摘要 |
A thin profile drawer slide apparatus (1) for slidably supporting a heavy drawer in an article of furniture, comprising outside channels (20,40) for slidably attaching the apparatus to a drawer and an article of furniture, a plurality of bearings (70) slidably retained in the channel by parallel, opposed bearing retainers (30), and by a one-piece, generally "I"-shaped intermediate slide member (32) or retaining member unitarily formed with top and bottom parallel raceway means (36A, 36B) for guiding the bearing retainers. Use of a single intermediate slide member (32) with raceways (36A, 36B) for four separate sets of bearings enables construction of a thin, strong drawer slide for carrying heavy loads. <IMAGE> |