Information
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Patent Grant
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6749275
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Patent Number
6,749,275
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Date Filed
Friday, June 21, 200222 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, June 15, 200420 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
- Mai; Lanna
- Anderson; Jerry A.
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 312 350
- 292 26
- 292 97
- 292 123
- 292 197
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A telescoping slide support assembly includes a telescoping slide assembly, a vertical rack for use in an equipment cabinet, and a quick-mount support coupled to a stationary slide included in the telescoping slide assembly. The quick-mount support includes a movable retainer and a linkage for moving the movable retainer about a pivot axis to facilitate coupling and uncoupling of the quick-mount support and the vertical rack.
Description
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY
The present disclosure relates to telescoping slide assemblies, and particularly to telescoping slide assemblies mounted on racks to support a piece of equipment for movement relative to the rack. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to bracket systems for mounting telescoping slide assemblies on racks included in an equipment cabinet.
A telescoping slide assembly support system comprises a telescoping slide assembly, a vertical rack for use in an equipment cabinet, and a quick-mount support coupled to a stationary slide included in the telescoping slide assembly. The quick-mount support is configured to be coupled quickly and easily to the vertical rack to facilitate mounting the stationary slide included in the telescoping slide assembly in a fixed position relative to the vertical rack. A load-carrying slide also included in the telescoping slide can be coupled to a piece of equipment to support that equipment for movement relative to the vertical rack first into and out of the equipment cabinet.
In an illustrative embodiment, the quick-mount support includes a fixed retainer adapted to extend into a first retainer aperture formed in the vertical rack and a movable retainer adapted to extend into a second retainer aperture formed in the vertical rack. The quick-mount support further includes a linkage configured to move the movable retainer toward and away from the fixed retainer, at the option of a user gripping and manipulating the linkage, while a retainer lug portion of that movable retainer extends through the second retainer aperture formed in the vertical rack to mate and unmate the retainer lug portion and the vertical rack. The stationary slide can be separated from the vertical rack when the retainer lug portion of the movable retainer and the vertical rack are unmated. The stationary slide cannot be separated from the vertical rack when the retainer lug portion of the movable retainer and the vertical rack are mated.
Features of the present disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments exemplifying the best mode of carrying out the disclosure as presently perceived.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The detailed description particularly refers to the accompanying figures in which:
FIG. 1
is a perspective view showing a piece of equipment mounted on two fully extended telescoping slide assemblies that are mounted on vertical racks provided inside a cabinet to enable a technician to move the piece of equipment easily into and out of the cabinet;
FIG. 2
is a partial perspective view of the cabinet of
FIG. 1
, with portions broken away, showing the piece of equipment located inside the cabinet owing to the full retraction of the telescoping slide assemblies inside the cabinet and showing two forward vertical racks and a series of retainer apertures formed in each of the forward vertical racks wherein two retainers associated with a quick-mount support coupled to a “left-side” slide assembly extend into two of the retainer apertures formed in a left-side forward vertical rack and two retainers associated with a quick-mount support coupled to a “right-side” slide assembly extend into two of the retainer apertures formed in a right-side forward vertical rack;
FIG. 3
is a sectional view taken along line
3
—
3
of
FIG. 2
after the piece of equipment has been moved on the telescoping slide assemblies a short distance out of the cabinet showing a pair of spaced-apart three-part telescoping slide assemblies, a piece of equipment mounted therebetween, and four quick-mount supports and showing that each quick-mount support is coupled to one of the forward and rearward vertical racks and to a nearby portion of one of the telescoping slide assemblies to anchor the slide assemblies to the vertical racks;
FIG. 4
is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the right-side forward vertical rack, a portion of the three-part telescoping slide assembly associated with that vertical rack, and various components that can be assembled as shown, for example, in
FIG. 5
, to produce a quick-mount support in accordance with a first embodiment of this disclosure;
FIG. 5
is an enlarged perspective view of the quick-mount support of
FIG. 4
