Patent ID: 6999282

Claim:
A slider comprising: a slider body having a slider surface that includes a bearing surface that is generally disposed within a bearing surface plane; an angled inside rail, an angled outside rail and a cavity dam formed on the slider surface, wherein at least one of the angled inside rail, the angled outside rail and the cavity dam includes a surface portion that defines at least a portion of the bearing surface; a sub-ambient pressure cavity positioned on the slider surface between the angled inside and outside rails, the sub-ambient pressure cavity having a cavity floor that is displaced from the bearing surface plane; at least one recessed surface that is further displaced from the bearing surface plane than the cavity floor, said at least one recessed surface being generally positioned outside of the angled inside rail, the angled outside rail and the sub-ambient pressure cavity; a leading edge of the slider surface; wherein the cavity dam includes an angled leading edge that is angled from a middle point to two side corner points, the two side corner points being further displaced from the leading edge of the slider surface than the middle point.