Patent ID: 6145945
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A drawer slide comprising:an inner slide member;an outer slide member slidably connected to the inner slide member by a plurality of bearings so as to allow the inner slide member to longitudinally extend from the outer slide member;a bearing retainer disposed between the inner slide member and the outer slide member, the bearing retainer having apertures holding the bearings in spaced relative position to one another, the bearing retainer comprising a web formed of a top portion, two runners substantially parallel to the top portion, two sloped portions, each of the sloped portions connecting one of the runners with the top portion, and flanges extending substantially perpendicularly from the runners, the flanges having the apertures holding the bearings, and a protrusion of a first dimension extends from one of the runner; anda guide block affixed to the outer slide member, the guide block having a recess of a second dimension, the second dimension being greater than the first dimension such that the protrusion does not contact the block when the recess receives the protrusion, the recess being adapted to receive the protrusion when the inner slide member is longitudinally withdrawn from the outer slide member.