US 12,213,587 B2
Drawer slide latching
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 Accuride International Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US)
Filed on May 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/142,533.
Application 18/142,533 is a division of application No. 17/148,518, filed on Jan. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,666,147.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/960,491, filed on Jan. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0363532 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A47B 88/473 (2017.01); A47B 88/427 (2017.01); A47B 88/53 (2017.01)
CPC A47B 88/473 (2017.01) [A47B 88/427 (2017.01); A47B 88/53 (2017.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drawer slide with a latch mechanism, comprising:
an outer member including a retaining hook formed in a forward edge of the outer member, the outer member being configured for mounting to a cabinet frame or sidewall;
an inner member extendably coupled to the outer member, the inner member being configured for mounting to a side of a drawer;
a release arm including a tab that may be captured by the retaining hook of the outer member with the inner member in an unextended position with respect to the outer member, the release arm extending from an end of a torsion spring mounted about a forward end of the inner member; and
a push blade displaceably mounted to and extending out from the forward end of the inner member, the push blade linearly displaceable inwardly toward a rear of the inner member so as to displace the release arm in a downward direction such that the tab is released from the retaining hook of the outer member.