General Electric Company

Claude L Blake

Phillip D Baker

John T Ulmer

A modular storage drawer assembly includes a molded drawer having bottom, side and rear walls and a front wall which is only partly as high as the side walls. A molded front module includes a rectangular frame. The drawer and frame include mating projections and openings to attach the frame to the drawer. The frame has a central opening and a panel is positioned over the opening. The frame and panel have interfitting edges and the panel includes a rib which protects the junction between the edges. The panel includes ventilation openings and a slide control member is mounted to selectively expose or close the openings.

Modular storage drawer assembly for use in a refrigerator

A refrigerator storage drawer system includes a drawer having side walls with upper ledges terminating in downwardly projecting lips. Spaced apart support structures support the lips for sliding movement of the drawer. Each support includes a pair of slide type support bearings spaced apart along the support. The bearings on one side of the drawer closely interfit with the drawer to provide smooth, non-binding operation of the drawer. The bearings on the other side of the drawer provide wide slide bearing surfaces which accommodate tolerance build-up in the system. An additional bearing is positioned on the support structure above the drawer ledge, forward of the rear one of the support bearings and engages the drawer ledge if the drawer tends to tilt downwardly as it is pulled out of the refrigerator.

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Lanesville, IN, United States of America

Claude L Blake