Patent ID: 8317277
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: A47B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system, in combination with a pull-out component and an associated housing, for assisting the opening and closing movement of the pull-out component relative to the housing with an integrated damping mechanism, said housing having a slide member coupled to an interior wall thereof, and said pull-out component being linearly slidable into and out of said housing, the system comprising: a first bracket coupled to said slide member of the housing; a second bracket coupled proximate a rear end of said pull-out component; a strut having a first end coupled to the first bracket and an opposing second end coupled to the second bracket, said strut comprising: a damping mechanism contained entirely within said strut and including a damper that counteracts the force exerted by the first spring on the cylindrical piston to dampen the movement of the pull-out component from a neutral region towards a fully-open position and from the neutral region towards a fully-closed position; wherein said housing is a cabinet, and said slide member is a cabinet slide member; wherein the first bracket includes a lower horizontal surface and a clevis pin extending vertically upwards from said lower horizontal surface; wherein the strut further includes a cabinet bracket clevis, said cabinet bracket clevis being coupled to said first end of the outer hollow member and being configured to pivotally engage said clevis pin; wherein the cabinet bracket clevis includes a substantially C-shaped coupling member and the first bracket's clevis pin is configured to snap into said cabinet bracket clevis; and wherein said first end of the first spring is disposed on a portion of said cabinet bracket clevis opposite said coupling member.