Patent ID: 7370920

Claim:
A drawer slide having a longitudinal length along which said drawer slide is telescopically extensible, said drawer slide comprising; an outer slide member having an outer slide member web portion and two outer slide member edges disposed on opposite sides of said outer slide member web portion, said two outer slide member edges defining outer slide member bearing races which extend substantially parallel to the longitudinal length of the drawer slide; an inner slide member having an inner slide member web portion and two inner slide member edges disposed on opposite sides of said inner slide member web portion, said two inner slide member edges defining inner slide member bearing races which extend along the longitudinal length of the drawer slide, wherein said inner slide member bearing races are spaced apart from respective ones of said outer slide member bearing races to define bearing spaces; a bearing assembly having a bearing retainer and a plurality of bearings retained in spaced apart relation by said bearing retainer, with said bearings disposed between respective ones of said spaced apart races of said inner slide member and said outer slide member, wherein said bearing assembly moves to a forward position relative to said inner slide member when said inner slide member is extended from within said outer slide member along the longitudinal length; two pairs of locating protuberances, each pair of locating protuberances extending adjacent to a respective one of said two inner slide member edges, spaced apart in fixed relation to said inner slide member bearing races, wherein said locating protuberances are disposed near a rearward portion of said inner slide member; and two captive bearings disposed between in respective ones of said bearing spaces between spaced apart ones of said outer bearing races and said inner slide member bearing races, with each of said captive bearings disposed on opposite sides of said inner slide member web portion, and captured between respective ones of said two pairs of locating tabs.