| US 7,571,968 B2 | ||
| Front release lock with disconnect lock for a drawer slide | ||
| Weigang Ji, Singapore (Singapore); Wenming Yang, Singapore (Singapore); Alfred E. Barry, Jr., Atlanta, Ga. (US); and Meng Kee Koh, Singapore (Singapore) | ||
| Assigned to Central Industrial Supply Company, Tuscon, Ariz. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 09, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/598,246. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0111457 A1, May 15, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A47B 88/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 312—333 [312/334.44] | 20 Claims |
| 1. In a drawer slide having a first slide member and a second slide member, with the first slide member being slideably extensible
from the second slide member along a longitudinal axis of the first and second slide members, the improvement comprising:
at least one catch mounted to the second slide member;
a release lock moveably mounted to the first slide member for lineally moving from a lock position to a release position;
a disconnect lock moveably mounted to the first slide member for lineally moving from a retaining position to a disconnect
position;
a release linkage slidably secured to the first slide member and extending from forward of said release lock and engaging
said release lock, such that movement of said release linkage along the first slide member moves said release lock from said
lock position, engaging said at least one catch to said release position, spaced apart from engaging said at least one catch,
wherein said release position is spaced apart from said lock position in a lineal direction which extends transverse to the
longitudinal axis of the drawer slide;
a disconnect linkage slidably secured to the first slide member and extending from forward of said disconnect lock for engaging
said disconnect lock, such that movement of said disconnect linkage along the first slide member moves said disconnect lock
from said retaining position to said disconnect position, wherein said retaining position is spaced apart from said disconnect
position in a lineal direction which extends transverse to the longitudinal axis of the drawer slide;
bias means for urging said release lock into said lock position and said disconnect lock into said retaining position; and
retainer means for slidably securing said release lock and said disconnect lock to the first slide member for moving in respective
ones of said lineal directions.
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