Fastening device

Claim 1

In an arrangement for adjustably mounting a front plate on an extractable furniture part, particularly a drawer, said arrangement being of the type including, at each side of the furniture part, a fastening device comprising a supporting member to be mounted on the furniture part, a holding member to be mounted on the front plate, and upper screw means for connecting said holding member to said supporting member and thereby for mounting the front plate on the furniture part, and further including means for adjusting the vertical position of the front plate relative to the furniture part, and means for readjusting the lateral position of the front plate relative to the furniture part, the improvement wherein said lateral adjusting means comprises: an adjusting screw at a lower portion of only a first said fastening device at one side of the furniture part, said adjusting screw having an axis extending parallel to the plane of the front plate, and said adjusting screw being axially fixed to one of said members of said first fastening device and threaded into the other said member of said first fastening device, whereby rotation of said adjusting screw laterally moves said one member relative to said other member and thus laterally adjusts to position of the front plate relative to the furniture part; and means, at a lower portion of the second said fastening device at the other side of the furniture part, for freely guiding relative lateral movement between said members of said second fastening device.