Patent ID: 7746667

Claim:
In an apparatus for mounting a chassis to a rack, the apparatus having a first drawer slide, a second drawer slide and a cable management arm, said first and second drawer slides each including a cabinet member and a chassis member, with said chassis member being telescopically extensible relative to said cabinet member, wherein said first and second drawer slides are adapted for mounting to the rack in spaced apart, opposed relation, with said cabinet members mounted in stationary relation to the rack and said chassis members moveable relative to respective ones of said cabinet members with opposite sides of the chassis supported in cantilever fashion by said chassis members, said cable management arm having a forward portion, a central portion and a rearward portion, said cable management arm adapted for moveably mounting said forward portion in fixed relation to one of said chassis members and moveably mounting said rearward portion in fixed relation to one of said cabinet members, the improvement comprising: a support member having a first member and a second member, with said first member slidably secured to said second member for telescopically extending relative to said second member, wherein said support member has a first end pivotally secured in fixed relation to an intermediate portion of one of said first and second drawer slides, and said support member has a second end pivotally secured in fixed relation to a rearward portion of an other of said first and second drawer slides; and wherein said first and second drawer slides extend and retract with said forward portion of said cable management arm moving with said one of said chassis member, said forward end of said support member moving with said intermediate portion of said one of said first and second drawer slides, and said support member disposed beneath and in sliding engagement with said central portion of said cable management arm.