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Granted Patent B1
US 10,561,240 · App. 16/352,821 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Drawer slide with a two-way opening and closing

Inventor: Pei-Ssu Kao (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: SUN CHAIN METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
A47B88/473A47B2210/0018
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,561,240
App. No.
16/352,821
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A drawer slide with a two-way opening and closing structure includes: a main rail, a pivot block pivotally provided on the main rail, a slide rail slidably mounted on the main rail, and a pull lever pivotally disposed on the slide rail. The main rail has a limiting portion disposed along a vertical direction. The pivot block has an offset post movably disposed at the limiting portion along the vertical direction, and a first dislocation block which can be locked with a second dislocation block of the pull lever in a staggered manner. The user can set two sets of identical drawer slides with the two-way opening and closing structure on two sides of the drawer, and the first and second dislocation blocks can be misaligned by the limiting portion, namely, two identical slide rails 40 can be applied to the two opposite sides of the drawer.

Claims (45)

1. A drawer slide with a two-way opening and closing structure, comprising:

a main rail having a limiting portion disposed along a vertical direction and at one end of the main rail;

a pivot block having an offset post, a first guide tip, a first connecting surface adjacent to the first guide tip, a second connecting surface adjacent to the first guide tip, and a first stop surface;

a slide rail having two opposing side walls;

a pull lever having two opposite side surfaces, a second guide tip, a first guide surface adjacent to the second guide tip, a second guide surface adjacent to the first guide tip, and a second stop surface;

at least one elastic member;

wherein the pivot block is pivotally disposed on the main rail, the offset post is movably disposed at the limiting portion along the vertical direction, the first guide tip is located toward the end, the first stop surface is located away from the end, the slide rail is slidably disposed on the main rail along a displacement direction, the pull lever is pivotally provided on the slide rail and disposed between the two side walls, so that the two side surfaces face and are located a distance from the side walls, the at least one elastic member is disposed between the two side walls and the two side surfaces;

by such arrangements, the slide rail has a slide-out state, a slide-in state, and a locked state;

when in the slide-out state, the offset post is abutted against one end of the limiting portion, so that the first and second guide tips are opposite to each other in a misaligned manner;

when in the slide-in state, the first connecting surface is in contact with the first guide surface, or the second connecting surface is in contact with the second guide surface;

when in the locked state, the first stop surface abuts against the second stop surface.

2. The drawer slide with the two-way opening and closing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and second connecting surfaces each have one end connected to the first guide tip, and have another end connected to two ends of the first stop surface, respectively.

3. The drawer slide with the two-way opening and closing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first guide tip, the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface define a first curved surface, and the second guide tip, the first guide surface and the second guide face together define a second curved surface.

4. The drawer slide with the two-way opening and closing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an extension rail is disposed between the main rail and the slide rail, and the main rail is coupled to the slide rail along the displacement direction through the extension rail.

5. The drawer slide with the two-way opening and closing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pull lever is further provided with an assembling hole.

6. A drawer slide with a two-way opening and closing structure, comprising:

a main rail having a limiting portion disposed along a vertical direction and at one end of the main rail, wherein the limiting portion is an elongated hole having opposite ends in the vertical direction;

a pivot block having an offset post, a first guide tip, a first connecting surface adjacent to the first guide tip, a second connecting surface adjacent to the first guide tip, and a first stop surface;

a slide rail having two opposing side walls;

a pull lever having two opposite side surfaces, a second guide tip, a first guide surface adjacent to the second guide tip, a second guide surface adjacent to the first guide tip, and a second stop surface;

at least one elastic member;

wherein the pivot block is pivotally disposed in a main rail pivot hole of the main rail, when the pivot block rotates around the main rail pivot hole, the offset post of the pivot block abuts against one end of the elongated hole, thereby fixing the pivot block while making the first guide tip of the pivot block misaligned with the second guide tip, the first guide tip is located toward the end, the first stop surface is located away from the end, the slide rail is slidably disposed on the main rail along a displacement direction, the pull lever is pivotally provided on the slide rail and disposed between the two side walls, so that the two side surfaces face and are located a distance from the side walls, the at least one elastic member is disposed between the two side walls and the two side surfaces;

by such arrangements, the slide rail has a slide-out state, a slide-in state, and a locked state;

when in the slide-out state, the offset post is abutted against one end of the elongated hole, so that the first and second guide tips are opposite to each other in a misaligned manner;

when in the slide-in state, the first connecting surface is in contact with the first guide surface, or the second connecting surface is in contact with the second guide surface;

when in the locked state, the first stop surface abuts against the second stop surface.

7. The drawer slide with the two-way opening and closing structure as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first and second connecting surfaces each have one end connected to the first guide tip, and have another end connected to two ends of the first stop surface, respectively.

8. The drawer slide with the two-way opening and closing structure as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first guide tip, the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface define a first curved surface, and the second guide tip, the first guide surface and the second guide face together define a second curved surface.

9. The drawer slide with the two-way opening and closing structure as claimed in claim 6 , wherein an extension rail is disposed between the main rail and the slide rail, and the main rail is coupled to the slide rail along the displacement direction through the extension rail.

10. The drawer slide with the two-way opening and closing structure as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the pull lever is further provided with an assembling hole.

11. A drawer slide with a two-way opening and closing structure, comprising:

a main rail having a limiting portion disposed along a vertical direction and at one end of the main rail, wherein the limiting portion has two protrusions protruding from the main rail along the vertical direction;

a pivot block having an offset post, a first guide tip, a first connecting surface adjacent to the first guide tip, a second connecting surface adjacent to the first guide tip, and a first stop surface;

a slide rail having two opposing side walls;

a pull lever having two opposite side surfaces, a second guide tip, a first guide surface adjacent to the second guide tip, a second guide surface adjacent to the first guide tip, and a second stop surface;

at least one elastic member;

wherein the pivot block is pivotally disposed in a main rail pivot hole of the main rail, when the pivot block rotates around the main rail pivot hole, the offset post of the pivot block abuts against one of the protrusions, thereby fixing the pivot block while making the first guide tip of the pivot block misaligned with the second guide tip, the first guide tip is located toward the end, the first stop surface is located away from the end, the slide rail is slidably disposed on the main rail along the displacement direction, the pull lever is pivotally provided on the slide rail and disposed between the two side walls, so that the two side surfaces face and are located a distance from the side walls, the at least one elastic member is disposed between the two side walls and the two side surfaces;

by such arrangements, the slide rail has a slide-out state, a slide-in state, and a locked state;

when in the slide-out state, the offset post is abutted against one of the protrusions, so that the first and second guide tips are opposite to each other in a misaligned manner;

when in the slide-in state, the first connecting surface is in contact with the first guide surface, or the second connecting surface is in contact with the second guide surface;

when in the locked state, the first stop surface abuts against the second stop surface.

12. The drawer slide with the two-way opening and closing structure as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first and second connecting surfaces each have one end connected to the first guide tip, and have another end connected to two ends of the first stop surface, respectively.

13. The drawer slide with the two-way opening and closing structure as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first guide tip, the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface define a first curved surface, and the second guide tip, the first guide surface and the second guide face together define a second curved surface.

14. The drawer slide with the two-way opening and closing structure as claimed in claim 11 , wherein an extension rail is disposed between the main rail and the slide rail, and the main rail is coupled to the slide rail along the displacement direction through the extension rail.

15. The drawer slide with the two-way opening and closing structure as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the pull lever is further provided with an assembling hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2019
From: KAO, PEI-SSU
To: SUN CHAIN METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
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