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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2007
Aidan Carl Kunkle, Evansville, IN (US);
Frank Weston Maglinger, Evansville, IN (US);
Richard Bruce Mills, Evansville, IN (US);
Daryl Lee Reuter, Evansville, IN (US);
Aidan Carl Kunkle, Evansville, IN (US);
Frank Weston Maglinger, Evansville, IN (US);
Richard Bruce Mills, Evansville, IN (US);
Daryl Lee Reuter, Evansville, IN (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A snap-in rack and pinion stabilizing system for a cabinet drawer including first and second slide assemblies mounted in the cabinet, a rack gear connected to each of the first and second slide assemblies, and spaced mounting brackets connected to the drawer having opposite sides and a bottom edge. The rack and pinion stabilizing system also includes a snap-on pinion gear assembly including a shaft, first and second pinion gears mounted on opposite ends of the shaft, and first and second bearing brackets. The bearing brackets rotatably support the shaft and are arranged to snap-in to latch surfaces on the mounting brackets with the pinion gears engaging the rack gears.