Patent ID: 7029080

Claim:
A slide rail assembly comprising: a first slide rail having a first elongate body and a first latch member, said first latch member having at least one tab; a second slide rail having a second elongate body and a second latch member, said second latch member having at least one protuberant member; wherein said first and second slide rails are coupled together in moveable relation for slidably moving said second slide rail relative to said first slide rail along a longitudinal axis of said slide rail assembly and into a forward position, with said second latch member aligned with said first latch member, wherein one of said first and second latch members is moveable relative to an other of the first and second latch members to engage said at least one tab of said first latch member and said at least one protuberant member of said second latch member, such that said first and second latch members releasibly engage to latch said second slide rail in said forward position relative to said first slide rail; a release member moveably mounted to said second slide rail, said release member extending from a portion of said second slide rail which is distally disposed from said first slide rail to said one of said first and second latch members when said second slide rail is disposed in said forward position, said release member being moveable to movably engage said one of said first and second latch members to move said one of said first and second latch members relative to said other of said first and second latch members to release said first and second latch members from engaging and release said second slide rail for moving from said forward position relative to said first slide rail; and wherein said one of said first and second latch members which is moveably engaged by said release member is moved lineally relative to said other of said first and second latch members and lineally relative to said first and second slide rails in a direction which is at least in part orthogonal to said longitudinal axis, to release said second slide rail for moving from said forward position.