Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc. recently received the patent for the company’s Front Drawer Release (FDR).
The FDR was Invented and designed by engineers Mark Jeffries and Rusty Smith as part of a complete system to easily latch and unlatch drawers in heavy duty industrial drawer systems used in moving vehicles. Austin Hardware first introduced the 7650 series Lock-In, Lock-Out (LILO) heavy duty drawer slides. These drawer slides have a trigger on the front of the slide that can be depressed to unlock the slide from either position.
To complement the 7650 slides,with a built-in latching mechanism that locks the slide in both the fully closed and fully open positions, Austin developed the FDR which makes the slides easier to use, especially on larger drawers. It also allows for one-handed operation for those who need to access drawers while simultaneously carrying boxes, tools, etc.
For more information, visit www.austinhardware.com/front-drawer-release