Patent ID: 8408663
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: A47B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A consumer appliance, comprising: a compartment with a pull-out drawer; a slide member configured on each opposite side of said compartment, said pull-out drawer having a slide bracket mounted to each respective said slide member for movement of said pull-out drawer into and out of said compartment; a gear rail configured on each opposite side of said compartment adjacent said slide member; a gear assembly mounted to each said slide bracket, said gear assembly comprising a first gear engaged with said gear rail and a pinion gear engaged with said first gear, said pinion gear having a rotational axis that is vertically displaced below a rotational axis of said first gear and below said gear rail; and a cross bar connected between said pinion gears and aligned with said rotational axis of said pinion gears such that driving force generated at one said gear assembly from an off-center pulling force on said pull-out drawer is transmitted through said cross bar to the opposite said gear assembly.