Abstract
A suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly includes: a front mounting bracket including a front facing flange and a first support arm and a second support arm; a rear mounting bracket including a rear mounting face, a first mounting arm, and a second mounting arm; a pair of drawer slides spanning the front mounting bracket and the rear mounting bracket, each drawer slide including at least two mounting tabs; and an organizer including a series of at least two mounting bosses corresponding to each mounting tab on the first drawer slide and the second drawer slide, wherein the organizer is mounted to the first drawer slide and the second drawer slide by securing each mounting tab to a corresponding mounting boss.
Claims
1. A suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly comprising: a front mounting bracket including a front facing flange and a first support arm and a second support arm; a rear mounting bracket including a rear mounting face, a first mounting arm, and a second mounting arm; a first drawer slide spanning the front mounting bracket and the rear mounting bracket, wherein the first drawer slide includes a front end and a rear end, wherein the front end of the first drawer slide is secured to the front mounting bracket and the rear end of the first drawer slide is secured to the rear mounting bracket; and a second drawer slide spanning the front mounting bracket and the rear mounting bracket, wherein the second drawer slide includes a front end and a rear end, wherein the front end of the second drawer slide is secured to the front mounting bracket and the rear end of the second drawer slide is secured to the rear mounting bracket. an organizer mounted to the first drawer slide and the second drawer slide.
2. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 1, wherein front facing flange includes mounting holes, each mounting hole including a horizontally elongated mounting hole.
3. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 1, wherein the front mounting bracket further includes two indexing tabs adjacent to and extending in front of the front facing flange.
4. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 1, wherein the first support arm and the second support arm of the front mounting bracket extend downward below a bottom surface of the front facing flange.
5. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 1, wherein the first support arm and the second support arm of the front mounting bracket each include two threaded holes.
6. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 1, wherein the first drawer slide and the second drawer slide are each full-extension, ball bearing telescopic drawer slides.
7. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 6, wherein the first drawer slide and the second drawer slide each include a cabinet member, an intermediate member, and a drawer member.
8. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 1, wherein the first drawer slide and the second drawer slide each includes two mounting holes at a front of the cabinet member.
9. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 1, wherein the first drawer slide and the second drawer slide each includes two mounting holes at a rear of the cabinet member.
10. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 9, wherein the two mounting holes at the rear of the cabinet member are horizontally elongated.
11. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 1, wherein the rear mounting face includes at least two mounting holes includes three horizontally elongated mounting holes.
12. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 1, wherein the first mounting arm and the second mounting arm of the rear mounting bracket each include two threaded holes.
13. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 1, further comprising an organizer including a series of at least two mounting bosses corresponding to a mounting tab on the first drawer slide and a mounting tab on the second drawer slide, wherein the organizer is mounted to the first drawer slide and the second drawer slide by securing each mounting tab to a corresponding mounting boss.
14. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 13, wherein the organizer is a drawer.
15. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 13, wherein the organizer is a shelf.
16. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 13, wherein the organizer includes a plurality of holes adapted for receiving objects to be stored in the organizer.
17. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 13, wherein the series of at least two mounting bosses corresponding to each mounting tab includes three mounting bosses for each mounting tab.
18. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 17, wherein each of the mounting bosses in each series of three mounting bosses is spaced ⅜ inches from each adjacent mounting boss.
19. The cabinet organizer assembly of claim 17, wherein each of the mounting bosses in each series of three mounting bosses is spaced 8 millimeters from each adjacent mounting boss.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
[0029] FIG. 1 is a front side perspective view of an example of a suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly installed in a standard kitchen cabinet.
[0030] FIG. 2 is a front view of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly installed in the standard kitchen cabinet shown in FIG. 1.
[0031] FIG. 3 is a top view of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly installed in the standard kitchen cabinet shown in FIG. 1.
[0032] FIG. 4 is a back side perspective view of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly installed in the standard kitchen cabinet shown in FIG. 1.
[0033] FIG. 5 is a front bottom perspective view of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly installed in the standard kitchen cabinet shown in FIG. 1.
[0034] FIG. 6 is a top side perspective view of an example of a suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly including a first design of an organizer.
[0035] FIG. 7 is a top side perspective view of an example of a suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly including a second design of an organizer.
[0036] FIG. 8 is a top side perspective view of an example of a suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly including a third design of an organizer.
[0037] FIG. 9 is a bottom side perspective view of an example of a suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly including a fourth design of an organizer.
[0038] FIG. 10 is a top view of the example of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly and organizer shown in FIG. 8.
[0039] FIG. 11 is a front view of an example of a suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly.
[0040] FIG. 12 is a back view of the example of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly shown in FIG. 11.
[0041] FIG. 13 is a front view of another example of a suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly.
[0042] FIG. 14 is a back view of the example of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly shown in FIG. 13.
[0043] FIG. 15 is a side view of the example of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly shown in FIG. 8.
[0044] FIG. 16 is a bottom view of the example of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly shown in FIG. 9.
