Patent ID: 11927822
Assignee: BELDEN CANADA ULC
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A slider comprising:
a fixed elongate rail;
an elongate link member slideably mounted to the fixed elongate rail for movement relative to the fixed elongate rail between a first position and a second position;
a moveable elongate rail slideably mounted to the elongate link member for movement relative to the elongate link member between a third position and a fourth position;
a first locking mechanism for releasably securing the elongate link member to the fixed elongate rail in the first position and a second locking mechanism for releasably securing the moveable elongate rail to the elongate link member in the third position;
a surface defining a slot, the surface in a fixed relationship with the fixed elongate rail;
wherein when the elongate link member is secured to the fixed elongate rail in the first position by the first locking mechanism, movement of the moveable elongate rail into the third position disengages the first locking mechanism thereby releasing the elongate link member from the first position and the fixed elongate rail for movement towards the second position and engages the second locking mechanism thereby releasably securing the moveable elongate rail to the elongate link member in the third position;
wherein when the moveable elongate rail is secured to the elongate link member in the third position by the second locking mechanism, movement of the elongate link member into the first position disengages the second locking mechanism thereby releasing the moveable elongate rail from the third position and the elongate link member for movement towards the fourth position and engages the first locking mechanism thereby releasably securing the elongate link member to the fixed elongate rail in said first position; and
wherein the first locking mechanism comprises a latch on the elongate link member held within the slot and further wherein sliding the moveable elongate rail into the third position forces the latch out of the slot thereby releasing the first locking mechanism and the elongate link member from the first position.