Slide rail assembly and rail kit thereof
AssigneesKing Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsKen-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Wei-Chen Chang, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Abstract
A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a first locking mechanism, a second locking mechanism, and an operating member. The second rail can be displaced with respect to the first rail. The first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism are configured to keep the second rail at either of two predetermined positions. The operating member can be used to operate the first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism and thereby bring the locking mechanisms from a locked state to an unlocked state.
Claims19
A slide rail assembly, comprising:
- a first rail having a front end and a blocking portion;
- a second rail displaceable with respect to the first rail, wherein the second rail has a first portion and a second portion;
- a first locking mechanism disposed at a first position of the second rail;
- a second locking mechanism disposed at a second position of the second rail;
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- an operating member operatively connected to concurrently actuate both the first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism;
- wherein when the second rail is displaced to a first predetermined position from a retracted position with respect to the first rail in a first direction, the first locking mechanism is locked to the blocking portion of the first rail, with the first portion of the second rail extending beyond the front end of the first rail;
- wherein the first locking mechanism is unlockable from the blocking portion through operation of the operating member, thereby releasing the second rail to be displaced with respect to the first rail from the first predetermined position to a second predetermined position in the first direction, and once the second rail is displaced to the second predetermined position, the second locking mechanism is locked to the blocking portion of the first rail, with the second portion of the second rail extending beyond the front end of the first rail;
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- wherein the first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism are configured to be driven from a locked state into an unlocked state through operation of the operating member, thereby releasing the second rail to be retracted with respect to the first rail in a second direction.
The A rail kit, comprising:
- a slide rail;
- a first locking mechanism and a second locking mechanism respectively disposed at two different positions of the slide rail, the first locking mechanism including a first element and a second element, the first element and the second element being pivotally connected to the slide rail, the second locking mechanism including a third element, the third element being pivotally connected to the slide rail;
- an operating member coupled to concurrently actuate both the first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism and thereby configure the first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism from a locked state to an unlocked state;
- a first base, and the first base including a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion for providing an elastic force to the first element and the second element respectively;
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- a second base, the second base including a third elastic portion for providing an elastic force to the third element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.