Patent ID: 7281773

Claim:
A sliding assisting apparatus for assisting a movable body to move between a drawn-out position and a drawn-in position relative to a main body, comprising: a drawing-out/drawing-in unit main body to be attached to one of the main body and the movable body, and including: a case, a pair of sliders slidably disposed inside the case in a direction that the movable body moves, lock members movably supported on the respective sliders and having a front end protruding from the case, coupling parts provided on the case for engaging the lock members, and an urging device provided between the sliders for accumulating a force when one of the sliders slides away from the other; and a pair of strikers to be attached to the other of the main body and the movable body, one striker switching one slider between a case restrained position in which one coupling part engages one lock member to fix the one slider to the case and a case restraint released position in which the one coupling part releases the one lock member so that the slider slides relative to the case.