Flexible mounts for parallel shafts on an extension mechanism

A slider device having a misalignment tolerance, said device comprising:

• a slider frame having two parallel shafts, wherein the slider frame is configured to be extended and retracted in a direction parallel to the shafts;
• a shaft assembly for each shaft, wherein each shaft assembly comprises:
• one of the shafts;
• a shaft support having a passage therethrough, wherein said one shaft is slideably disposed within the shaft support;
• and
• an elastic coupling, wherein the elastic coupling is configured to elastically deform in order to keep said one shaft extending in a direction that is parallel with the direction that the passage through the shaft support extends.

A method of sliding a slider device having a high misalignment tolerance, comprising:

• moving a slider device to extend or retract a slider frame of the slider device, wherein the slider device comprises:
• a slider frame;
• and
• a plurality of parallel shafts elastically mounted to the slider frame, wherein each of the parallel shafts is slideably disposed within a passage through a fixed shaft support.