Cabinet drawer mechanism
A cabinet drawer includes a drawer body, a drawer face movable with respect to the drawer body, and a guide bar attached to an underside of the drawer body. The guide bar includes a first end and a second end. The first end includes a first projection and the second end includes a second projection. Each of the first and second projections extend away from the underside of the drawer body. The second projection is configured to engage with a cabinet as a pivot point to urge the drawer face to move with respect to the drawer body. A cabinet and a method of displacing a cabinet drawer are also disclosed.
1 . A cabinet drawer, comprising:
a drawer body;
a drawer face movable with respect to the drawer body; and
a guide bar attached to an underside of the drawer body, the guide bar including a first end and a second end, the first end including a first projection and the second end including a second projection, each of the first and second projections extending away from the underside of the drawer body, wherein the second projection is configured to engage with a cabinet as a pivot point to urge the drawer face to move with respect to the drawer body.
2 . The cabinet drawer of claim 1 , wherein the drawer body includes a first bracket on a front side of the drawer body and the drawer face includes a second bracket on a back side of the drawer face, wherein the first bracket is configured to receive the second bracket such that the drawer face can slide with respect to the drawer body.
3 . The cabinet drawer of claim 1 , wherein the second projection has a first portion extending from the guide bar and a second portion rotatably connected to the first portion.
4 . The cabinet drawer of claim 1 , wherein the guide bar is attached to the underside of the drawer body via the first projection.
5 . The cabinet drawer of claim 1 , wherein the guide bar extends through an opening in the drawer body such that the second projection is situated outside of the drawer body.
6 . The cabinet drawer of claim 1 , wherein the first end of the guide bar is attached to a back of the drawer face.
7 . The cabinet drawer of claim 1 , wherein the first end of the guide bar extends through a first opening of the drawer body and is attached to the drawer face, and the second end of the guide bar extends through a second opening of the drawer body, and wherein, when the second projection engages with the cabinet, the second end of the guide bar moves horizontally within the second opening toward a first side of the drawer body and the first end of the guide bar moves horizontally within the first opening toward a second side of the drawer body.
8 . The cabinet drawer of claim 7 , wherein the first opening and the second opening each have a width greater than a width of the guide bar to permit horizontal movement of the guide bar within the first opening and the second opening.
9 . A cabinet, comprising:
a guide member, the guide member including:
a first section defined along a first axis,
a second section defined along a second axis,
an offset segment connecting the first and second sections; and
a drawer, the drawer including:
a drawer body;
a drawer face movable with respect to the drawer body, and
a guide bar attached to an underside of the drawer body, the guide bar including a projection extending away from the underside of the drawer body and configured to engage with the offset segment of the guide member such that the projection acts as a pivot point to urge the drawer face to move with respect to the drawer body.
10 . The cabinet of claim 9 , wherein the first axis and the second axis are approximately parallel.
11 . The cabinet of claim 9 , wherein the first section of the guide member is longer than the second section of the guide member.
12 . The cabinet of claim 9 , wherein the first section of the guide member is received in a slot in a front wall of the cabinet, and wherein the second section of the guide member is attached to a back wall of the cabinet.
13 . The cabinet of claim 9 , wherein the projection is a second projection, and further comprising a first projection, the guide bar being attached to the underside of the drawer body via the first projection.
14 . The cabinet of claim 9 , wherein the guide bar extends through an opening in the drawer body such that the projection is situated outside of the drawer body.
15 . The cabinet of claim 9 , wherein the guide member includes first and second guide rails a wall joining the first and second guide rails, wherein the projection is configured to be received between the first and second guide rails, and wherein the projection is configured to engage with the first and second guide rails in the offset section to move the drawer face with respect to the drawer body.
16 . A method of displacing a cabinet drawer, comprising:
moving a cabinet drawer with respect to a cabinet, the cabinet drawer including a drawer body, a drawer face movable with respect to the drawer body, and a guide bar attached to an underside of the drawer body with a projection extending therefrom, the projection engaged with a guide member including a first section defined along a first axis, a second section defined along a second axis, and an offset segment connecting the first and second sections such that the projection engages with the offset segment to urge the drawer face to move with respect to the drawer body.
17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the guide member includes first and second guide rails and a wall joining the first and second guide rails, wherein the projection is received between the first and second guide rails and engages one of the first and second guide rails to urge the drawer face to move with respect to the drawer body.
18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the guide bar extends through an opening in the drawer body such that the projection is situated outside of the drawer body.
19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the first section of the guide member is longer than the second section of the guide member.
20 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the drawer is movable within the cabinet via drawer slides.