US 11,832,724 B2
Rotational bar for drawer slide latch operation
Chuck Milligan, Santa Fe Springs, CA (US); and Talia Minear, Santa Fe Springs, CA (US)
Assigned to Accuride International Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US)
Filed by Chuck Milligan, Santa Fe Springs, CA (US); and Talia Minear, Santa Fe Springs, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/148,542.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/960,486, filed on Jan. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0212463 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A47B 88/473 (2017.01); A47B 88/493 (2017.01)
CPC A47B 88/473 (2017.01) [A47B 88/493 (2017.01); A47B 2210/0018 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drawer slide latch and release mechanism, comprising:
a release lever pivotably mounted to a web of an inner member of a drawer slide, the release lever being part of a structure including a tab for engagement in a catch of an outer member of the drawer slide, the tab of the structure including the release lever positionable within the catch with the release lever in a first position, and the tab of the structure including the release lever positioned free of the catch with the release lever in a second position, different than the first position; and
a rotating bar coupled to an arm, the rotating bar including a manipulable surface for use in displacing the manipulable surface towards a drawer to which the drawer slide is to be mounted, to cause rotation of the rotating bar, the arm positioned to engage the release lever on rotation of the rotating bar so as to move the release lever to the second position.