US4810045A
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Fitting for the adjustable mounting of the runner of a drawer slide
Assignee: Karl Lautenschlaeger GmbH and Co KG Moebelbeschlafabrik
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Filing: 1987-09-22
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Granted: 1989-03-07
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Expires: 2007-09-22
Abstract
Abstract Fitting for holding the front-drawer end of the runner of a drawer slide. The fitting has a runner holding clip which can be fastened behind the drawer front under the bottom of the corner of the drawer and grips the end of the runner between two resilient legs. The runner holding clip is made integral with a corner body which in turn is integral with a mounting arm which can be fastened to the inside face of the drawer front. The area where the runner clip joins the corner body, and the area where the corner body joins the mounting arm, are made so as to be resiliently deformable, and a perpendicular threaded bore is provided in the corner body, through which the threaded shaft of an adjusting screw can be driven whose free end is in contact with the underside of the drawer bottom.
Inventors
- 👤 Reinhard Lautenschlager
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 02:29
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47B; A47B88/00; A47B88/40; A47B88/423; A47B88/427; A47B88/407; A47B2088/4276; A47B2210/00; A47B2210/0002; A47B2210/0029; A47B2210/0032; A47B2210/0051; A47B2210/0054; A47B2210/0056
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
218 words
In a furniture cabinet having a drawer with a bottom, a side wall and a front wall, both walls extending downwardly below the bottom; and a drawer slide extending substantially parallel to said side wall and having a runner with a front end adjacent said front wall, said front end having two vertical side surfaces: a one-piece unitary fitting of a resiliently flexible plastic material, said fitting comprising: a corner body, a runner holding clip having two clip legs respectively positively gripping said two vertical side surfaces, joining means integrally joining said holding clip to said corner body, a mounting arm, means connecting said mounting arm to an inside surface of the front wall of the drawer below the bottom, joining means integrally joining said mounting arm to said corner body, at least one of said joining means being elastically deformable, a threaded bore extending in said corner body parallel to said front wall; and an adjusting screw having a threaded shaft threaded into said threaded bore and having a free end below the bottom of the drawer; whereby upon threading of the adjusting screw against the bottom the position of the front end of the runner may be adjusted relative to the front wall of the drawer by elastic deformation of said at least one joining means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
218 words
In a furniture cabinet having a drawer with a bottom, a side wall and a front wall, both walls extending downwardly below the bottom; and a drawer slide extending substantially parallel to said side wall and having a runner with a front end adjacent said front wall, said front end having two vertical side surfaces: a one-piece unitary fitting of a resiliently flexible plastic material, said fitting comprising: a corner body, a runner holding clip having two clip legs respectively positively gripping said two vertical side surfaces, joining means integrally joining said holding clip to said corner body, a mounting arm, means connecting said mounting arm to an inside surface of the front wall of the drawer below the bottom, joining means integrally joining said mounting arm to said corner body, at least one of said joining means being elastically deformable, a threaded bore extending in said corner body parallel to said front wall; and an adjusting screw having a threaded shaft threaded into said threaded bore and having a free end below the bottom of the drawer; whereby upon threading of the adjusting screw against the bottom the position of the front end of the runner may be adjusted relative to the front wall of the drawer by elastic deformation of said at least one joining means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A fitting according to claim 1, comprising: another adjusting screw extending through a threaded bore in said sidewall and having a free end in contact with one of said clip legs.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A fitting according to claim 2, wherein the clip leg has a groove-like recess which is entered by the free end of said another adjusting screw.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
A fitting according to claim 3, wherein the groove-like recess has a closed bottom.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
A fitting according to claim 1, wherein said means joining said corner body to said holding clip, and said means joining said mounting arm to said corner body are reduced material thickness sections of said holding clip and mounting arm, respectively.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1992-03-06 | 1992-09-05 | 1993-03-07 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1996-03-06 | 1996-09-05 | 1997-03-07 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2000-03-06 | 2000-09-05 | 2001-03-07 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |