Slide rail assembly
AssigneesKing Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsKEN-CHING CHEN, SHUN-HO YANG, TZU-CHENG WENG, KAI-WEN YU, CHUN-CHIANG WANG
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Abstract
A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail and a handle. The second rail is movable relative to the first rail. The handle is pivotally connected to the second rail through a shaft member and movable to switch between a first state and a second state. The shaft member is arranged in a direction substantially identical to a moving direction of the second rail relative to the first rail.
Claims21
A slide rail assembly, comprising:
- a first rail;
- a second rail movable relative to the first rail;
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- a handle pivoted to the second rail through a shaft member and movable relative to the second rail to switch between a first state and a second state;
- wherein the shaft member is arranged in a direction substantially identical to a moving direction of the second rail relative to the first rail;
- wherein the second rail has an outer side and an inner side opposite to each other, the outer side is adjacent to and faces toward the first rail;
- the handle has a first end, a second end and an operating section connected between the first end and the second end;
- wherein when the handle is in the second state, the operating section of the handle is configured to be held by a user to pull out the second rail from a retracted position along an opening direction relative to the first rail;
- wherein the first rail comprises a blocking part, and the slide rail assembly further comprises a locking member movably mounted on the second rail;
- wherein when the second rail is located at the retracted position relative to the first rail, the locking member is configured to be blocked by the blocking part in order to prevent the second rail from being moved away from the retracted position;
- wherein during a process of the handle being moved to switch from the first state to the second state, the handle is configured to drive the locking member to move through a driving part, such that the locking member is no longer blocked by the blocking part.
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The slide rail assembly of claim 61, further comprising a working member and an elastic feature;
- wherein the working member is movable relative to the second rail, and the elastic feature comprises a first elastic part and a second elastic part;
- wherein when the second rail is located at the retracted position relative to the first rail, the first elastic part is configured to contact a predetermined structure of the first rail, and the second elastic part is configured to contact the working member, such that the elastic feature is configured to provide an elastic force to the handle through the driving part and the working member to hold the handle in the first state;
- wherein during a process of the handle being moved to switch from the first state to the second state, the handle is configured to drive the locking member to move through the driving part and the working member, such that the locking member is no longer blocked by the blocking part, in order to allow the second rail to be moved away from the retracted position along the opening direction relative to the first rail;
- wherein when the second rail is moved away from the retracted position along the opening direction relative to the first rail, the first elastic part no longer contacts the predetermined structure of the first rail, such that the elastic feature no longer provides the elastic force to the handle through the working member, so as to allow the handle to stay in the second state;
- wherein when the second rail is moved to return to the retracted position from an extended position relative to the first rail, the elastic feature is configured to provide the elastic force to the handle through the working member, in order to drive the handle to move to switch from the second state to the first state.
A slide rail assembly, comprising:
- a first rail;
- a second rail movable relative to the first rail;
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- a handle movable relative to the second rail to switch between a first state and a second state;
- wherein the second rail has an outer side and an inner side opposite to each other, the outer side is adjacent to and faces toward the first rail;
- wherein the handle has a first end, a second end and an operating section connected between the first end and the second end;
- wherein when the handle is in the second state, the operating section of the handle is extended beyond the inner side of the second rail by a predetermined distance;
- wherein the first rail comprises a blocking part, and the slide rail assembly further comprises a locking member movably mounted on the second rail;
- wherein when the second rail is located at a retracted position relative to the first rail, the locking member is configured to be blocked by the blocking part in order to prevent the second rail from being moved away from the retracted position;
- wherein during a process of the handle being moved to switch from the first state to the second state, the handle id configured to drive the locking member to move through a driving part, such that the locking member is no longer blocked by the blocking part.
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A slide rail assembly, comprising:
- a first rail;
- a second rail movable relative to the first rail;
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- a handle pivoted to the second rail through a shaft member and movable relative to the second rail to switch between a first state and a second state;
- wherein the shaft member is arranged in a direction substantially identical to a moving direction of the second rail relative to the first rail;
- wherein the second rail has an outer side and an inner side opposite to each other, the outer side is adjacent to and faces toward the first rail;
- the handle has a first end, a second end and an operating section connected between the first end and the second end;
- wherein when the handle is in the second state, the operating section of the handle is configured to be held by a user to pull out the second rail from a retracted position along an opening direction relative to the first rail;
- wherein the first rail comprises a blocking part, and the slide rail assembly further comprises a locking member movably mounted on the second rail;
- wherein when the second rail is located at the retracted position relative to the first rail, the locking member is configured to be blocked by the blocking part in order to prevent the second rail from being moved away from the retracted position;
- wherein the slide rail assembly further comprises a working member and an elastic feature;
- wherein the working member is movable relative to the second rail, and the elastic feature comprises a first elastic part and a second elastic part;
- wherein when the second rail is located at the retracted position relative to the first rail, the first elastic part is configured to contact a predetermined structure of the first rail, and the second elastic part is configured to contact the working member, such that the elastic feature is configured to provide an elastic force to the handle through the working member to hold the handle in the first state;
- wherein during a process of the handle being moved to switch from the first state to the second state, the handle is configured to drive the locking member to move through the working member, such that the locking member is no longer blocked by the blocking part, in order to allow the second rail to be moved away from the retracted position along the opening direction relative to the first rail;
- wherein when the second rail is moved away from the retracted position along the opening direction relative to the first rail, the first elastic part no longer contacts the predetermined structure of the first rail, such that the elastic feature no longer provides the elastic force to the handle through the working member, so as to allow the handle to stay in the second state;
- wherein when the second rail is moved to return to the retracted position from an extended position relative to the first rail, the elastic feature is configured to provide the elastic force to the handle through the working member, in order to drive the handle to move to switch from the second state to the first state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.