Patent ID: 7007347
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: A47B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In an upwardly opening drawer having an upright front wall, and a drawer pull fixed to said front wall adjacent a front surface thereof, the improvement comprising: said front wall having at least two identical horizontally-spaced mounting openings formed therethrough, each of said two mounting openings having first and second openings disposed horizontally adjacent and in horizontal communication with one another, said first opening having a vertical height which is greater than the vertical height of said second opening; said drawer pull including a horizontally elongate pull member positioned adjacent the front surface of said front wall, said pull member defining thereon a rear surface disposed in engagement with the front surface of said front wall; said pull including at least two mounting projections fixed to and cantilevered rearwardly from the rear surface of said pull member so that each said projection extends through a respective one of said mounting openings, each said projection being horizontally sized so as to be significantly smaller than the horizontal extent of the respective said mounting opening; each said projection including a rear part sized to pass transversely and horizontally through said first opening but being unable to pass transversely through said second opening; each said projection also including an intermediate part fixedly interposed between said rear part and said pull member, said intermediate part being vertically smaller than said rear part and sized vertically to fit snugly within said second opening; said projections being insertable through the respective first openings by moving the pull transversely inwardly relative to the front wall until the rear surface of the pull member contacts the front wall with said projections passing transversely through the respective said first openings, said pull then being moved horizontally laterally relative to said front wall into a mounting position wherein said intermediate parts of said projections fit snugly into respective said second openings and the rear parts of said projections at least partially overlap a rear surface of said front wall; and