Patent ID: 8608262

Claim:
An expandable drawer, comprising: a center section, comprising a first center side and a second center side opposite said first side and further comprising a unitary “U”-shaped member having a center floor, a center rear wall, a center front wall, a tunnel portion extending downward from said center floor and coextensive with an area thereof, a plurality of elongated slots located along said tunnel portion, a pair of skirt guides located at opposing bottom surfaces of said tunnel portion subjacent to said center front wall and said center rear wall, a center edge guide portion along a top edge of said center front wall and said center rear wall; a first intermediate section having a first intermediate side and a second intermediate side opposite said first intermediate side and further comprising a unitary “U”-shaped member having a first intermediate floor, a first intermediate rear wall, a first intermediate front wall, and a first intermediate edge guide portion along a top edge of said first intermediate front wall and said first intermediate rear wall, said first intermediate edge guide portion slidably received within said center edge guide portion of said first center side; a second intermediate section having a third intermediate side and a fourth intermediate side opposite said third intermediate side and further comprising a unitary “U”-shaped member having a second intermediate floor, a second intermediate rear wall, a second intermediate front wall, and a second intermediate edge guide portion along a top edge of said second intermediate front wall and said second intermediate rear wall, said second intermediate edge guide portion slidably received within said center edge guide portion of said second center side; a first end section having a first end side slidingly engaging with said second intermediate side and a second end side opposite said first end side; a second end section having a third end side slidingly engaging with said fourth intermediate side and a fourth end side opposite said third end side; and, a width adjustment means for adjusting a relative width of said first end relative to said center section and for adjusting a relative width of said second end relative to said center section; wherein said plurality of slots enables access to said width adjustment means; wherein said width adjustment means enables said drawer to be expandable to fit in various sized drawer openings between a fully retracted state and a fully expanded state; wherein said first intermediate side and said second intermediate side slides over said center floor; and, wherein said width adjustment means enables said first end section and said second end section to be independently adjustable relative to said center section.