Patent ID: 7950754
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: A47B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A drawer assembly for a cooled compartment comprising first and second containers movably mounted one above another, said second container being connected to a drawer face and being movably mounted so that said second container and said drawer face can be moved as a unit, said first container being movably mounted so that said first container can be moved relative to said second container, a magnet mounted on at least one of said second container, said drawer face or said first container, and an engagement device attractable by said magnet mounted on at least another of said second container, said drawer face or said first container and facing said magnet so that, when said magnet and said engagement device are engaged, the drawer face and the first and second containers may be moved as a unit and the first container may be moved to separate the magnet from the engagement device and gain access to said second container, wherein at least one of the magnet or the engagement device is mounted on an inner slide member carrying the first container or the second container where the inner slide member is configured to allow the first container or the second container to slide, wherein the outward travel of said second container is greater than the outward travel of said first container, so that said magnet and said engagement device will be separated when the first container reaches the extent of its travel.