Patent ID: 7025430

Claim:
A telescoping disconnect slide assembly comprising: a first slide portion comprising: an upper channel and a lower channel for an upper ball bearing and a lower ball bearing, respectively; and an upper lead-in structure and a lower lead-in structure, interior to and not protruding from said upper and lower channels, wherein said lead-in structures are coupled with said upper and lower channels, respectively, proximal to an end of said first slide portion, and wherein said lead-in structures comprise an upper first portion of a friction locking mechanism and a lower first portion of a friction locking mechanism, respectively; a second slide portion; and a ball retainer comprising: an upper second portion of said friction locking mechanism; an upper opening for retaining said upper ball bearing; a lower second portion of said friction locking mechanism; a lower opening for retaining said lower ball bearing, wherein said upper and lower openings are collinear with said upper and lower second portions of said locking mechanism and are respectively separated from said upper and lower second portions of said friction locking mechanism by an upper slot portion and a lower slot portion, wherein removal of said second slide portion simultaneously engages said upper and lower first and second portions of said locking mechanism in removably coupled friction locking connections and installation of said second slide portion disengages said removably coupled friction locking connections.