Patent ID: 8282177

Claim:
A self-closing drawer slide for a refrigerator comprising: a slide assembly operable between an expanded position and a non-expanded position and having first and second slides that are slidably engaged, wherein the first slide is removably attached directly or indirectly to an interior wall of the refrigerator; an actuator removably operably coupled to the second slide and including at least one latch spring engagement member; a modular self-closing mechanism releasably attached to the interior wall of the refrigerator separate from the slide assembly and including at least one latch spring; and a slider attached to a spring and slidably engaged with the self-closing mechanism, the slider being positionable by the actuator between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein the at least one latch spring abuts the slider to temporarily retain the slider in the extended position, and the at least one latch spring engagement member is adapted to force the at least one latch spring out of abutment with the slider, thereby allowing the slider to leave the extended position, which allows the slider to move toward the retracted position under force of the spring and which consequently pulls the actuator, causing the slide assembly to move toward the non-expanded position.