after it has been assembled and mounted on one end of a stationary slide included in the three-part telescoping slide assembly and showing a pivotable retainer having a retainer lug extending through an aperture formed in a mounting bracket, a fixed retainer located below the pivotable retainer, a pivotable actuator provided with a finger grip, and a driver pivotably coupled to the retainer and actuator to cause the retainer to pivot about its pivot axis to move the retainer lug up or down in the mounting bracket aperture in response to pivoting movement of the actuator about its pivot axis;
FIG. 6
is a side elevation view of the quick-mount support of
FIG. 5
shown in a fixed position on the stationary slide of the telescoping slide assembly and showing the location of the fixed retainer below the pivotable retainer;
FIG. 7
is a top plan view of the quick-mount support and stationary slide of
FIG. 6
;
FIG. 8
is an end elevation view of the quick-mount support and telescoping slide assembly of
FIGS. 6 and 7
;
FIG. 9
is an elevation view of the vertical rack shown in
FIG. 4
showing four retainer apertures;
FIG. 10
is a sectional view taken along line
10
—
10
of
FIG. 9
showing the quick-support mount before it is coupled to the perforated front wall of the vertical rack and showing the retainer lug in a lowered position poised to pass into one of the retainer apertures formed in the perforated front wall of the vertical rack;
FIG. 11
is a sectional view similar to
FIG. 10
showing movement of the mounting bracket to engage the perforated front wall of the vertical rack and to extend the lowered retainer lug of the pivotable retainer into one of the retainer apertures formed in the front wall of the vertical rack and to extend the fixed retainer into another of the retainer apertures;
FIG. 12
is a sectional view similar to
FIGS. 10 and 11
showing counterclockwise pivoting movement of the actuator to move the driver to pivot the retainer in a clockwise direction to move the retainer lug to a “raised and locked” position in the retainer aperture formed in the perforated front wall of the vertical rack;
FIG. 13
is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the right-side forward vertical rack, a portion of the three-part telescoping slide assembly associated with that vertical rack, and various components that can be assembled as shown, for example, in
FIG. 14
to produce a quick-mount support in accordance with a second embodiment of this disclosure;
FIG. 14
is an enlarged perspective view of the quick-mount support of
FIG. 13
after it has been assembled and mounted on one end of a stationary slide included in the three-part telescoping slide assembly and showing a fixed retainer having a downwardly turned retainer lug extending through a slot formed in a mounting bracket, a pivotable retainer having an upwardly turned retainer lug extending through the mounting bracket slot, a pivotable actuator provided with a finger grip, and a driver pivotably coupled to the pivotable retainer and actuator to cause the pivotable retainer to pivot about its pivot axis to move the upwardly turned retainer lug up or down in the mounting bracket slot in response to pivoting movement of the actuator about its pivot axis;
FIG. 15
is a side elevation view of the quick-mount support of
FIG. 14
shown in a fixed position on the stationary slide of the telescoping slide assembly;
FIG. 16
is a sectional view of the quick-mount support and telescoping slide assembly taken along line
16
—
16
of
FIG. 15
;
FIG. 17
is an elevation view of the vertical rack shown in
FIG. 13
showing four retainer apertures;
FIG. 18
is a sectional view taken along line
18
—
18
of
FIG. 17
showing the quick-support mount before it is coupled to the perforated front wall of the vertical rack and showing the upwardly turned retainer lug in a “lowered and unlocked” position poised to pass into one of the retainer apertures formed in the front wall of the vertical rack;
FIG. 19
is a sectional view similar to
FIG. 18
showing movement of the mounting bracket to engage the perforated front wall of the vertical rack and to extend the lowered upwardly turned retainer lug of the pivotable retainer into one of the retainer apertures formed in the front wall of the vertical rack and to extend the downwardly turned retainer lug of the fixed retainer into another of the retainer apertures; and
FIG. 20
is a sectional view similar to
FIGS. 18 and 19
showing counterclockwise pivoting movement of the actuator to move the driver to pivot the pivotable retainer in a clockwise direction to move the upwardly turned retainer lug to a raised and locked position in the retainer aperture formed in the perforated front wall of the vertical rack.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
An equipment cabinet
10
includes an interior region
12
adapted to store equipment therein as shown, for example, in
FIGS. 1 and 2
. A piece of equipment
14
is mounted on a pair of spaced-apart telescoping slide assemblies
16
for movement thereon between a fully extended position away from cabinet
10
as shown in
FIG. 1 and a
fully retracted position within cabinet
10
as shown in FIG.
2
. Vertical racks
18
are mounted in cabinet
10
as shown, for example, in
FIGS. 1-3
and telescoping slide assemblies
16
are mounted to these vertical racks
18
using the quick-mount support system disclosed herein.
Each vertical rack
18
includes a forwardly facing surface
20
, a rearwardly facing surface
22
, and a series of retainer apertures
23
,
24
,
25
, etc., as shown, for example, in FIGS.
