A drawer slide latch
CA 2177246 C · Owner: O'Neill, Kevin · Inventors: O'Neill, Kevin
Overview
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The present invention relates to a drawer slide assembly with an integral latch mechanism to inhibit inadvertent opening of a drawer. The structure of the present invention comprises an outer slide member and an inner slide member. The inner slide member is slidably engaged to the outer slide member. The structure includes an aperture in one of the slide members. A bearing is positioned to removably engage the aperture when the drawer slide assembly is in the closed position thereby forming a latch detent mechanism. The bearing is resiliently seated in a bearing retaining structure mounted on the drawer slide structure. The bearing retaining structure is provided with means for providing a …
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- Filed May 23, 1996 and granted August 3, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 23, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 23, 2018.
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