Patent Application
20140217876
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to drawer structures and more particularly, to a drawer assembly, which comprises a carrier frame and a sliding basket that are structurally matched, preventing the sliding basket from being over-extracted or over-pushed.
2. Description of the Related Art
There are two types of drawer structures, namely railed drawer structures and rail-less drawer structures. The present invention related to rail-less drawer structures rather than railed drawer structures, and thus functions and purposes of railed drawer structures are not described herein for the sake of brevity. Rail-less drawer structures are disclosed in the prior art, such as Taiwan utility model patent M330071, which discloses a holder drawer structure comprising a holder and a drawer. Two supporting frames are disposed at the bottom of the holder. The bottom of the holder carries the drawer. A hook rod-shaped position-limiting guiding portion is disposed at the top of the holder and engaged with the drawer when the drawer is pulled outward excessively, so as to prevent the drawer from sliding out of the holder drawer structure. The two supporting frames are equipped with two auxiliary lateral rods which are disposed on two sides of the drawer, respectively. However, the position-limiting functionality of the two auxiliary lateral rods is restricted to the two sides of the drawer. As a result, once the drawer is pulled outward, the front end of the drawer will automatically tilt downward.
The present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is the main object of the present invention to provide a drawer assembly, which comprises a carrier frame and a sliding basket. The carrier frame comprises a panel member, a front open frame, a rear open frame, a first supporting rod and a second supporting rod. The panel member has the opposing front and rear sides thereof respectively connected to the outer side of the front open frame and the outer side of the rear open frame. Further, the panel member is disposed at the top side relative to the front open frame and the rear open frame. The first supporting rod and the second supporting rod are respectively connected to the inner side of the front open frame and the inner side of the rear open frame, and disposed at the bottom side relative to the front open frame and the rear open frame. The sliding basket is mounted in the carrier frame and slidable forwards and backwards relative to the carrier frame. The sliding basket comprises a basket body, and a first limiter member connected to the basket body. The first limiter member is disposed at one lateral side relative to the first supporting rod. The first limiter member comprises a first concave portion, and a first stop portion connected to the first concave portion and disposed at the bottom side relative to the first supporting rod.
Thus, subject to the aforesaid structural arrangement, the drawer assembly of the present invention prevents the sliding basket from escaping out of the carrier frame.
Preferably, the sliding basket further comprises a second limiter member connected to the basket body. The second limiter member is disposed at one lateral side relative to the second supporting rod. The second limiter member comprises a second concave portion, and a second stop portion connected to the second concave portion. The second stop portion is disposed at the bottom side relative to the second supporting rod. Subject to the arrangement of this second limiter member, the sliding stability of the sliding basket is enhanced.
Preferably, the first supporting rod and the second supporting rod each have an inner side facing each other. The first limiter member and the second limiter member are respectively disposed at an inner side relative to the first supporting rod and the second supporting rod. Thus, the sliding basket cam be pulled out of the carrier frame or pushed back into the inside of the carrier frame along the inner side of the first supporting rod and the inner side of the second supporting rod, avoiding deviation.
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The first limiter member 22 and the second limiter member 23 are mounted in the basket body 21 and disposed at the bottom side of the basket body 21.
The first limiter member 22 defines a first long straight portion 221, a first short straight portion 222, a first concave portion 223, and a first stop portion 224. The first long straight portion 221 has its front end connected to the front side of the basket body 21. The first short straight portion 222 has its rear end connected to the rear side of the basket body 21. The first concave portion 223 has two opposite ends of the top side thereof respectively connected to the rear end of the first long straight portion 221 and the front end of the first short straight portion 22. The first stop portion 224 is connected to the bottom side of the first concave portion 223, and disposed at one lateral side relative to the first concave portion 223.
The second limiter member 23 defines a second long straight portion 231, a second short straight portion 232, a second concave portion 233, and a second stop portion 234. The second long straight portion 231 has its front end connected to the front side of the basket body 21. The second short straight portion 232 has its rear end connected to the rear side of the basket body 21. The second concave portion 233 has two opposite ends of the top side thereof respectively connected to the rear end of the second long straight portion 231 and the front end of the second short straight portion 23. The second stop portion 234 is connected to the bottom side of the second concave portion 233, and disposed at one lateral side relative to the second concave portion 233.
In this embodiment, the first stop portion 224 and the second stop portion 234 are respectively made in the form of a sphere, and respectively directly welded to the first concave portion 223 and the second concave portion 233 at one lateral side.
In actual practice, if you simply need to prevent the sliding basket 20 from escaping out of the carrier frame 10 in upward direction, the sliding basket 20 can simply has the first limiter member 22 mounted therein and the second limiter member 23 can be omitted. Further, the first stop portion 224 and the second stop portion 234 are preferably made in the form of a metal sphere. However, in actual practice, the first stop portion 224 and the second stop portion 234 can be respectively made in the form of a post, or respectively directly extended from the bottom side the first concave portion 223 and the bottom side of the second concave portion 233, keeping the first stop portion 224 and the second stop portion 234 in a perpendicular manner or approximately in a perpendicular manner relative to the first concave portion 223 and the bottom side of the second concave portion 233. In this case, the first limiter member 22 and the second limiter member 23 can be respectively integrally made in a single piece. Further, if the basket body 21 of the sliding basket 20 has means that connects the first concave portion 223 and the first stop portion 224, the first long straight portion 221 and the first short straight portion 222 can be omitted. Further, because the structure of the second limiter member 23 is similar to the structure of the first limiter member 22, the second long straight portion 231 and the second short straight portion 232 can be omitted if the second limiter member 23 is configured to provide connection means in the basket body 21 of the sliding basket 20 to connect the second concave portion 233 and the first stop portion 234.
Although a particular embodiment of the invention has been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.