4
and
9
-
12
. Each vertical rack
18
is coupled to equipment cabinet
10
and positioned to lie in the interior region
12
as shown, for example, in FIG.
3
. It is within the scope of this disclosure to configure and orient rack
18
to support slide assemblies in a wide variety of locations within cabinet
10
. In many instances, rack
18
will have a “vertical” orientation but other orientations fall within the scope of this disclosure.
Telescoping slide assembly
16
includes any suitable number of slides. In the illustrations, telescoping slide assembly
16
includes interconnected load-carrying slide
26
, intermediate slide
28
, and stationary slide
30
. These slides
26
,
28
, and
30
are movable relative to one another to extend and retract load-carrying slide
26
relative to stationary slide
30
between fully extended and retracted positions as suggested in
FIGS. 1 and 2
. Piece of equipment
14
is coupled to spaced-apart load-carrying slides
26
in any suitable manner as shown, for example, in FIG.
3
. It is within the scope of this disclosure to omit intermediate slide
28
or add additional intermediate slides (not shown).
A pair of quick-mount supports
11
is provided so that each end of each stationary slide
30
can be mounted to an adjacent vertical rack
18
quickly and easily. Thus, the telescoping slide assemblies
16
used to support equipment
14
are positioned to lie in spaced-apart parallel relation to one another in fixed positions on vertical racks
18
.
A quick-mount support
11
in accordance with a first embodiment of this disclosure is shown in
FIGS. 4-12
and a quick-mount support
211
in accordance with a second embodiment of this disclosure is shown in
FIGS. 13-20
. Each of quick-mount supports
11
,
211
can be operated quickly and easily by a technician provided with access to interior region
12
of equipment cabinet
10
to couple quick-mount support
11
to vertical rack
18
as shown in
FIGS. 10-12
and to couple quick-mount support
211
to vertical rack
18
as shown in
FIGS. 18-20
.
Quick-mount support
11
includes a slide support bracket
32
coupled to stationary slide
30
and formed to include a series of retainer apertures
33
,
34
, and
35
, as shown, for example, in
FIGS. 4 and 5
. Quick-mount support
11
further includes a fixed retainer
36
mounted in retainer aperture
33
and adapted to extend into first retainer aperture
23
formed in vertical rack
18
when slide support bracket
32
is mated to vertical rack
18
. Quick-mount support
11
also includes a movable retainer
38
and a retainer mover linkage
40
configured to move movable retainer
38
between raised and lowered positions in a retainer passageway defined by aligned retainer apertures
25
,
35
(when operated by a technician) when slide support bracket
32
is mated to vertical rack
18
so that quick-mount support
11
can be coupled to and uncoupled from vertical rack
18
quickly and easily in a manner suggested in
FIGS. 10-12
.
Slide support bracket
32
includes a slide mount portion
42
coupled to stationary slide
30
and a rack mount portion
44
arranged to lie at an angle
46
to slide mount portion
42
as shown, for example, in
FIGS. 3-6
. Fasteners
48
can be arranged to extend through apertures or position-adjustment slot
50
formed in slide mount portion
42
to engage stationary slide
30
so that slide support bracket
32
is mounted in a fixed position on one end of stationary slide
30
. In one embodiment, angle
46
is about 90° and slide support bracket
32
is a monolithic element wherein slide and rack mount portions
42
,
44
are formed of one material (e.g., metal).
Rack mount portion
44
includes a forwardly facing surface
52
and a rearwardly facing surface
54
as shown, for example, in
FIGS. 4-6
. Forwardly facing surface
52
of rack mount portion
44
is arranged to lie in mating relation to rearwardly facing surface
22
of vertical rack
18
to align a retainer aperture
25
in vertical rack
18
with the retainer aperture
35
formed in rack mount portion
40
to form a retainer passageway
25
,
35
extending from forwardly facing surface
30
of vertical rack
18
to rearwardly facing surface
54
of rack mount portion
44
as shown for example, in
FIGS. 5 and 6
. It is within the scope of this disclosure to place an intervening element between rack mount portion
44
and vertical rack
18
so long as a retainer passageway
25
,
35
is provided to receive movable retainer
38
therein to anchor rack mount portion
44
to vertical rack
18
.
As shown best in
FIG. 4
, fixed retainer
36
includes a post
56
appended to a base
58
. In a mounted position on rack mount portion
44
of slide support bracket
32
, base
58
is placed against rearwardly facing surface
54
of rack mount portion
44
and post
56
is arranged to extend through retainer aperture
33
as shown, for example, in FIG.
