Patent ID: 7232195
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. A drawer stop device comprising: a cam adapted to be attached to the underside of a drawer, the cam having an inclined cam surface; a cantilever arm including a generally planar mounting section and an arcuate tongue extending outwardly from the mounting section, the mounting section adapted to be secured to a lower frame member of a drawer opening such that the tongue is cantilevered inwardly of the drawer opening; the cantilever arm cooperates with the cam, when the cantilever arm is installed on the frame member and the cam is installed on the drawer such that the cantilever arm is positioned in the path of travel of the cam, to permit free sliding movement of the drawer relative to the frame member until the inclined cam surface engages the cantilever arm at an open position of the drawer, and to limit further movement of the drawer until a force is applied to move the cam surface over the tongue to thereby enable withdrawal of the drawer from the drawer opening; and a stop member stationarily positionable on the lower frame member of the drawer opening below the arcuate tongue of the cantilever arm to limit the downward movement of the arcuate tongue when the drawer has been withdrawn to its fully normal open position to control the force required to fully withdraw the drawer from the drawer opening.