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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2011
Gopi Krishna Chowdary Vulava, Okemos, MI (US);
Gopi Krishna Chowdary Vulava, Okemos, MI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A consumer appliance, such as a refrigerator, includes a compartment having opposite sides and a bottom wall. A pull-out drawer is configured above the bottom wall of the compartment. A slide assembly is configured on each opposite side of the compartment and includes a base mounted to the compartment and a slide member linearly moveable along the base. The pull-out drawer has a slide bracket mounted to each respective slide member for movement of the drawer into and out of the compartment. A bottom slide assembly has a slide member and a base mounted on the bottom wall of the compartment. A cross bar is connected to and spans between the slide brackets below the pull-out drawer and is connected to the slide member of the bottom slide assembly.