Patent ID: 7748763

Claim:
A sliding arrangement for supporting a slide out body member of a slide out on a vehicle body in a way that permits the slide out body member to slide relative to the vehicle body between an expanded and a retracted position, which sliding arrangement includes: at least one female member mounted on one of the slide out body member and the vehicle body, the female member having an internal surface defining a passage open at one end, the passage extending in the direction in which the slide out body member is to slide relative to the vehicle body; and a male member on the other one of the slide out member and the vehicle body, the male member being slidably received within the open end and passage of the female member, the male member having contact surfaces along the length thereof that face outwardly transverse to the longitudinal axis, wherein the contact surfaces of the male member or the internal surface of the female member is coated with a polymer coating having a thickness that is selected to achieve a snug fit of the male member within the passage of the female member, the polymer coating inhibiting transverse movement of the male member within the female member and rattling of the male and female members.