Patent ID: 8210624

Claim:
A self-closing drawer slide comprising an outer longitudinal section and an inner longitudinal section mounted to telescopingly slide relative to one another, said slide being a side mounted drawer slide, a housing fixedly secured at an inner end of said outer section, said housing having a catch in a locked position at or near an outer end of said housing when said slide is in an open position and said inner slide has moved away from said housing, said catch being slidably mounted in a longitudinal linear channel formed in said housing, said catch being shaped to be engaged with a latch located on said inner section and unlocked in said channel when said latch contacts said catch as said slide moves from said open position of said slide to a closed position, said catch becoming disengaged from said latch and returning to said locked position as said inner section moves from said closed position toward said open position and said catch reaches an outer end of the channel, a spring extending between said catch and said housing to cause said catch to slide from said outer end of said housing along said channel to said inner end of said housing when said catch is in an unlocked position, thereby moving said slide to said closed position, said catch having a pivot axis that is located substantially at a center of said catch between a forward end and a rearward end thereof, said catch at said outer end of said channel moving from said locked position to said unlocked position by rocking rearward and moving from said unlocked position to said locked position by rocking forward about said pivot axis, said latch being shaped to reset the catch when the catch is in an unlocked position and disengaged from the latch, a forward end of the catch being laterally flexible, said latch being shaped to move the forward end of the catch laterally so that the latch can override the forward end of the catch and move into an engaged position with the catch.