Patent ID: 6309038
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A swinging drawer in the form of an upper open compartment adapted to be fastened on the underside of a cabinet piece such as a wall cabinet, the swinging drawer comprising at least one assembly unit located on at least one side wall of the swinging drawer, the assembly unit comprising a cabinet-side screw-down angle and a compartment-side bearing plate that are connected to each other by two parallelogram linkage arms, including a front parallelogram linkage arm and a back parallelogram linkage arm, wherein the front parallelogram linkage arm lies closer to a front wall of the swinging drawer and is longer than the back parallelogram linkage arm;wherein the cabinet-side screw-down angle is adapted to be fastened to and supported on the underside of the cabinet piece with a front area of the screw-down angle disposed proximate a front edge of the cabinet piece, and the compartment-side bearing plate is adapted to be fastened to and support the swinging drawer with a rear area of the bearing plate disposed proximate a rear area of the swinging drawer;wherein the front parallelogram linkage arm depends from the front area of the screw-down angle, and the back parallelogram linkage arm depends from a rear area of the screw-down angle which is spaced from the front area of the screw-down angle by a pre-defined distance; andwherein the rear area of the bearing plate is supported by the back parallelogram linkage arm, and a front area of the bearing plate that is spaced from the rear area of the bearing plate by a distance that is less than the pre-defined distance is supported by the front parallelogram linkage arm.