Patent ID: 6095626
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A pullout guide for drawers and the like supported in the carcass of a structure comprising:(a) a guiding rail shaped like a gutter comprisinga first vertical side wall which can be fastened to said carcass,a horizontal planar bottom wall perpendicular to said first vertical sidewall, anda second vertical side wall perpendicular to said horizontal planar bottom wall and parallel to said first vertical side wall,wherein said guiding rail is fastened to a wall of said carcass;(b) a running rail having the shape of an inverted U, comprisinga third vertical side wall,a horizontal planar top perpendicular to said third vertical side wall,a fourth vertical side wall perpendicular to said horizontal planar top and parallel to said third vertical side wall, anda cage for containing roller elements for riding on said guiding rail to enable longitudinal displacement of the running rail relative to the guiding rail; and(c) a profiled section hinged to a back end of the running rail by interacting guiding means, said profiled section arranged and constructed to pivot from a first position to a second position, said first position being aligned in the longitudinal direction of the running rail and said second position being substantially perpendicular to said running rail;said interacting guiding means arranged and constructed to pivot the profiled section from said first position into said second position as said drawer is pushed into said carcass;wherein the profiled section is constructed and arranged to have an identical cross section as that of the running rail and said profiled section rides on said guiding rail.