Patent ID: 7441848

Claim:
An automatic homing mechanism for a multi-sectional slide including: a first elastic member; an outer rail; a middle rail slidably connected to the outer rail; a sliding block, including a pair of side lugs, a pair of locking lugs, a locking channel, and a stopper linked to the first elastic member; a sliding holder securely connected to one end of the outer rail, the sliding holder including a sliding channel, and a pair of locating cuts, and the sliding block is inserted into and slides in the sliding channel of the sliding holder by means of the side lugs and is temporarily secured in place by allowing the locking lugs of the sliding block to rest in the locating cuts; a hooking member being disposed to the middle rail corresponding in position to the sliding block, the hooking member including a first hook, a second hook, a pivoting portion, and a second elastic member wherein said first hook and said second hook are engaged with the locking channel and the stopper of the sliding block, and said second elastic member allows the first hook and the second hook to hold against the locking channel and the stopper of the sliding block, and the pivoting portion of the hooking member being pivotally connected to the middle rail wherein the middle rail includes a protruding plate disposed adjacent to the hooking member on the middle rail to hold against the sliding block; and wherein the first elastic member being disposed on the sliding holder pulls back the sliding block.