Patent ID: 7537295
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. A drawer unit, comprising: two or more drawers; and an injection molded frame molded as a single fully-formed piece having two sides, a top, and a bottom, and defining an opening sized for receiving the drawers, wherein parts of the drawers and frame form slider mechanisms supporting each drawer on the sides of the frame and allowing each drawer to slide between an open position and a closed position relative to the frame, each drawer having two sides, each side of each drawer having a ridge forming part of one of the slider mechanisms, the ridge comprising a generally horizontal portion extending outwards from the side of the drawer and an outer wall extending downwards from the generally horizontal portion, and the sides of the frame each having two or more runners, each of the two or more runners having a slot between an upper and a lower part of the runner forming another part of the one of the slider mechanisms; wherein, on each side of the frame, the generally horizontal portion of one of the ridges of each drawer passes through the slot of one of the runners and the outer wall of the one of the ridges extends below the top of the lower part of the one of the runners such that a portion of the one of the runners is interior to the outer wall of the one of the ridges and provides a laterally interfering fit between the one of the ridges and the one of the runners so as to resist deflection of the sides of the frame away from each drawer; wherein the two or more drawers include an upper drawer and a lower drawer, each drawer having a front that slopes upwards away from a bottom thereof and towards a back thereof such that when the upper drawer and the lower drawer are in a closed position, the bottom of the upper drawer protrudes forward beyond the top of the front of the lower drawer; and wherein the bottom of the upper drawer is supported by a top edge of the front of the lower drawer when the upper drawer is in an open position.