Patent ID: 11925261
Assignee: ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A furniture item comprising a cabinet portion with a plurality of stacked drawers therein, the cabinet formed of a pair of wood product side wall panels, a rear panel extending between the side wall panels, and a front panel with openings for receiving the plurality of stacked drawers;
wherein each of the plurality of stacked drawers having a pair of drawer slides attaching the respective drawer to the pair of side panels by way of a pair of polymer cantilever spacers, each drawer slide having a rail portion and a cooperating slide portion, the rail portions secured to the polymer cantilever spacers and the slide portion secured to the drawers;
wherein each of the polymer spacers has a panel engagement end and a rail engagement end, the spacer comprising a body portion extending between the panel engagement end and the rail engagement end, the spacer further comprising a pair of oppositely extending flange tabs unitary with the body portion at the panel engagement end of the spacer, the tabs each having a planar engagement surface in engagement with the interior surface of the side wall panel and each having a split ribbed lug portion extending in a direction away from the body portion, the split ribbed lug portions each having an axis extending in a direction perpendicular to the planar engagement surfaces, a central opening extending through the respective flange tab and into the split ribbed lug portion, an elongate metal expander pin in the opening, the split ribbed lug portion having a plurality of legs that are compressed between the elongate metal expander pin and an interior surface of the hole, thereby anchoring each lug into a hole and securing the spacer on the panel side wall;
wherein each of the polymer cantilever spacers is secured to the rail portion by a fastener extending through an aperture in the rail portion and into a corresponding bore in the rail engagement end of the polymer cantilever spacer.