Thomas J Rader

US Patent:

55204368, May 28, 1996

Filed:

Dec 21, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/361092

Inventors:

Thomas J. Rader - McMinnville TN
J. Steven Helton - Morrison TN

Assignee:

Helton, Inc. - Morrison TN

International Classification:

A47C 762

US Classification:

29718811

Abstract:

A seating unit comprises a base that includes a seat portion and a drawer cavity therebeneath. The base includes a pair of support rails on opposite sides of the drawer cavity. A drawer fits within the cavity and comprises a generally horizontal floor and a pair of generally upright side walls of a predetermined thickness integrally formed with the floor. Each of the side walls comprises an upright portion extending upwardly a predetermined height from the floor, a ramped portion having a predetermined width and slope angle formed integrally with the upright portion and sloping upwardly and inwardly therefrom, a recessed portion attached above and formed integrally with the ramped portion, and an outwardly-projecting lip attached above and formed integrally with the recessed portion. The recessed portion extends the horizontal length of the side wall. The lip has a free end projecting outwardly from its corresponding upright wall portion.