Patent ID: 8540328

Claim:
A control mechanism for use with a drawer slide assembly, comprising: a drawer slide assembly including telescopically coupled first and second slide members; a frame fixed to a lateral face of the second slide member of the drawer slide assembly, the frame including a pair of spaced end portions and a plurality of ribs coupled to bridge the space therebetween; an adjustment member rotatably connected to the frame and including a first threaded rod, a second threaded rod located corresponding to the first threaded rod, and an adjustment portion disposed intermediate the first and second threaded rods and being respectively connected thereto for rotation of the first and second threaded rods therewith, the adjustment portion protruding from the frame between an adjacent pair of the ribs to longitudinally secure the adjustment member to the frame and remain toollessly rotatable by a user; a first stop member having a first threaded hole threadedly connected to the first threaded rod of the adjustment member and having a first stop portion; and a second stop member having a second threaded hole threadedly connected to the second threaded rod of the adjustment member and having a second stop portion; wherein the first and second stop members are simultaneously moved by rotation of the adjustment portion, the adjustment member maintaining the first and second stop members to resiliently engage a pair of longitudinally opposed catch portions formed on the drawer assembly to releasably lock the slide members one relative to the other.