Patent ID: 8851587

Claim:
A slide assembly, comprising: an outer slide segment having a forward end and a rearward end, wherein the outer slide segment comprises a web, a pair of spaced-apart side walls extending from the web and a pair of return flanges extending inwardly from a respective one of the side walls; an intermediate slide segment telescopically engaged with the outer slide segment, the intermediate slide segment having a forward end and a rearward end, wherein the intermediate slide segment comprises a web, a pair of spaced-apart side walls and a pair of flanges extending outwardly from a respective one of the side walls; an inner slide segment telescopically engaged with the intermediate slide segment, the inner slide segment having a forward end and a rearward end; a first plurality of rollers that slidably support the intermediate slide segment relative to the outer slide segment; a second plurality of rollers that slidably support the inner slide segment relative to the intermediate slide segment; wherein a forward end of each of the pair of return flanges of the outer slide segment comprises a protrusion extending towards a respective one of the flanges of the intermediate slide segment, the protrusion is arranged to contact the flange of the intermediate slide segment to limit vertical movement of the intermediate slide segment relative to the outer slide segment; wherein a rearward end of the intermediate slide segment comprises at least one stop member arranged to contact a portion of the inner slide segment to limit vertical movement of the inner slide segment relative to the intermediate slide segment; wherein the protrusion comprises a downwardly projecting dimple formed in the return flanges of the outer slide segment.