[0045] FIG. 17 is a bottom view of the example of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly shown in FIG. 6.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0046] The present subject matter provides a suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly that makes efficient use of the space within the cabinet, provides a securely mounted organizational structure, and is capable of easy installation in a variety of cabinet sizes. Various examples of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly are provided in the descriptions herein.
[0047] FIG. 1 shows a suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100 installed in a standard kitchen base cabinet 102. The cabinet 102 has its drawer and door removed for a better view of the organizer assembly 100. The organizer assembly 100 is attached to a back of a cabinet cross rail 104 between a drawer opening 106 and a lower door opening 108. In the back, the organizer assembly 100 is suspended and attached to a cabinet back 110. The organizer assembly 100 includes an adjustable depth rear mounting bracket 112, which attaches to the kitchen base cabinet back 110.
[0048] FIG. 2 shows a front view of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100 in the kitchen base cabinet 102 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 illustrates the limited amount of space the organizer assembly 100 uses at the top of the door opening 108. This allows the floor 114 and lower area 116 of the cabinet 102 to be used in a normal manner.
[0049] FIG. 3 is a top side perspective view of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100 in the kitchen base cabinet 102 shown in FIG. 1. As shown, a front mounting bracket 118 attaches to the back 120 of the kitchen base cabinet cross rail 104 and the rear mounting bracket 112 attaches to the kitchen base cabinet back 110.
[0050] FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100 in the kitchen base cabinet 102 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a front bottom perspective view of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100 in the kitchen base cabinet 102 shown in FIG. 1. FIGS. 4 and 5 help to illustrate the orientation of the front mounting bracket 118 when secured to the cabinet cross rail 104. As shown in FIG. 5, the front mounting bracket 118 is indexed to a bottom of the cross rail 104 via a pair of indexing tabs 124. The front mounting bracket 118 is then screwed to the back of the cabinet cross rail 104 through three elongated holes 126 that provide an opportunity for adjusting the horizontal positon of the organizer assembly 100 during installation, as shown in FIG. 4. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 5, the rear mounting bracket 112 includes three elongated holes 127 for securing the rear mounting bracket 112 to the kitchen base cabinet back 110.
[0051] FIG. 6 shows a top side perspective view of an example of a suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100 including a first design of an organizer 128. As shown in FIG. 6, the organizer assembly 100 includes a flanged front mounting bracket 118, with two threaded holes 132 in each of a first and second side support arm 134, two indexing tabs 124 extending forward from the front of the front mounting bracket 118, and three elongated holes 126 in a front facing flange 136.
[0052] FIG. 6 further shows that the organizer assembly 100 includes a pair of telescoping drawer slides 138, each drawer slide 138 includes three mounting tabs 140 (shown in FIGS. 9, 16, and 17) along a drawer member 142 and two mounting holes at the front (not shown because they are covered by the threaded holes 132 in the front mounting bracket 118) that correspond with the threaded holes 132 in the support arms 134 of the front mounting bracket 118. The drawer slides 138 also each include two elongated depth adjustment holes 144 towards the back, which correspond to threaded holes 146 in the mounting arms 148 of the rear mounting bracket 112. The telescopic drawer slides 138 are fastened to front mounting bracket 118 using pan head machine screws threaded into the threaded holes 132 in the support arms 134. The rear mounting bracket 112 is fastened to the telescopic drawer slides 138 using pan head machine screws through the elongated depth adjustment holes 144 into the threaded holes 146 in the mounting arms 148 of the rear mounting bracket 112.
[0053] The telescoping drawer slides 138 shown in FIG. 6 are industry standard telescoping drawer slides 138, each including a cabinet member, an intermediate member, and a drawer member. In use, the cabinet member is attached to the front mounting bracket 118 and the rear mounting bracket 112, the drawer member includes the three mounting tabs 140 that attach to the organizer 128, and the intermediate member facilitates the telescoping movement between the cabinet member and the drawer member, as will be recognized by those skilled in the art.
[0054] The organizer drawer 128 shown in FIG. 6 includes a number of components that may be common amongst a range of drawer 128 designs. For example, the organizer drawer 128 may include a storage handle 150 and a scooped top access handle 152 flanked by two dividers 154 providing additional drawer space on either side of the top access handle 152. The utility drawer configuration shown in FIG. 6, may include multiple compartment dividers 156.
[0055] FIG. 7 shows a top side perspective view of an example of a suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100 including a second design of an organizer 128. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the organizer 128 is a multi-purpose drawer configuration with an open internal structure adapted for general use.
[0056] FIG. 8 shows a top side perspective view of an example of a suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100 including a third design of an organizer 128. In the example shown in FIG. 8, the organizer 128 is a spice bottle organizer configuration including multiple angled risers 158 for spice bottles to rest on in an ergonomic angle, which also allows the spice bottles to overlap to provide more dense storage.
