Patent ID: 6373707
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A47B,G06F,H05K

Abstract:
A slide assembly having a first portion which is mounted to vertical support members of a rack assembly, and a second portion which is mounted to a chassis for supporting the chassis in the rack assembly, said slide assembly including a pair of slide members each of said slide members comprising:a movable track member having a first surface opposed from a second surface and being adapted so that said second surface engages a corresponding one of opposed sides of the chassis, a front portion, a back portion, a notch including a first cam surface disposed near the back portion, top and bottom edges shaped to form channels along said first surface, at least one of said channels including a first stop member near the front portion, a first opening disposed substantially in between the back portion and the front portion, and means for mounting the slide assembly to the chassis; a flange having a first surface opposed from a second surface, a bracket extending from the second surface of the flange and including cooperating portions for mounting the flange with a corresponding one of the vertical support members, said flange further having top and bottom edges each being received by a corresponding one of said channels and enabled to permit slidable movement of said track member along said flange when the first surface of the flange abuts the first surface of the track member, and a second opening extending through the first surface of the flange and through the second surface of the flange; a clamp pivotably supported by said flange and spring-loaded so as to be normally biased in a direction from the second surface of the flange towards the first surface of the flange, whereby said clamp is urged through said second opening to engage the first surface of the track member during said slidable movement and to latch into the notch for preventing said slidable movement beyond the back portion, said first stop member for preventing said slidable movement beyond the front portion; a latch being substantially resilient and having a spring support member, and a second cam surface leading to a second stop member; and a spring-loaded releasable lock actuator coupled to the latch and having a handle, a first surface opposed from a second surface, a third opening adapted to include a vertical edge opposed from a first extension and adapted for retaining said chassis in a locked operational position relative to the support members when the second cam surface extends therethrough and when said second stop member engages said first extension, and a fourth opening for receiving means for attaching the latch to the track member, said handle being positioned to extend away from the front portion of the track member, wherein the slidable movement is permitted when unlocking the track member out of the operational position by actuating said handle to slide said lock actuator towards the front portion to thereby cause said vertical edge to slide along the second cam surface and to retract the second stop member from the third opening and out of engagement with the clamp.