5
. Post
56
is formed to include a body
55
and a turned-out lug
57
. Post
56
also includes an inclined, frustoconical cam ramp
61
. When rack mount portion
44
is mated with vertical rack
18
, post
56
extends through retainer aperture
23
formed in vertical rack
18
as shown, for example, in
FIGS. 11 and 12
. Lug
57
includes a rearwardly facing surface
59
that is arranged to mate with forwardly facing surface
20
of vertical rack
18
.
As shown best in
FIG. 4
, movable retainer
38
includes a base
60
, a retainer lug
62
including a lug body
64
and a lug head
66
, and a mid-section
68
interconnecting base
60
and lug body
64
. Retainer lug body
64
is sized to move into retainer passageway
25
,
35
during coupling and uncoupling of quick-mount support
11
and vertical rack
18
as suggested in
FIGS. 5
,
10
, and
11
. Retainer lug body
64
is also sized to move back and forth in that retainer passageway
25
,
35
between a “lowered and unlocked position” shown, for example, in
FIG. 11 and a
“raised and locked position” shown, for example, in FIG.
12
. In the lowered position, retainer lug
62
is arranged to pass into and out of its companion retainer passageway
25
,
35
easily under the control of a technician engaged in the business of coupling or uncoupling quick-mount support
11
from a companion vertical rack
18
. In the raised position, a rearwardly facing surface
69
on lug head
66
is arranged to mate with forwardly facing surface
20
of vertical rack
18
(as suggested in
FIG. 12
) to block movement of lug head
66
(and thus retainer lug
62
of movable retainer
38
) through retainer passageway
25
,
35
so as to prevent uncoupling of quick-mount support
11
and vertical rack
18
.
Lug head
66
is formed to include inclined cam surface
67
. Inclined cam surface
67
is arranged to engage an edge formed on vertical rack
18
to define retainer aperture
25
and to urge movable retainer
38
in a direction
61
(see
FIG. 10
) toward the lowered and unlocked position during movement of movable retainer
38
in retainer aperture
25
.
Retainer mover linkage
40
is configured to be used by a technician to move retainer lug
62
quickly and easily to either its lowered or raised position. In the illustrated embodiment, retainer mover linkage
40
includes a pivotable actuator
70
and a driver
72
pivotably coupled to the pivotable actuator
70
and, for example, mid-section
68
of movable retainer
38
to cause movable retainer
38
to pivot about a retainer pivot axis
74
established by pivot mount
76
to move retainer lug body
64
in retainer passageway
25
,
35
between the lowered and raised positions in response to pivoting movement of pivotable actuator
70
about an actuator pivot axis
78
established by pivot mount
80
. In the embodiment illustrated in
FIGS. 4-12
, pivot mounts
76
,
80
are coupled to slide mount portion
42
of slide support bracket
32
. Base
60
of movable retainer
38
is arranged to intercept retainer pivot axis
74
and base
82
of pivotable actuator
70
is arranged to intercept actuator pivot axis
78
as suggested in FIG.
4
.
Pivotable actuator
70
includes a base
82
formed to include an aperture
81
receiving pivot mount
80
therein, a hand-grip portion
84
(which can be formed with an out-turned lip
85
as shown in
FIG. 4
or formed without such a lip as shown in FIG.
13
), and a mid-section
86
interconnecting base
82
and hand-grip portion
84
. Pivot mount
80
extends into an aperture
87
formed in slide mount portion
42
as suggested in FIG.
4
.
One end of driver
72
is mounted on a pivot mount
88
arranged to extend through apertures formed in each of driver
72
and mid-section
86
of pivotable actuator
70
. Another end of driver
72
is mounted on a pivot mount
90
arranged to extend through apertures formed in each of driver
72
and mid-section
68
of movable retainer
38
. Driver
72
is positioned to lie in a space between movable retainer
38
and pivotable actuator
70
as shown, for example, in FIG.
5
.
As shown in the sequence illustrated in
FIGS. 10-12
, fixed retainer
36
is arranged to extend through a first retainer aperture
23
formed in vertical rack
18
and movable retainer
38
, while retainer lug
62
occupies its lowered position, is arranged to extend through a second retainer aperture
25
formed in vertical rack
18
as the quick-mount support
11
on stationary slide
30
is coupled to vertical rack
18
. Once retainers
36
,
38
extend through retainer apertures
23
,
25
as shown, for example, in
FIG. 11
, a technician uses retainer mover linkage
40
to pivot movable retainer
38
about retainer pivot axis
74
in direction
92
through an acute angle from the lowered position shown in
FIG. 11
to the raised position shown in FIG.