[0057] FIG. 9 shows a bottom side perspective view of an example of a suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100 including a fourth design of an organizer 128. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the organizer 128 is a coffee and drinks pod organizer configuration including a plurality of storage holes 160 molded into the organizer 128. The storage holes 160 are designed to be smaller in diameter than the upper portion of the drinks/coffee pods to be stored therein such that the upper rim of the pods is elevated above the storage holes 160 to allow easy grasping of the rim to remove the pod from the organizer. In the example of the organizer 128 shown in FIG. 9, the flat nature of drinks pod organizer is given support and rigidity by a number of diagonal ribbed supports 162 to help prevent flexing.
[0058] As further shown in FIG. 9, the rear mounting bracket 112 includes three elongated mounting holes 127 that are used to screw the rear mounting bracket 112 to the kitchen base cabinet back 110.
[0059] Also, visible in FIG. 9 are the three gangs of three mounting bosses 164 molded into the underside of the organizer 128. The mounting bosses 164, in cooperation with the mounting tabs 140, facilitate both drawer depth adjustment and fastening to the drawer slides 138. For example, the organizer 128 may be mounted more forward or rearward depending on which sets of mounting bosses 164 the mounting tabs 140 are secured. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the mounting tabs 140 are secured to the mounting bosses 164 with pan head screws. The positioning of the organizer 128 using the mounting bosses 164 and the mounting tabs 140 is described in further detail with respect to FIGS. 16 and 17.
[0060] FIG. 10 shows a top view of the example of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100 and organizer 128 shown in FIG. 8. As shown in FIG. 10, the front mounting bracket 118 includes a pair of indexing tabs 124 extending from its front face. The indexing tabs 124 are used, as shown in FIG. 5, to index (i.e., properly seat) the front mounting bracket 118 to the bottom of the cross rail 104.
[0061] FIG. 11 shows a front view of an example of a suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100. As shown in FIG. 11, the organizer assembly 100 includes the front mounting bracket 118 with the front facing flange 136 including three elongated holes 126 and two indexing tabs 124. The telescoping drawer slides 138 each include three mounting tabs 140. The mounting tabs 140 are screwed into corresponding mounting bosses 164 in the organizer 128. Also molded into the organizer 128 is the top access scooped handle 152 and the organizer bottom handle 150.
[0062] FIG. 12 shows a back view of the example of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100 shown in FIG. 11. As shown in FIG. 12, the organizer assembly 100 includes the organizer 128, the front mounting bracket 118 with the front facing flange 136 including three elongated holes 126, and the rear mounting bracket 112 including the three elongated holes 127.
[0063] FIGS. 13 and 14 show alternative versions of the example of a suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100 shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, respectively, in which each of the front facing flange 136 and the rear mounting bracket 112 are provided in two segments corresponding to two pairs of elongated holes 126, 127. This configuration may save in both material usage and weight.
[0064] FIG. 15 shows a side view of the example of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100 shown in FIG. 8. The left and right sides of the organizer assembly 100 are mirror images of each other.
[0065] FIG. 16 shows a bottom view of the example of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100 shown in FIG. 9. FIG. 16 highlights the three gangs of three mounting bosses 164 shown attached to the two sets of three support tabs 140 at the most rearward mounting boss 164. This has the effect of shifting the organizer 128 forward in front of the front of the drawer slides 138 by ¾″ or 19 mm. This positioning is designed for face frame cabinets that have full overlay doors that do not protrude into the door opening 108 at all. In FIG. 16, the front of the organizer 128 sits forward of the front ends of the drawer slides 138 by approximately ¾″. Attaching the support tabs 140 to the middle boss 164 is the setting for cabinet doors that protrude into the cabinet by ⅜″ or 8 mm, also known as ⅜″ inset doors.
[0066] FIG. 17 shows a bottom view of the example of the suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly 100 shown in FIG. 6. In contrast to FIG. 16, FIG. 17 shows that the three gangs of three mounting bosses 164 are shown attached to support tabs 140 at the most forward mounting boss 164. This mounting configuration has the effect of shifting the organizer 128 rearward from the front ends of the drawer slides 138 relative to the other two positions described with reference to FIG. 16. This rearward most positioning is designed for face frame cabinets that have inset doors that are flush with the face frame and completely fill the door opening 108. By shifting the organizer 128 backward, it does not interfere with the cabinet door closing. As shown in FIG. 17, the front of the organizer 128 sits even with the front ends of the drawer slides 138 when the support tabs 140 are mounted to the most forward mounting bosses 164.
[0067] Different features, variations and multiple different embodiments have been shown and described with various details. What has been described in this application at times in terms of specific embodiments is done for illustrative purposes only and without the intent to limit or suggest that what has been conceived is only one particular embodiment or specific embodiments. It is to be understood that this disclosure is not limited to any single specific embodiments or enumerated variations. Many modifications, variations and other embodiments will come to mind of those skilled in the art, and which are intended to be and are in fact covered by both this disclosure. It is indeed intended that the scope of this disclosure should be determined by a proper legal interpretation and construction of the disclosure, including equivalents, as understood by those of skill in the art relying upon the complete disclosure present at the time of filing.
[0068] It should be understood that various changes and modifications to the presently preferred embodiments described herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Such changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present subject matter and without diminishing its intended advantages. It is therefore intended that such changes and modifications be covered by the appended claims.
