Patent ID: 8408666

Claim:
A drawer assembly for mounting beneath a shelf, the drawer assembly comprising: a drawer having a bottom, a front end, a rear end, and a pair of opposed side panels; and a mounting unit configured to mount to a shelf and having a pair of spaced apart drawer supports, the drawer supported by the drawer supports; a pair of tracks laterally spaced apart on either the drawer side panels or the drawer supports, each of the pair of tracks having an upper guide, a lower guide with a relatively horizontal rear segment, a front segment at a lower elevation than the rear segment, and an inclined segment therebetween connecting the rear and front segments and gradually curving and transitioning from the rear segment to the front segment; a track slot between the lower guide and the upper guide of each of the pair of tracks; a pair of lugs protruding from each of the other of the drawer side panels or the drawer supports, each pair of lugs slidable relative to and along a respective one of the pair of tracks; a front end of each of the lower guides curving upward to form a front stop at the front portion of the track slots; a front segment of each of the upper guides spaced further upward from the front segment of the lower guide so that the track slots have a greater height within the front portion of the track slots than within the rear and inclined portions; and a gap between the front stop and the front segment of the upper guide to create clearance for the lugs permitting removal of the drawer, wherein the drawer is slidable between a closed position and an open position relative to the mounting unit, the pair of tracks and the pairs of lugs cooperating such that the front end and rear end of the drawer are substantially level with one another in the closed position and the front end is lower than the rear end in the open position.