12
. To this end, the technician pivots pivotable actuator
70
about actuator pivot axis
78
in direction
94
to move driver
72
to cause movable retainer
38
to move as described and shown.
As shown best in
FIGS. 4 and 5
, slide support bracket
32
further includes a pair of locator arms
95
,
96
arranged to lie in spaced-apart parallel relation to one another to receive the movable retainer
38
(e.g., lug body
64
) therebetween. Each of locator arms
95
,
96
is coupled to rack mount portion
44
and arranged to extend away from forwardly facing surface
52
of rack mount portion
44
into the second retainer aperture
25
formed in vertical rack
18
and to lie in side-by-side relation to retainer lug body
64
of movable retainer
38
.
Quick-mount support
11
further includes a connector
97
arranged to pass through aligned connector retainer apertures
24
,
34
formed, respectively, in each of vertical rack
18
and rack mount portion
44
. Connector
97
and fastener
98
are configured to secure rack mount portion
44
in a fixed position relative to vertical rack
18
as shown, for example, in FIG.
12
.
In the embodiment of
FIGS. 13-20
, rack mount portion
44
is formed to include a vertical slot
225
sized to receive fixed retainer
36
and movable retainer
38
therein. Connector
97
extends through retainer aperture
223
formed in rack mount portion
44
below slot
225
to engage fastener
98
. In this embodiment, quick-mount support
211
includes a base plate
200
coupled to slide mount portion
42
of slide support bracket
32
in
FIGS. 13-16
. Base plate
200
is positioned to lie between slide mount portion
42
and movable retainer
38
and movable retainer
38
is positioned to lie between base plate
200
and driver
72
. Fixed retainer
36
in the embodiment of
FIGS. 13-20
includes inclined cam surface
267
.
Fixed retainer
36
is coupled to base plate
200
as shown, for example, in
FIG. 13
, and arranged to extend through retainer aperture (vertical slot)
225
formed in rack mount portion
44
. Movable retainer
38
also passes through retainer aperture
225
. Pivot mount
76
is coupled to base plate
200
to establish retainer pivot axis
74
for movable retainer
38
and pivot mount
80
is also coupled to base plate
200
to establish actuator pivot axis
78
for pivotable axis
78
.
Claims
- 1. A telescoping slide assembly support system comprisinga telescoping slide assembly including load-carrying and stationary slides movable relative to one another to extend and retract the load-carrying slide relative to the stationary slide between fully extended and retracted positions, a vertical rack formed to include a series of retainer apertures, and a quick-mount support coupled to the stationary slide, the quick-mount support includes a fixed retainer arranged to extend through a first of the retainer apertures, a movable retainer arranged to extend through a second of the retainer apertures and mounted for pivotable movement about a retainer pivot axis through an acute angle between a lowered and unlocked position arranged to lie in the second of the retainer apertures at a first distance from the fixed retainer and a raised and locked position arranged to lie in the second of the retainer apertures at a greater, second distance from the fixed retainer, and a first locator arm arranged to extend through the second of the retainer apertures and to lie in side-by-side relation to the movable retainer.
- 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the quick-mount support further includes a second locator arm arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first locator arm to receive the movable retainer therebetween.
- 3. The system of claim 2, wherein the quick-mount support further includes a rack mount portion coupled to the first and second locator arms and a forwardly facing surface of the rack mount portion is arranged to lie in mating relation to a rearwardly facing surface of the vertical rack to place a retainer apertige formed in the rack mount portion in alignment with the second of the retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack to form a retainer passageway containing a portion of the movable retainer as the movable retainer moves between the raised and locked position and the lowered and unlocked position.
- 4. The system of claim 3, wherein the quick-mount support further includes a slide mount portion arranged to lie at an angle to the rack mount portion and the movable retainer is mounted for pivotable movement to the slide mount portion.
- 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the movable retainer includes a lug with a body arranged to extend through the second of the retainer apertures when the movable retainer is located in the lowered and unlocked position and the retainer lug further includes a head having rearwardly facing surface arranged to mate with a forwardly facing surface of the vertical rack upon movement of the movable retainer in the retainer passageway to the raised and locked position to block movement of the head of the retainer lug through the second of the retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack.
- 6. The system of claim 5, wherein the head of the retainer lug is formed to include an inclined cam surface arranged to engage an edge formed on the vertical rack to define the second of the retainer apertures and to urge the movable retainer in a direction toward the lowered and unlocked position during movement of the movable retainer into the second of the retainer apertures.
