Patent ID: 6986557

Claim:
A slide assembly, comprising: a first slide segment configured to carry a load, said first slide segment having a web, a first transverse section and a second transverse section spaced from one another along said web, said first transverse section defining a first contact surface and said second transverse section defining a second contact surface; a second slide segment telescopingly supporting said first slide segment; a third slide segment configured to be connected to an object and carry said first and second slide segments, said third slide segment telescopingly supporting said second slide segment and including a web, a third transverse section and a fourth transverse section spaced from one another along said web, said third transverse section defining a third contact surface and said fourth transverse section defining a fourth contact surface, said slide assembly being movable from a retracted position to an extended position of said slide assembly wherein said second slide segment is at least partially withdrawn from said third slide segment; a plurality of upper bearings and a plurality of lower bearings carried by said second slide segment at least one of said plurality of upper bearings and said plurality of lower bearings supporting substantially all load carried by said first slide segment when said slide assembly is in a fully retracted position, said upper bearings contacting both of said first contact surface and said third contact surface and said lower bearings contacting both of said second contact surface and said fourth contact surface when said slide assembly is in said retracted position.