Patent ID: 6789862
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A runner for a drawer, comprising:a telescopic rail assembly having a first rail and a second rail; said rails being movable one along another to allow said telescopic rail assembly to be varied between an elongated position and a shortened position; a retainer having a first piece fastened to said first rail and a second piece fastened to said second rail; wherein said first piece comprises a first connecting end portion and a second connecting end portion that securely connect said first piece with said first rail; said first piece further including an elastically engaging portion longitudinally extended and mounted between said first and second connecting end portions so that said first and second connecting end portions structurally reinforce said elastically engaging portion to ensure passage of said second piece therethrough for engaging operation; and wherein said elastically engaging portion of the first piece is adapted to releasably snap onto said second piece when said telescopic rain assembly is either in said elongated or shortened position.