Patent ID: 8960061
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A slide lock comprising: a slide lock base having a plurality of grip element openings; a slide lock handle carried by the slide lock base and positional in a released position and a locked position relative to the slide lock base; a plurality of generally dome-shaped grip elements carried by the slide lock handle and disposed in the grip element openings, respectively, of the slide lock base; wherein the grip elements comprise generally planar handle attachment surfaces carried by the slide lock handle and generally convex gripping surfaces opposite the handle attachment surfaces, respectively; and wherein the gripping surfaces, respectively, of the grip elements are retracted in the grip element openings, respectively, of the slide lock base when the slide lock handle is in the released position and the convex gripping surfaces of the grip elements protrude from the grip element openings, respectively, when the slide lock handle is in the locked position.