Patent ID: 7472795

Claim:
An anti-sag management assembly, adapted to engage stationary and movable portions of a pair of opposed first and second telescoping slide assemblies that facilitate mounting a device in a rack, for supporting a plurality of elongated elements during extension and retraction of the device and the movable portion of the first and second telescoping slide assemblies, the management assembly comprising: a cross member operatively coupled at respective opposed first and second ends to first and second member brackets, each of the first and second bar brackets adapted for movable engagement with the stationary portions of one of the first and second telescoping slide assemblies; a slider movably engaging the cross member; a first arm having a first inner end operatively coupled to a first arm bracket, that is adapted for connection to the movable portion of the first telescoping slide assembly, and a first outer end operatively coupled to the slider; and a second arm having a second inner end operatively coupled to a second arm bracket, that is adapted for connection to the stationary portion of the first telescoping slide assembly, and a second outer end operatively coupled to the slider; wherein upon extension of the device the slider is moved from a first operative position adjacent the second member bracket to a second operative position adjacent the first member bracket and upon retraction of the device the slider is moved from the second operative position to the first operative position.