Patent ID: 7520576

Claim:
An assembly for linking multiple vertical sliding drawers in a cabinet comprising, in combination: a slide including a first channel for mounting to a cabinet wall and a second channel for mounting to a sliding member in a cabinet, said second channel telescopically slidable in the first channel between a closed position and an open position, said first channel including an inside end; a base plate guide housing mounted on the first channel at the inside end, said base plate guide housing including a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side spaced from the first lateral side to define a generally straight guideway between said lateral sides having a generally planar support surface with a cam pivot axis extending generally perpendicular thereto, and including an integrally molded spring element in the support surface; a rotatable cam member pivotally mounted in the guide housing for rotation about the pivot axis, said cam member including a projecting follower engaging the spring element, and further including generally radially extending first and second lobes extending in generally opposite directions from the pivot axis; and a first cam follower member slidably positioned in the base plate guide housing and slidable transversely to the direction of movement of the second channel and also transversely to the direction of the cam pivot axis, one of said cam member first and second generally opposed lobes positioned for engagement with said cam follower member; said second channel including a projecting tab and said cam member including a third lobe located for engagement by said projecting tab upon movement of the second channel to the closed position from the open position to thereby pivot at least one of the cam member first and second lobes into engagement with said first cam follower member, a fourth lobe located for engagement by said projecting tab upon movement of the second channel to the open position from the closed position to thereby pivot said engaged first or second lobes out of engagement with said first cam follower member, and a fifth lobe; said first cam follower member including a first arm along one side extending in the direction of movement of the cam follower member for engagement with a first arm of an opposed second cam follower member to limit movement of the first and second cam follower members by engagement, said fifth lobe engageable with one of said cam follower members in the closed position of the second channel to thereby reduce bounce of the cam follower members and the cam member.