

Abstract: A standardized furniture unit in which a drawer moves in a longitudinal direction and has a plurality of closed positions, having a first slide element attached to a stationary panel, the drawer having a shell, a second slide element attached thereto The first and second slide elements are coupled together and move relative to each other, one of which is provided with at least one set of a plurality of mounting holes aligned along the longitudinal direction. Each of the mounting holes in each set corresponding to a different drawer closed position, and one of the mounting holes in each set is aligned with a standardized slide element mounting point in either the stationary panel or the drawer shell.

Abstract: A cabinet drawer slide socket is provided which provides ease and convenience in installing cabinet drawers for kitchen, bathroom or other cabinets. The slide socket is easily attached to conventional cabinet slides and includes a pair of legs which are positioned in pre-drilled apertures in the rear cabinet wall. Leg caps lock the slide socket to the rear cabinet wall and includes a slide receptor which is movable laterally for self-adjustment.

Abstract: A slide rail structure for a case cabinet includes a first slide member and a second slide member and a device case with an enlarged interior space. After the slide rail installed in the case cabinet and the device case contained desired hardware devices, the device case may be mounted on the slide rail to allow users to control operations of various peripheral devices.

Abstract: A mounting bracket of a drawer guide assembly is connected to furniture structure through the use of a fastener member positioned in a recess and communicating slot formed in the furniture structure. A threaded member extends through an aperture formed in the mounting bracket and into the slot and is threadedly engaged with the fastener member to clamp a portion of the furniture structure between the mounting bracket and the fastener member.

Abstract: A drawer slide having an adjustment device including a cam. The cam can be actuated to adjust the position of the drawer slide with respect to a drawer to which the drawer slide is attached.

Abstract: A slide fastening assembly and alignment system for mounting a drawer slide to the interior wall of a cabinet or piece of furniture. The fastener assembly includes a fastener cartridge having a body and interior chamber. The chamber encloses a small explosive charge, a detonator, a piston head and a sharpened shaft attached to the piston head. Encapsulated adhesive may optionally surround the shaft. In the preferred embodiment, the cartridge is mounted to a fastener plate that is fixed to the drawer slide member to be attached to the interior of the cabinet. In an alternative embodiment the cartridge is mounted to a bracket. In use, the drawer slide is mounted to the drawer and the drawer is then positioned in the interior of the cabinet. Once the drawer is vertically and horizontally aligned, the charge is detonated and the piston head and shaft secure the fastener plate to the wall of the cabinet through an aperture in the fastener plate or bracket.

Abstract: In the present slide rail a space receives a roller. Upper and lower rollers have their respective axes for rotation having inclinations of &thgr; and −&thgr;°, respectively, relative to an axis perpendicular to a body of the external rail. Thus the slide rail can have a simple structure.

Abstract: A rail assembly is adapted for mounting a data storage device in a computer enclosure. The rail assembly comprises a rail and a conductive fastener attached to the rail for fixing the rail to a data storage device. The rail comprises a body and a latch so connected with the body as to be capable of a flexing movement relative to the body for engaging with a computer enclosure. The body defines a number of pairs of through holes and a first slot. The fastener comprises a pair of tabs for engagingly extending into a selected pair of the through holes of the rail and a pair of posts for extending through the first slot of the rail to securely engaging with the data storage device. The fastener can mount the rail to the data storage device with the rail attached at a number of different positions relative to the data storage device.

Abstract: A ball bearing roller and ball bearing slide assembly for use in an article of manufacture, for example a toolbox having drawers, is disclosed. The ball bearing slide assembly can comprise a first slide element, a second slide element and a carriage, wherein the carriage couples, in combination with a ball bearing roller, the first slide member to the second slide member such that the second slide member moves relative to both the first slide member and the carriage. The ball bearing roller is swaged on a side of the roller that is attachable to the article of manufacture. The ball bearing slide assembly can be used, for example, as a drawer slide assembly. The ball bearing slide assembly enhances lateral stability. The invention decreases the likelihood of bearing fatigue, and ultimate bearing failure, due to lateral movement. The present invention provides a cost effective way to align, for example, shelves or drawers, with respect to the article of manufacture.

Abstract: Pull-out guidance assembly for drawers with one drawer-side pull-out rail and one body-side bearing rail each on both sides of the drawer. A fluidic damper is provided developed as a rotation damper (20). Between the bearing rail (4) and the pull-out rail (6) is displaceably disposed a center rail (5). The pull-out rail (6) is set into a drawer side wall (3) and fixed in it. The fluidic damper, which is mounted on the pull-out rail (6) or the drawer side wall (3), comprises a pinion (10), which meshes with a rack section (16) of a slider (8) movable relative to the pull-out rail (6), to the drawer side wall (3) and to the bearing rail (4). An stop (11) disposed on the bearing rail (4) is provided for the slider (8).

Abstract: The fully extendible drawer unit comprises two pairs of, in each case, three rails (1, 25, 45) which can be pushed into one another. On the carcass rail (1) is positioned a differential roller (9), which allows the intermediate rail (25) to be moved along, when the drawer starts to be pulled out, at a lower speed than the drawer and the drawer rail (45). A coupling lever (55) ensures that the intermediate rail (25) is still pulled along even when the drawer rail (45) has already left the differential roller (9) and that this happens synchronously.

Abstract: A drawer slide and drawer slide combination which incorporates a connecting clip for providing a quick-release connection between the drawer slide 3 and the drawer 21 the clip comprising a fixing part 1 for connection preferably with a snap-fit, and preferably to the slide and a latching part 13 having a projection 17 thereon, preferably for engagement with an aperture 19 in the drawer 21. The latching part 13 is preferably spring loaded and preferably pivotable between a first aperture engaging position for connecting the drawer to the slide and a second release position in which the projection 17 no longer engages in the aperture in the drawer, whereby the drawer and slide can be disconnected. Disconnection is achieved by applying finger pressure to a release latch portion 15, which may be integral with the latching part 13. The connecting clip could be made of spring metal, but is preferably made of resiliently deformnable plastics material. It may be formed in one or in two parts.

Abstract: The enclosure includes a base section fabricated from a single piece of material, such as sheet metal, in which multiple design details are punched and formed. A cover section with tabs for inserting in slots formed in the base section is provided. A one-piece card cage including injector/ejector latching details and card guide rails is connected via welding or other means to the base section. An enabler assembly, including guide rails, is fastened to the card cage and configures the card cage into multiple adapter receiving cavities.