Patent ID: 7946667

Claim:
A dampened drawer movable with respect to a drawer frame of a movable support member, comprising: (a) a frame slide rail fastened to the drawer frame, (b) a drawer slide rail fastened to the drawer, (c) the frame slide and drawer slide rails co-operating together to support the drawer in the frame for longitudinal sliding movement of the drawer with respect to the frame; (d) a first strip of material connected to the frame; (e) a second strip of material connected to the drawer, the second strip contacting at least a portion of the first strip in frictional engagement in a region of contact; (f) the frictional engagement of the first and second strips preventing movement of the drawer with respect to the frame when a force less than a predetermined force is applied to the drawer, the predetermined force preventing free longitudinal sliding movement of the drawer with respect to the frame when the movable support member is moved in any position of the drawer with respect to the frame, over the entire range of longitudinal sliding movement of the drawer slide rail with respect to the frame slide rail; wherein the level of frictional engagement of the strips increases progressively as the drawer is moved outwardly with respect to the frame so that the level of increased force per unit area is sufficient to require the application of uniform force to move the drawer with respect to the frame over the entire range of longitudinal sliding movement of the drawer slide rail with respect to the frame slide rail.