Patent ID: 6254210
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A drawer slide comprising:an inner slide member;an outer slide member sidably 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 including a protrusion;a guide block affixed to the outer slide member, the block having a recess adapted to receive the protrusion when the inner slide member is longitudinally withdrawn from the outer slide members;wherein the recess in the guide block comprises:a front face edge adjacent to a front flat surface of the guide block which extends along the guide block and penetrates into the guide block in a latitudinal direction;a rear face surface, farther from the front flat surface of the guide block than the front face edge, which extends along the guide block and penetrates into the guide block in the same direction as the front face edge;upper and lower edges perpendicular to and connecting upper and lower margins of front face edge to upper and lower margins of the rear face surface, respectively, the upper and lower edge penetrating into the guide block in the same direction as the front face edge.