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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370920 | Anti-torque load captive bearings A bearing drawer slide (10) has an inner slide member (16) which is slidably extensible from within an outer slide member (14). Captives bearings (28) have elongate bodies (29) for locating in fixed relation to a rearward end (2... | 05/13/2008 |
| 6909610 | Sliding track of industrial computer A sliding track of an industrial computer comprises at least one tracking strip base being a straight long frame; an inner side of the tracking strip being formed with an axial slot; at least one tracking strip being positioned in the slot; a groove being formed bet... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6899408 | Track device for a drawer A track device includes an outer track having two stops, a middle track slidably mounted in the outer track, the middle track having two slots that provide a passage to the outer track, and an inner track slidably mounted in the middle track. A resilient member incl... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6860574 | Positioning device for a slide-aiding member for a drawer track device A track device includes a first track, a second track, and a slide-aiding member mounted between the first track and the second track. The first track includes a stop member on a front end thereof. The stop member of the first track and a front end of the slide-aidi... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6848760 | Drawer slide A slide has a pair of identical longitudinally extending and profiled rails each having at least one flange forming two longitudinally extending tracks. The rails are interfitted with the tracks of one rail transversely confronting the tracks of the other rails. Res... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6557960 | Slide out support for server cabinet An improved slide out support to be mounted at two sides of a server cabinet for holding and drawing a computer processor in the cabinet includes a front beam slidably engaged with a rear beam. The front and rear beam have respectively a first and a secon... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6478466 | Sliding mechanism A sliding mechanism comprises a sleeve member, two balls in the sleeve member, and an elastic member biased between the balls for urging each ball to project above either opening of the sleeve member. When the sliding mechanism is mounted on a second memb... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6378968 | Sliding track assembly Sliding track assembly, including an outer slide rail, a middle slide rail, an inner slide rail and at least one transmission section disposed on the middle slide rail. The outer slide rail is disposed on a cabinet. The middle slide rail is slidably posit... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6254210 | Drawer slide bearing retainer and guide block An improved bearing retainer and a guide block for use with drawer slides having multiple slide members. The bearing retainer comprises a connecting member and upper and lower flanges, with apertures to house bearings, extending from the top and bottom of... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6220683 | Sliding track assembley for drawer A sliding track assembly includes an outer rail fixedly mounted inside a desk, an intermediate rail carried on a first sliding bearing and moved in and out of the outer rail, an inner rail carried on a second sliding bearing and moved with a drawer in and... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6145945 | Drawer slide bearing retainer and guide block An improved bearing retainer and a guide block for use with drawer slides having multiple slide members. The bearing retainer comprises a connecting member and upper and lower flanges, with apertures to house bearings, extending from the top and bottom of... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6056379 | Sliding track assembly A sliding track assembly, which includes an outer track having two inner flanges bilaterally and longitudinally provided on the inside, an intermediate track moved in and out of the outer track, an inner track moved in and out of the intermediate track, t... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5895101 | Drawer slide An improved drawer slide member ball bearing raceway. The improved raceway comprises a square U-channel shape with double indentations restricting lateral movement of the ball bearings contained therein. Alternatively, a shoulder may be formed in the race... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5551775 | Telescopic drawer slide with mechanical sequencing latch A ball-bearing type drawer slide having proximal, intermediate and distal slide members extendable and retractable relative to each other. A latch is carried by a first of the slide members and is engageable with a locking element on a second of the slide... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5472272 | Precision drawer slide member A drawer rail assembly having at least an outer rail, an inner rail, and ball bearings enabling relative extension therebetween, said rails having vertical legs and generally horizontally extending, arcuate, radiused legs forming bearing races. At least t... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5470143 | Self-locking snap-on suspension unit for furniture cabinets and the like A suspension unit for roll-out shelves, drawers, etc. is provided for furniture cabinets and the like of the type having a case with slotted interior uprights. The suspension unit includes an inner housing member connected with a drawer or other roll-out ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5417489 | Runner with telescopic rods consisting of extruded aluminum tubular sections, for furniture pull-outs A drawer runner having telescopic rods sliding on balls, and consisting of extruded aluminum tubular sections. The rods are characterized by a rhomboidal tubular section having arched sides, sliding in another tubular section having a square cross-section ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5344228 | Thin offset drawer slide with progression roller A thin profile drawer slide apparatus for slidably supporting a heavy drawer in furniture, comprising symmetrical, identical channel members for slidably attaching the apparatus to a drawer and an article of furniture, a plurality of bearings slidably ret... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5143432 | Mechanism for controlling the travel of a structural member According to the invention, there is provided an ingenuously contrived mechanism for controlling the travel of a movable structural member along rails comprising a pair of traveler devices removably engaged with the respective rails and a pair of travel c... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5015047 | Drawer support assembly A support assembly for a drawer permits the drawer to be located in different positions. The drawer has a pair of laterally spaced side pieces supported on telescopically slidable guide rails. The guide rails have brackets selectively engageable in openin... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4925258 | Office cabinet with flipper door and interlocking drawer and suspension assemblies A filing cabinet including a flipper door assembly, an interlocking file drawer assembly, and a suspension mounting arrangement for the file drawer. The cabinet comprises a door for closing an opening in a housing, a pair of door guide channels, and a pai... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4921359 | Slide rail assembly There is provided a slide rail assembly, comprising an elongated inner rail and similarly elongated outer rail each having a U-shaped section and a pair of rounded lateral edge portions arranged vis-a-vis with the corresponding respective lateral edge por... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4732436 | Cantilevered drawer slide arrangement A cantilevered drawer slide arrangement for supporting drawers where the slide hardware is entirely hidden inside the drawer cabinet. A pair of individual tracks are mounted on each side of the cabinet inside the front face. A square bracket having roller... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4291929 | Guiding reciprocable drawers of pieces of furniture or the like The side faces of a reciprocable drawer carry U-shaped rails whose flanges are outwardly adjacent to the flanges of complementary U-shaped rails which are adjustably secured to a stationary member of the piece of furniture in which the drawer is installed... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4252382 | Drawer slide Drawer slide for drawers and other such drawer-like furniture parts, consisting of preferably two tracks of approximately channel-shaped cross section and different web height, and fastened to opposite sides of the drawer and to the fixed furniture part r... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4095854 | Bearing assembly for a sliding rectilinear motion A bearing assembly for facilitating relative sliding rectilinear motion between a first and second part which includes a rail body adapted to be connected to one part, and a ball retainer means adapted to be connected to the other part. The rail means has... | 06/20/1978 |
| 3966273 | Synchronized and precision sequencing of ball retainer relationship to the inner and outer slide members A telescoping or linear motion ball bearing synchronized slide mechanisms having inner and outer slide members held together by ball bearings, the balls being operably disposed in a ball retainer between the inner and outer slide members and means for pre... | 06/29/1976 |