- 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the quick-mount support further includes a connector arranged to pass through aligned connector apertures formed in each of the vertical rack and the rack mount portion and configured to secure the rack mount portion in a fixed position relative to the vertical rack.
- 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the connector is positioned to lie in a location between the retainer passageway and the fixed retainer.
- 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the quick-mount support further includes a slide support bracket including a slide mount portion coupled to the stationary slide and a rack mount portion arranged to lie at an angle to the slide mount portion, a forwardly facing surface of the rack mount portion is arranged to lie in mating relation to a rearwardly facing surface of the vertical rack to place a retainer aperture formed in the rack mount portion in alignment with the second of the retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack to form a retainer passageway containing a portion of the movable retainer as the movable retainer moves between the raised and locked position and the lowered and unlocked position.
- 10. A telescoping slide assembly support system comprisinga telescoping slide assembly including load-carrying and stationary slides movable relative to one another to extend and retract the load-carrying slide relative to the stationary slide between fully extended and retracted positions, a vertical rack formed to include a series of retainer apertures, and a quick-mount support coupled to the stationary slide, the quick-mount support includes a fixed retainer arranged to extend through a first of the retainer apertures and a movable retainer arranged to extend through a second of the retainer apertures and mounted for pivotable movement about a retainer pivot axis through an acute angle between a lowered and unlocked position arranged to lie in the second of the retainer apertures at a first distance from the fixed retainer and a raised and locked position arranged to lie in the second of the retainer apertures at a greater, second distance from the fixed retainer, wherein the movable retainer includes a retainer lug configured to extend through the second of the retainer apertures when the movable retainer is located in the lowered and unlocked position and to mate with a forwardly facing surface on the vertical rack when the movable retainer is located in the raised and locked position and the quick-mount support further includes mover means engaging with and moving the movable retainer to the lowered and unlocked position to permit movement of the retainer lug into and out of the second of the retainer apertures during coupling and uncoupling of the quick-mount support and the vertical rack and to the raised and locked position to mate the retainer lug and the vertical rack to block uncoupling of the quick-mount support and the vertical rack.
- 11. The system of claim 10, wherein the retainer lug is formed to include an inclined cam surface arranged to engage an edge formed on the vertical rack to define the second of the retainer apertures and to urge the movable retainer in a direction toward the lowered and unlocked position during movement of the movable retainer into the second of the retainer apertures.
- 12. A telescoping slide assembly support system comprisinga telescoping slide assembly including load-carrying and stationary slides movable relative to one another to extend and retract the load-carrying slide relative to the stationary slide between fully extended and retracted positions, a vertical rack formed to include a series of retainer apertures, and a quick-mount support coupled to the stationary slide, the quick-mount support includes a fixed retainer arranged to extend through a first of the retainer apertures and a movable retainer arranged to extend through a second of the retainer apertures and mounted for pivotable movement about a retainer pivot axis through an acute angle between a lowered and unlocked position arranged to lie in the second of the retainer apertures at a first distance from the fixed retainer and a raised and locked position arranged to lie in the second of the retainer apertures at a greater, second distance from the fixed retainer, wherein the movable retainer includes a retainer lug configured to extend through the second of the retainer apertures when the movable retainer is located in the lowered and unlocked position and to mate with a forwardly facing surface on the vertical rack when the movable retainer is located in the raised and locked position and the quick-mount support further includes mover means for moving the movable retainer to the lowered and unlocked position to permit movement of the retainer lug into and out of the second of the retainer apertures during coupling and uncoupling of the quick-mount support and the vertical rack and to the raised and locked position to mate the retainer lug and the vertical rack to block uncoupling of the quick-mount support and the vertical rack, the mover means including a pivotable actuator provided with a finger grip and a driver pivotably coupled to the pivotable actuator and movable retainer to cause the movable retainer to pivot about the retainer pivot axis to move a portion of the retainer lug in the second of the retainer apertures in response to pivoting movement of the pivotable actuator about an actuator pivot axis.
- 13. The system of claim 12, wherein the driver is positioned to lie between the movable retainer and a portion of the pivotable actuator.
- 14. The system of claim 12, wherein the movable retainer further includes a base arranged to intercept the retainer pivot axis and a mid-section interconnecting the retainer lug and the base and the driver is pivotably coupled to the mid-section of the movable retainer.
