US2140879A

US2140879A - Guard for drawers

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Publication number: US2140879A
Application number: US135162A
Authority: US
Inventors: O'neal George Robert
Original assignee: GEORGE H HUTAFF JR
Current assignee: GEORGE H HUTAFF JR
Priority date: 1937-04-05
Filing date: 1937-04-05
Publication date: 1938-12-20
Anticipated expiration: 1955-12-20

Description

Patented Dec. 20, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GUARD FOR DRAWERS Application April 5,1937, Serial No. 135,162

2 Claims.

This invention relates to guards for drawers of desks, tables and like devices and has for the primary object the provision of an efficient and inexpensive guard which may be easily and 5 quickly adapted to a drawer and which will maintain papers and the like in the drawer from creeping and working over the rear end of the drawer and becoming lodged between the latter and the drawer support and which will automatically swing outwardly of the drawer when the latter is moved to open position to permit the contents of the drawer to be easily removed and placed therein.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, 20 reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view illustrating a drawer and its support equipped with a guard constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the drawer in an open position and the guard automatically assuming a position extending out- 30 wardly of the drawer.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the drawer in an open position and the guard depressed at its hinged end to permit the withdrawal of the drawer entirely from its support.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 5--5 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view showing the guard passing the support during the withdrawal of the drawer from the sup- 4 port.

Figure '7 is a perspective view illustrating the guard.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary perspective View illustrating a spring and its connection to the guard.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral l indicates a drawer support which may be in the form of a desk, table or like device and which slidably receives a drawer 2. When an excessive amount of papers and the like is placed in the drawer they frequently shift by dragging against the drawer support when opening and closing the drawer bringing about a movement of said papers and like devices over the rear end of the drawer and becoming wedged between the latter and the drawer support. The drawer frequently becomes wedged from the jamming of the contents between itself and the drawer support and to eliminate this trouble, my invention in the form of a guard is adapted to the drawer and is spring influenced to place suificient pressure in a downward direction on the contents of the drawer to prevent the contents from engaging with the drawer support during the opening and closing of the drawer.

The guard consists of a skeleton frame 3 having a width slightly less than the width of the drawer and of a length to extend over two-thirds of the drawer length. Depending portions 4 are formed on one end of the frame while the opposite end of the frame is equipped with depending elongated eyes to receive a pivot rod 6 fitted in openings provided in opposite sides of the drawer adjacent the rear end thereof. Formed on the rear end of the guard are depending arms 1 and upwardly and forwardly curved trip portions 8. The arms 1 terminate in eyes 9 to receive a tie rod I0. The tie rod may be suitably fixed in the eyes and intermediate its ends is provided with an offset H to which is connected a coil spring I2. The coil spring is also connected on the rear wall of the drawer. The spring acts to urge the depending portions 4 of the frame into engagement with the contents of the drawer. The pressure applied to the contents will keep the latter well within the vertical walls of the drawer.

The drawer support is provided at its mouth with a transversely arranged reinforcing stripi3 overlying the upper edge of the drawer. This strip when my invention is adapted to a drawer acts as a stop to be engaged by the trip portions 8 when the drawer reaches a substantially full open position bringing about an upward swinging movement of the frame to assume a position, as shown in Figure 3, so that the contents of the drawer is free of engagement by said frame or its depending portions 4 whereby the contents can be either examined, removed and replaced in the drawer. Should it be desired to withdraw the drawer entirely from the drawer support, pressure is placed on the frame adjacent its rear end which brings about a lowering of the rear end permitted by the eyes 5 so that the trip portions 8 will clear the stop strip I3 when the drawer is passed entirely from the drawer support.

The curvature of the trip portions 8, as shown in the drawing will permit the replacing of the drawer in the drawer support without manual pressure being placed on the frame 3. The

curved faces of the trip portions 8 contacting the stop strip upon its outer lower edge will bring about a depressing of the hinged end of the frame a sufficient distance to permit the trip portions to pass under the stop strip I3.

What is claimed is:

l. A guard for drawers comprising a skeleton frame having a width slightly less than the width of a drawer and a length greater than two-thirds of the length of the drawer, depending portions at one end of said frame, elongated depending eyes at the other end of said frame, a shaft extending freely through said eyes and connected to opposite sides of the drawer for hingedly and slidably connecting the frame on the drawer, spring means acting on the hinged end of the frame for urging the depending portions against the contents of the drawer.

2. A guard for drawers comprising a frame, depending portions at one end of said frame, depending eyes at the other end of said frame, a shaft extending freely through said eyes and connected to opposite sides of the drawer for hingedly and slidably connecting the frame on GEORGE ROBERT ONEAL.