US 11,925,261 B2
Furniture piece with plastic spacers for drawer slides
Bruce Scow, Whitehall, WI (US); and Eric Kramer, Winona, MN (US)
Assigned to ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, LLC, Arcadia, WI (US)
Appl. No. 17/430,300
Filed by ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, LLC, Arcadia, WI (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/017738
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/167823, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/804,039, filed on Feb. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192375 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A47B 88/43 (2017.01)
CPC A47B 88/43 (2017.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A furniture item comprising a drawer slide affixed to a cabinet panel, the drawer slide being offset from the cabinet panel by a spacer, the spacer comprising:
a body portion extending between a cabinet panel contact face and an opposite drawer slide contact face, the body portion having a perimeter flange with a sloped edge portion opposite an inset edge portion, a first flange tab unitary with the sloped edge portion, a second flange tab unitary with the inset edge portion defining a recess having three sides, the cabinet panel contact face on the first and second flange tabs;
a first lug extending orthogonally from the cabinet panel contact face of the body portion, the first lug seated in a corresponding recess in the cabinet panel;
a first pin extending through a central bore of the first lug and extending into the cabinet panel;
a second lug having a central bore extending orthogonally from the cabinet panel contact face of the body portion, the second lug seated in a corresponding recess in the cabinet panel;
a second pin extending through the central bore of the second lug and extending into the cabinet panel; and
wherein the second flange tab defines an aperture within the recess defined by the inset edge portion through which the first pin is positioned, and
the drawer slide contact face is secured to the drawer slide with a fastener.