Patent ID: 7967399

Claim:
In a drawer slide having first slide member and a second slide member, the first slide member being slidably extensible from within the second slide member from a retracted position to an extended position in a cantilevered arrangement, the improvement comprising: a chassis mounting lug; a first slot formed into the first slide member, said first slot having an entrance section formed into an edge of the first slide member for receiving said chassis mounting lug into said first slot, and a lock section for receiving said chassis mounting lug from said entrance section; a lock member slidably mounted to the first slide member for moving along a linear path between an open position and a closed position, said lock member having a main body portion movably secured to the first slide member and a protuberance extending outward from said main body portion, said protuberance having a first side defining a cam follower surface and a second side defining a lock surface; a biasing member engaging between the first slide member and said lock member for urging said lock member into said closed position; said main body portion and said protuberance adapted such that when said lock member is disposed in said closed position, said lock surface of said protuberance extends adjacent said chassis mounting lug and prevents removal of said chassis mounting lug from said lock section of said first slot, and said cam follower surface extends adjacent to said entrance section of said first slot disposed for engaging said chassis mounting lug when disposed in said entrance section of said first slot, such that movement of said chassis mounting lug from said entrance section into said lock section of said first slot engages said cam follower surface of said protuberance and moves said protuberance and said main body portion of said lock member to one side of said lock section and from said closed position to said open position, against said biasing member; and said main body portion and said protuberance adapted such that when said lock member is disposed in said open position, said main body portion and said protuberance are disposed on said one side of said first slot for passing said chassis mounting lug through said entrance section of said first slot, and when said chassis mounting lug is disposed in said lock section of said first slot, said biasing member returns said lock member to said closed position with said lock surface of said protuberance disposed adjacent to said first slot and preventing removal of said chassis mounting lug from within said first slot.