Patent ID: 6412891
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A release mechanism for a telescoping slide including an outer member and an inner member, said mechanism comprising:a stop member affixed to said outer member for stopping further outward movement of said inner member when reaching a predetermined use position; a connection member having an elongate shape and slidably mounted on said inner member, one access end of said connection member being open at an outer end of said slide, while said other end being formed as at least one rear cam; a pivot member including a pivot pin mounted on said inner member such that said pivot member is pivotal about said pivot pin, said pivot member being maintained either in a locked storage position or operable to pivot to an unlocked position by said activation of said rear cam of said connection member, a front surface, and a rear surface, both said front and said rear surfaces either being blocked by said stop member when said inner member moves to said use position, thus prohibiting a relative movement between said inner and said outer members, or when said pivot member is unlocked by said activated said rear cam said front and said rear surfaces being disengaged from said stop member, thus unlocking said inner member and said stop member; and an elastic member mounted on said inner member and biased to maintain said pivot member in said use, said locked storage, or said unlocked position.