Patent ID: 7296863

Claim:
A sliding guide assembly supporting a drawer/equipment for slidably opening and closing within a cabinet or chassis comprising: a mounting bracket having at least two parallel flanges, one flange ( 31 a ) for mounting to a part of said cabinet or chassis; the other flange ( 31 b ) with its edge formed into a T-rail and having a pair of first limit stoppers ( 39 a ) adjacent said T-rail; a first sliding housing fitting on said T-rail and being operable to slide smoothly thereon, with the distance of travel limited between said first limit stoppers ( 39 a ); a pull-out guide in the form of a C-section fitting over said first sliding housing and being operable to slide smoothly therewith between a pair of second limit stoppers ( 161 ), on either or both vertical flanges, said pull-out guide further having a pair of third limit stoppers ( 162 ) on the horizontal flange of said pull-out guide; a second sliding housing fitting over said pull-out guide and being operable to slide smoothly thereon between said pair of third limit stoppers ( 162 ); and a second pull-out guide of C-section having locating means and arranged to fit over said second sliding housing and being operable to slide smoothly therewith between a pair of fourth limit stoppers ( 183 ); wherein said second pull-out guide is mounted to said drawer/equipment by said locating means, the potential travel of the second pull-out guide in relation to the second flange ( 31 b ) of the mounting bracket is given by the total of the distances between each pair of said first, third and fourth limit stoppers ( 39 a , 162 , 183 ) minus twice the total of the lengths of said first and second sliding housings.