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Fast mounting mechanism for a telescoping slideFast mounting mechanism for a telescoping slide description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070018547, Fast mounting mechanism for a telescoping slide. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] (a) Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a fast mounting mechanism for a telescoping slide, and more particularly to one that allows a drawer or the like to be fast mounted and secured in place and easily released from secured position. [0003] (b) Description of the Prior Art [0004] In addition to using screws or similar locking members to respectively fasten two inner rails of both left and right slides to both sides of a wooden drawer or the like, or pins are provided to be incorporated with insertion holes and insertion plates of the telescoping slides in case of metal drawer or the like for mounting telescoping slides to the drawer or the like, there are more convenient means available from the prior art commonly observed in the cabinet products for computer servers and disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,331,369, 5,632,542, 6,123,314, 6,209,979 B1,6,588,866 B2, and 6,601,933 B1, as well as U.S. Patent Application Nos. US 2001/0040203 A1, US 2003/0141791 A1, US 2004/0108797 A1, US 2005/0088069 A1, and Taiwan Patent Publication No. 538716 [i.e., US 2004/0108797 A1]. [0005] In all those prior arts cited above, it becomes very troublesome to remove the drawer or the like from the slides since it takes a user to use a hand tool or his fingers to turn an elastic tongue or a dancer adapted to hold against protruding bolts respectively provided on both sides of the drawer or the like without leaving the bolts until those bolts are removed. When the slides have been already mounted to a cabinet, the user must have one hand turning the elastic tongue or the dancer and the other hand removing the bolts from the drawer or the like. Furthermore, the operation of human resources is compromised if the drawer or the like is a heavy server of computer. In such case, it usually takes two persons to get the job done. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006] The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a fast mounting mechanism for a telescoping slide to overcome those shortcomings found with the prior art. To achieve the purpose, the slide comprises an inner rail and an outer rail as a minimum. To incorporate with the drawer or the like, the inner rail is provided with at least two mounting holes, and a positioning member and a release member closer to one of the mounting holes. The mounting hole contains a vertical channel and a horizontal channel connecting through each other. The positioning member is a resilient strap with a first end locked to the inner side of the inner rail and a second end provided with a protruding bit in the direction of facing the horizontal channel of the mounting hole. The release member is disposed on the inner side of the inner rail to slide in relation with and push against the positioning member for the protruding bit to move away in opposite direction in relation to the inner side of the inner rail. Bolts are disposed on each side of the drawer or the like corresponding in position to the mounting holes. Each bolt has a head in a diameter larger than that of the bolt. Accordingly, when the drawer or the like has its bolt to snap into the mounting hole, and then slides into the horizontal channel of the mounting hole, the head of the bolt automatically holds against and is interlocked in position with the protruding bit of the positioning member. To remove the drawer or the like, slide the release member towards and holing against the positioning member to release the head of the bolt from the protruding bit; in turn the bolt retreats from the mounting hole while pushing the release member back to its original place. [0007] Accordingly, when compared to the prior art, the present invention provides the following advantages: [0008] 1. The release member maintains the status of sliding to hold against the positioning member without continuing to apply force from the fingers for the user to have both hands free to hold the drawer or the like to directly remove the drawer or the like by moving its bolt. [0009] 2. While moving the bolt out of the mounting hole to remove the drawer or the like from the slide, the bolt automatically pushes the release member to its original place without using the fingers to push the release member. Consequently, if mounting the drawer or the like to the slide is desired once again, the positioning member is ready to automatically retain the drawer or the like in position upon snapping the bolt into the mounting hole. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0010] FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0011] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the primary construction of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0012] FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing an assembly of the primary construction of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0013] FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the mounting procedure of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0014] FIG. 5 is another schematic view showing the mounting procedure of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0015] FIG. 6 is another schematic view showing the mounting procedure of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0016] FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing completion of the mounting of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0017] FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing operation of a release member of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0018] FIG. 9 is another schematic view showing operation of the release member of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0019] FIG. 10 is another schematic view showing operation of the release member of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0020] FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a local change made to the construction of the release member of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0021] FIG. 12 is an exploded view of the primary construction of another preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0022] FIG. 13 is a sectional view showing an assembly of the primary construction of another preferred embodiment of the present invention. [0023] FIG. 14 is a schematic view showing operation of another preferred embodiment of the present invention. Continue reading about Fast mounting mechanism for a telescoping slide... 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