Patent ID: 8478370

Claim:
A slide assembly comprising a base and a slider slidably engaged with the base via a first rail on a first edge of the base and a second rail on a second edge of the base, a first sliding strip coupled to the first rail and positioned between the first rail and the slider, a second sliding strip coupled to the base and positioned between the base and the slider, a third sliding strip coupled to the second rail and positioned between the second rail and the slider, and a fourth sliding strip coupled to the base and positioned between the base and the slider, the base providing guidance to the slider along a slide path, the slider having a first slider guide surface on a first side facing a first direction, a second slider guide surface on a second side facing a second direction, a third slider guide surface on the first side facing the first direction, and a fourth slider guide surface on the second side facing the second direction, the first direction being substantially opposite to the second direction, the first rail having a first rail guide surface facing the second direction that interacts with the first slider guide surface through the first sliding strip, the base having a second base guide surface facing the first direction that interacts with the second slider guide surface through the second sliding strip, the second rail having a second rail guide surface facing the second direction that interacts with the third slider guide surface through the third sliding strip, the base having a fourth base guide surface facing the first direction that interacts with the fourth slider guide surface through the fourth sliding strip, and a portion of the first slider guide surface being displaced relative to a portion of the second slider guide surface and a portion of the third slider guide surface being displaced relative to a portion of the fourth slider guide surface.