Patent ID: 7794030

Claim:
A latch mechanism for retaining a slide rail assembly which comprises a first slide rail and a second slide rail slidably attached to the first slide rail, comprising: a latch module movably carried by the second slide rail, the latch module comprising a first stop surface and a second stop surface at opposite sides thereof respectively; a stop member arranged on the first slide rail, two protrusions respectively extending from the stop member at diagonally opposite corners thereof configured to respectively engage with the first and second stop surfaces of the latch module for retaining the second slide rail relative to the first slide rail; and a first release member and a second release member slidably attached to the second slide rail, the first and second release members capable of selectively driving the latch module to slide the latch module to release the first or second stop surface from the corresponding protrusion of the stop member; wherein the first release member is capable of being slid outward relative to the second slide rail to move the latch member downward to release the first stop surface from the corresponding protrusion thereby allowing the second slide rail being slid outward relative to the first slide rail, and the second release member is capable of being slid outward relative to the second slide rail to move the latch member upward to release the second stop surface from another corresponding protrusion thereby allowing the second slide rail being slid inward relative to the first slide rail.