Patent ID: 7159958
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. A sliding rail assembly auto locking structure used in a sliding rail assembly for a desk, said sliding rail assembly comprising an outer rail fixedly mountable on the inside wall of the desk, an intermediate sliding rail axially movably mounted in said outer rail, an inner sliding rail axially movably mounted in said intermediate sliding rail and affixable to one side panel of a drawer receivable in said desk, a first bushing set between said inner sliding rail and said intermediate sliding rail, and a second bushing set between said intermediate sliding rail and said outer rail, said sliding rail assembly auto locking structure comprising a locating block fixedly provided at a rear end thereof and affixable to said one side panel of the drawer of the desk receivable in the desk inner sliding rail, said locating block having an opening and a transverse locating rod at a front side of said opening, a holder base fixedly fastened to a bottom wall of said outer rail at a rear side, a movable hook coupled to said holder base, and a spring member coupled between said movable hook and said holder base; wherein: said holder base comprises a longitudinal sliding track, two longitudinal sliding slots symmetrically formed in two opposite lateral sides of said longitudinal sliding track, said longitudinal sliding slots each having a rear end and a front end, two locating holes respectively downwardly extended from the front end of said longitudinal sliding slots, a locating device at a rear side, and a stop face adjacent to the rear end of said longitudinal sliding slots; said movable hook comprises a front guide rod and a rear guide rod coupling inserted into the longitudinal sliding slots of said holder base to guide forward/backward movement of said movable hook along said longitudinal sliding track, a sloping front guide face, a locating groove transversely formed in a top side thereof on the middle for receiving said locating rod of said locating block, a rear stop face at a rear side thereof for stopping against the stop face of said holder base, and a locating device situated at a bottom side of said rear stop face; said spring member has a front end fastened to the locking device of said movable hook and a rear end fastened to the locating device of said holder base.