Patent ID: 7240978
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: A47B,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A sliding assisting device installed between a movable body and a main body assisting the movable body to move between a first position and a second position relative to the main body, comprising: a first unit provided on one of the main body and the movable body, and including a first slider capable of sliding in a direction that the movable body moves, a first lock member built in the slider and capable of moving in a direction substantially orthogonal to the direction that the movable body moves, and a spring member capable of accumulating force when the movable body moves from the first position to the second position or from the second position to the first position, and an operating member provided on the other of the main body and the movable body, said operating member displacing the first lock member from a locked position locking the movable body with the first slider to an unlocked position releasing the movable body from the first slider when the movable body is moved to a mid-course position from the first position or second position so that the movable body moves from the mid-course position to the first position or second position with the force of the spring member.