Patent ID: 8528998

Claim:
A slide assembly comprising: a first slide member; a second slide member, said second slide member being slidable with respect to the first slide member and including an upper retention tab and an opposing lower retention tab; and an adjustable detent mechanism coupled to the first slide member and comprising: a base having a bottom surface disposed on the first slide member and first and second opposing detent arms disposed symmetrically about the base's central axis, wherein the first detent arm has a first leg integral therewith, the second detent arm has a second leg integral therewith, and the detent arms are configured to flex towards, and away from, said central axis; and an adjustment dial received co-axially and rotatably within said base, the adjustment dial including first and second opposing adjuster cams disposed symmetrically about the dial's central axis, wherein the first adjuster cam has cascading steps around its periphery that interact with the first leg, and the second adjuster cam has cascading steps around its periphery that interact with the second leg; wherein the adjustment dial is operable such that, when the dial is rotated in one direction about its central axis, the adjuster cams interact with respective ones of the legs to flex the detent arms away from the central axis and towards said retention tabs, and when the dial is rotated in the opposite direction, the detent arms flex away from the retention tabs and towards the dial's central axis, thereby providing for adjustable frictional engagement between the detent arms and respective ones of the retention tabs; and wherein the base further includes a rotation restriction pin, the adjustment dial further includes a rotation restriction guide to receive the pin, and the range of rotation of the adjustment dial is defined by the interaction between the rotation restriction pin and the rotation restriction guide.