- 15. The system of claim 12, wherein the quick-mount support further includes a slide support bracket including a slide mount portion coupled to the stationary slide and a rack mount portion formed to include a retainer aperture and arranged to lie at an angle to the slide mount portion and to lie in mating relation to the vertical rack to align the retainer aperture formed in the rack mount portion with the second of the retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack to define a retainer passageway receiving the retainer lug therein, the fixed retainer is coupled to the rack mount portion, the pivotable actuator is coupled to the slide mount portion to pivot about the actuator pivot, and the movable retainer is positioned to lie between the driver and the slide mount portion.
- 16. The system of claim 12, wherein the quick-mount support further includes a slide support bracket including a slide mount portion coupled to the stationary slide and a rack mount portion formed to include first and second retainer apertures and arranged to lie at an angle to the slide mount portion and to lie in mating relation to the vertical rack to align the second retainer aperture formed in the rack mount portion with the second of the retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack to define a retainer passageway receiving the retainer lug therein, the quick-mount support further includes a base plate coupled to the slide support bracket, the fixed retainer is coupled to the base plate and arranged to extend through the first retainer aperture formed in the rack mount portion to reach the first of the retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack, the base plate is positioned to lie between the slide mount portion and the movable retainer, and the movable retainer is positioned to lie between the base plate and the driver.
- 17. A telescoping slide assembly support system comprisinga telescoping slide assembly including load-carrying and stationary slides movable relative to one another to extend and retract the load-carrying slide relative to the stationary slide between fully extended and retracted positions, a vertical rack formed to include a set of retainer apertures, and a quick-mount support coupled to the stationary slide, the quick-mount support including a movable retainer mounted for pivotable movement relative to the stationary slide about a retainer pivot axis through an acute angle between a mated position and an unmated position, the movable retainer including a base arranged to intercept the retainer pivot axis, a retainer lug having a body arranged to extend through one of the retainer apertures and a head coupled to the body and arranged to mate with a forwardly facing surface of the vertical rack upon movement of the movable retainer to the mated position and to unmate from the forwardly facing surface of the vertical rack upon movement of the movable retainer to the unmated position, the quick-mount support further including mover means engaging with and moving the movable retainer to the unmated position to permit movement of the head of the retainer lug into and out of said one of the retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack during coupling and uncoupling of the quick-mount support and the vertical rack and to the mated position to mate the head of the retainer lug and the forwardly facing surface of the vertical rack to block uncoupling of the quick-mount support and the vertical rack.
- 18. A telescoping slide assembly support system comprisinga telescoping slide assembly including load-carrying and stationary slides movable relative to one another to extend and retract the load-carrying slide relative to the stationary slide between fully extended and retracted positions, a vertical rack formed to include a set of retainer apertures, and a quick-mount support coupled to the stationary slide, the quick-mount support including a movable retainer mounted for pivotable movement relative to the stationary slide about a retainer pivot axis through an acute angle between a mated position and an unmated position, the movable retainer including a base arranged to intercept the retainer pivot axis, a retainer lug having a body arranged to extend through one of the retainer apertures and a head coupled to the body and arranged to mate with a forwardly facing surface of the vertical rack upon movement of the movable retainer to the mated position and to unmate from the forwardly facing surface of the vertical rack upon movement of the movable retainer to the mated position, and a mid-section interconnecting the base and the body of the retainer lug, the quick-mount support further including a pivotable actuator provided with a finger grip and mounted for pivotable movement relative to the stationary slide about an actuator pivot axis and a driver pivotably coupled to the pivotable actuator and to the mid-section of the movable retainer to cause the movable retainer to move in one direction about the retainer pivot axis in response to movement of the pivotable actuator in another direction about the actuator pivot axis to move the movable retainer relative to the stationary slide and the vertical rack between the mated and unmated positions.
- 19. The system of claim 18, wherein the quick-mount support further includes a slide support bracket coupled to the stationary slide and arranged to lie in mating relation to the vertical rack to position a retainer aperture formed in the slide support bracket in alignment with said one of the retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack to define a retainer passageway receiving the body of the retainer lug therein and each of the movable retainer and the pivotable actuator is pivotably mounted on the slide support bracket.
- 20. The system of claim 19, wherein the slide support bracket includes a slide mount portion slidably coupled to the stationary slide and pivotably coupled to each of the movable retainer and the pivotable actuator and a rack mount portion formed to include the retainer aperture and the quick-mount support further includes a fixed retainer coupled to the rack mount portion and arranged to extend through another of the retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack.
