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US 2003/0197453 A1Published application
Drawer slide assembly locking and release mechanism
AssigneeCompX International Inc.
InventorSamuel Jurja
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Abstract
A locking and release mechanism for a slide assembly comprised of multiple telescoping channel members interacting, opposing cantilever springs mounted on the telescoping slides or channel. The mechanism can be made of plastic, spring steel or other alternative materials. The mechanism can be used on ball bearing or friction telescoping drawer slide assemblies.
Claims6
A drawer slide assembly comprising, in combination:
- a first slide, said first slide including a generally planar center web, said web having an end stop;
- a second slide telescopically mounted in the first slide, said second slide slidable between a retracted position and an extended position, said second slide including a biased stop mounted on the second slide member and positioned to engage the first slide when the second slide is in an extended position by movement into the slide path to engage the end stop of the first member and thereby resist return movement of the second slide toward the retracted position;
- a stop member release mechanism mounted on the first slide member, said release mechanism including a stop member engagement and release prong and a prong biasing mechanism for biasing the prong away from engagement with the stop member, said prong further including a manual actuation surface for receipt of manual pressure counter to the force of the biasing mechanism to thereby engage the prong with the stop member and effect disengagement from first slide.
A drawer slide assembly with a mechanism for locking and releasing a first slide in an extended telescoped position in a second slide, said assembly comprising, in combination:
- a first outer slide having a longitudinal axis and a central web;
- a second inner slide, telescopically mounted in the first slide for movement in the direction of the longitudinal axis to an extended position said second slide including a central web opposed to the first slide central web;
- a first cantilever spring release member attached at one end to the first slide central web and extending longitudinally and including a release prong at the opposite end;
- a second cantilever spring member attached at one end to the central web of the second slide and having an opposite end spring biased into the pathway of the first slide when the second slide is in an extended position to thereby preclude longitudinal telescopically sliding movement of the second slide along a pathway into the first slide, whereby the prong of said spring release member overlies the opposite end of the second spring member and may be manually manipulated to engage and drive the second spring member out of the pathway of the first slide and thereby release the second slide for telescopic movement into the first slide.
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