Patent ID: 8083304

Claim:
A drawer slide comprising: a first slide member; a second slide member, said second slide member being slidable with respect to the first slide member; and a self-closing mechanism comprising: a stationary housing coupled to the first slide member, said housing having a back end, a front end, and a pair of parallel rails extending from the housing's front end toward the back end thereof; a slider having a back end and a front end, said slider being configured to slide along said parallel rails and relative to the first slide member; a first spring having a back end coupled to said back end of the housing, and a front end coupled to the slider; and a latch rotatably disposed within, and extending transversely through, said slider, wherein the latch is engageable with the second slide member and is configured to slide between said parallel rails, wherein the latch and slider move linearly between a first, drawer-closed position in which the latch and slider are disposed towards the back end of the housing and a second position in which the latch and slider are disposed proximate the front end of the housing, and wherein the latch's axis of rotation is perpendicular to the plane of the first slide member.