Patent ID: 7823993

Claim:
In combination, a slide with a latching mechanism, comprising: the slide comprising a first slide member and a second slide member, said first and second slide members configured to move relative to one another; and the latching mechanism comprising: a first latching member comprising a moveable latch lever, said first latching member mounted to said first slide member, said latch lever having a first end extending towards said second slide member, said latch lever movable between a first position and at least a second position; a second latching member mounted to said second slide member, said second latching member extending outwardly from said second slide member towards said first slide member; and a controllable actuator configured to control the linear movement of a plunger, said plunger movable between an extended position and a retracted position, said controllable actuator when unpowered preventing said plunger from moving from said extended to said retracted position and said controllable actuator when powered permitting said plunger to move from said extended to said retracted position; whereby when said plunger is in said extended position, said controllable actuator is unpowered, and said latch lever is in said first position, said second slide member is prevented from being extended from said first slide member by said plunger preventing said latch lever from moving to a position permitting said second latching member to pass said first end of said latch lever, and when said controllable actuator is powered, said second slide member permitted to be extended from said first slide member by said second latching member causing said latch lever to move to said second position by moving said plunger to said retracted position.