Patent ID: 8047621

Claim:
A face plate alignment mounting system to adjust a face plate of a drawer, the drawer having a drawer body including a front panel having a rear surface and a front surface having at least two laterally running, parallel grooves, the system comprising: a lateral adjustment means engaging the face plate and comprising a first support bracket having two parallel edges curved substantially perpendicular to and slidably engaging two grooves of said drawer front panel and a second support bracket having two parallel edges curved substantially perpendicular to and slidably engaging two grooves of said drawer front panel to adjust the face plate in a lateral direction relative to said drawer front panel, the first and second support brackets positioned at two different corners of the drawer front panel; a first nut fastener including a head portion and a shaft portion, the head portion affixing the first nut fastener to said drawer body and the shaft portion slidably engaging a first bore of said drawer body and defining an opening with internal threads; an adjustable fastener having external threads threadably engaging the internal threads of the opening of the shaft of the first nut fastener, and having a first and a second means for adjusting the adjustable fastener in a frontward direction and a rearward direction perpendicular to the front surface of the front panel of the drawer body to suitably adjust the distance between the face plate and at least one corner of said drawer front panel, the first and second means positioned at opposite ends of the adjustable fastener, the first means accessible at the rear surface of said drawer front panel.