US 11,986,090 B2
Telescoping slide system with a toolless release feature
Don Flagin, Greenfield, IN (US); and Elizabeth Kokinos, Fishers, IN (US)
Assigned to General Devices Co., INC., Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed by General Devices Co., INC., Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/992,886.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/282,383, filed on Nov. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0157451 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A47B 88/57 (2017.01); A47B 88/407 (2017.01); A47B 88/423 (2017.01)
CPC A47B 88/57 (2017.01) [A47B 88/407 (2017.01); A47B 2088/4235 (2017.01); A47B 2210/0081 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A telescoping slide system comprising:
a left-side telescoping slide assembly including interconnected slide members moveable to extend and retract among a retracted-storage stage, an extended-service stage, a pre-removal stage, and a removal stage, the slide members including a left stationary slide member, a left intermediate slide member that moves relative to the left stationary slide member in a channel formed in the left stationary slide member, and a left load-carrying slide member that moves relative to the left stationary slide member and the left intermediate slide member in a channel formed in the left intermediate slide member,
a right-side telescoping slide assembly including interconnected slide members moveable to extend and retract with the left-side telescoping slide assembly among the retracted-storage stage, the extended-service stage, the pre-removal stage, and the removal stage, the slide members including a right stationary slide member, a right intermediate slide member that moves relative to the right stationary slide member in a channel formed in the right stationary slide member, and a right load-carrying slide member that moves relative to the right stationary slide member and the right intermediate slide member in a channel formed in the right intermediate slide member, and
a toolless release feature comprising:
a left-side lever means for releasing the left load-carrying slide member and the left intermediate slide member for movement relative to the left stationary slide member to allow the left-side and right-side telescoping slide assemblies to change from the retracted-storage stage to the extended-service stage in response to a first downward pivot force, and for releasing the left load-carrying slide member for movement relative to the left intermediate slide member to allow the left-side and right-side telescoping slide assemblies to change from the extended-service stage to one of the retracted-storage stage and the pre-removal stage in response to a second downward pivot force, and
a right-side lever means for locking the right load-carrying slide member to the right intermediate carrier slide member in response to the left and right load-carrying slide members moving from the extended-service stage to the pre-removal stage to prevent the right and left load-carrying slide members from moving relative to the right and left intermediate slide members so as to prevent accidental removal of the left and the right load-carrying slide members from the corresponding telescoping slide assemblies, and for releasing the right load-carrying slide member for relative movement to the right intermediate slide member to allow the left-side and right-side telescoping slide assemblies to change between the pre-removal stage and the removal stage in response to a third downward pivot force so that the left and right load-carrying slide members are spaced apart from the left and right intermediate and stationary slide members.