Patent ID: 8262175

Claim:
A drawer fitting for fixing a drawer side ( 20 ) to a drawer front panel ( 10 ), said fitting comprising: a holding plate ( 50 ) for mounting the fitting to the drawer front panel, said holding plate having a flange ( 55 ) extending in a direction parallel to a drawer side, said flange having a forwardly-disposed guide formation ( 56 ); a clamping plate ( 60 ) having a forwardly-disposed angled flange ( 66 ) for interaction with the guide formation ( 56 ), the plate further comprising a cut-in portion ( 63 ); a guide clip ( 70 ) having a tab ( 73 ) insertable into the clamping plate cut-in portion ( 63 ) for mounting said clip on said clamping plate such that said drawer side front end can be positioned between said holding plate flange and said guide clip, the guide clip further comprising resiliently depressible projecting tails ( 76 ); and an assembly screw ( 80 ) that passes through the clamping plate and guide clip, and is received in an aperture ( 57 ) in said holding plate flange ( 55 ) through a recess ( 23 ) in a front end of the drawer side ( 20 ); wherein, when a clamping force is applied to said fitting by tightening said assembly screw, the clamping plate angled flange ( 66 ) rides over the holding plate guide formation ( 56 ) so as to simultaneously move the clamping plate with clip both forwardly towards the front panel and laterally towards the holding plate flange ( 55 ), movement of said clamping plate toward said drawer front panel causing said guide clip projecting tails ( 76 ) to be pressed in at the rear of said drawer front panel; and wherein, when the assembly is loosened by unscrewing the assembly screw ( 80 ), the projecting tails ( 76 ) relax to push the clamping plate with clip rearwardly while being withdrawn laterally under the screw action, thus maintaining the clamping plate and clip substantially parallel to the holding plate flange to facilitate adjustment or removal of the drawer side.