Cabinet drawer and stationary drawer glide
View Patent ↗The stationary drawer glide and cabinet drawer incorporating the drawer glide allow for a user to easily slide open and closed a cabinet drawer without causing damage or warping to the cabinet drawer, even if there are heavy objects in the drawer. The drawer glide includes a fastening portion adapted to be affixed to an interior cabinet wall, and top and bottom portions for supporting a drawer. The drawer glide may be made of a material with a smooth surface with a low coefficient of friction to facilitate easy gliding of the cabinet drawer.
1. A cabinet drawer comprising:
a drawer body comprising a bottom, two opposing sides, a back, and a front,
wherein the opposing sides each comprise at least one recessed track, and wherein the recessed track envelops a stationary drawer glide affixed to a cabinet interior wall; and
wherein the stationary drawer glide comprises:
an elongated, substantially flat upper plateau, load-bearing top portion for supporting the drawer;
an elongated, substantially flat, load-bearing bottom portion for supporting the drawer;
at least one horizontal side portion connected to the load-bearing top portion and the load-bearing bottom portion;
wherein each of the portions have an opening along the middle;
a plurality of laterally and vertically extending longitudinally spaced apart generally C-shaped support members located within an inner surface of the horizontal side portion of the drawer glide, each of the support members extending from and being connected to the load-bearing top portion, the load-bearing bottom portion and the side portion; and
a fastening portion on the inner surface of the horizontal side portion, adapted to be affixed to the cabinet interior wall, comprising at least one fastening member extending substantially perpendicularly from the horizontal side portion.
2. The cabinet drawer of claim 1 wherein the cabinet interior wall comprises a cabinet rail, and wherein the stationary drawer glide is affixed to the cabinet rail.
3. The cabinet drawer of claim 2 wherein the recessed track is slightly larger than the cabinet rail and the stationary drawer glide.
4. The cabinet drawer of claim 2 wherein the recessed track glides over the cabinet rail and the stationary drawer glide.
5. The cabinet drawer of claim 1 wherein the cabinet drawer is essentially symmetrical around a horizontal axis.
6. The cabinet drawer of claim 1 wherein the recessed track has a generally c-shaped cross-section.
7. The cabinet drawer of claim 6 wherein the drawer glide has a generally c-shaped cross-section that is slightly smaller than the recessed track.
8. The cabinet drawer of claim 1 wherein the upper plateau has an essentially smooth surface.
9. The cabinet drawer of claim 1 wherein a plurality of cabinet drawers are vertically arranged to form a file cabinet.
10. A cabinet drawer comprising:
a drawer body comprising a bottom, two opposing sides, a back, and a front, wherein the opposing sides each comprise at least one recessed track;
a first cabinet interior wall comprising a first cabinet rail;
a second cabinet interior wall comprising a second cabinet rail, wherein the first cabinet interior wall and the second cabinet interior wall are on opposing sides of a cabinet;
a first stationary drawer glide affixed to the first cabinet rail;
a second stationary drawer glide affixed to the second cabinet rail;
wherein the first stationary drawer glide and the second stationary drawer glide each comprises:
an elongated, substantially flat upper plateau, load-bearing top portion;
an elongated, substantially flat, load-bearing bottom portion;
at least one horizontal side portion connected to the load-bearing top portion and the load-bearing bottom portion;
wherein each of the portions have an opening along the middle;
a plurality of laterally and vertically extending longitudinally spaced apart support members located within an inner surface of the horizontal side portion of the drawer glide, each of the support members extending from and being connected to the load-bearing top portion, the load-bearing bottom portion and the side portion; and
a fastening portion on the inner surface of the horizontal side portion, adapted to be affixed to the cabinet interior wall.
11. The cabinet drawer of claim 10 wherein the drawer glide fastening portion comprises at least one fastening member extending substantially perpendicularly from the horizontal side portion.
12. The cabinet drawer of claim 10 wherein the recessed track is slightly larger than the first cabinet rail, the second cabinet rail, the first stationary drawer glide, and the second stationary drawer glide.
13. The cabinet drawer of claim 12 wherein the recessed track glides over the first cabinet rail, the second cabinet rail, the first stationary drawer glide, and the second stationary drawer glide.
14. The cabinet drawer of claim 13 wherein the cabinet drawer is essentially symmetrical around a horizontal axis.
15. The cabinet drawer of claim 10 wherein the recessed track has a generally c-shaped cross-section.
16. The cabinet drawer of claim 10 wherein the first stationary drawer glide has a generally c-shaped cross-section, and wherein the second stationary drawer glide has a generally c-shaped cross-section.
17. The cabinet drawer of claim 10 wherein the upper plateau has an essentially smooth surface.
18. The cabinet drawer of claim 10 wherein a plurality of cabinet drawers are vertically arranged to form a file cabinet.