- 21. The system of claim 19, wherein a forwardly facing surface of the slide support bracket is arranged to lie in mating relation to a rearwardly facing surface of the vertical rack to place the retainer aperture formed in the slide support bracket in alignment with said one of the retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack and the quick-mount support further includes a locator arm coupled to the slide support bracket and arranged to extend away from the forwardly facing surface of the slide support bracket into said one of the retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack and to lie in side-by-side relation to the body of the retainer lug.
- 22. A telescoping slide assembly support system comprisinga telescoping slide assembly including load-carrying and stationary slides movable relative to one another to extend and retract the load-carrying slide relative to the stationary slide between fully extended and retracted positions, a vertical rack formed to include a series of retainer apertures, and a quick-mount support coupled to the stationary slide, the quick-mount support includes a fixed retainer arranged to extend through a first of the retainer apertures and a movable retainer arranged to extend through a second of the retainer apertures and mounted for pivotable movement about a retainer pivot axis through an acute angle between a lowered and unlocked position arranged to lie in the second of the retainer apertures at a first distance from the fixed retainer and a raised and locked position arranged to lie in the second of the retainer apertures at a greater, second distance from the fixed retainer, wherein the quick-mount support further includes a slide support bracket including a slide mount portion coupled to the stationary slide and a rack mount portion arranged to lie at an angle to the slide mount portion, a forwardly facing surface of the rack mount portion is arranged to lie in mating relation to a rearwardly facing surface of the vertical rack to place a retainer aperture formed in the rack mount portion in alignment with the second of the retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack to form a retainer passageway containing a portion of the movable retainer as the movable retainer moves between the raised and locked position and the lowered and unlocked position, the slide support bracket further including a locator arm coupled to the rack mount portion and arranged to extend away from the forwardly facing surface of the rack mount portion into the second of the retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack and to lie in side-by-side relation to the movable retainer.
- 23. A telescoping slide assembly support system comprisinga telescoping slide assembly including load-carrying and stationary slides movable relative to one another to extend and retract the load-carrying slide relative to the stationary slide between fully extended and retracted positions, a vertical rack formed to include a series of retainer apertures, and a quick-mount support coupled to the stationary slide, the quick-mount support includes a fixed retainer arranged to extend through a first of the retainer apertures and a movable retainer arranged to extend through a second of the retainer apertures and mounted for pivotable movement about a retainer pivot axis through an acute angle between a lowered and unlocked position arranged to lie in the second of the retainer apertures at a first distance from the fixed retainer and a raised and locked position arranged to lie in the second of the retainer apertures at a greater, second distance from the fixed retainer, wherein the quick-mount support further includes a slide support bracket including a slide mount portion coupled to the stationary slide and a rack mount portion arranged to lie at an angle to the slide mount portion, a forwardly facing surface of the rack mount portion is arranged to lie in mating relation to a rearwardly facing surface of the vertical rack to place a retainer aperture formed in the rack mount portion in alignment with the second of the retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack to form a retainer passageway containing a portion of the movable retainer as the movable retainer moves between the raised and locked position and the lowered and unlocked position, the slide support bracket further including a pair of locator arms arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to one another to receive the movable retainer therebetween and each of the locator arms is coupled to the rack mount portion and arranged to extend away from the forwardly facing surface of the rack mount portion into the second of the retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack and to lie in side-by-side relation to the movable retainer.
- 24. A telescoping slide assembly support system comprisinga telescoping slide assembly including load-carrying and stationary slides movable relative to one another to extend and retract the load-carrying slide relative to the stationary slide between fully extended and retracted positions, a vertical rack formed to include a series of retainer apertures, and a quick-mount support coupled to the stationary slide, the quick-mount support includes a fixed retainer arranged to extend through a first of the retainer apertures and a movable retainer arranged to extend through a second of the retainer apertures and mounted for pivotable movement about a retainer pivot axis through an acute angle between a lowered and unlocked position arranged to lie in the second of the retainer apertures at a first distance from the fixed retainer and a raised and locked position arranged to lie in the second of the retainer apertures at a greater, second distance from the fixed retainer, wherein the movable retainer includes a retainer lug configured to extend through the second of the retainer apertures when the movable retainer is located in the lowered and unlocked position and to mate with a forwardly facing surface on the vertical rack when the movable retainer is located in the raised and locked position and the quick-mount support further includes mover means for moving the movable retainer to the lowered and unlocked position to permit movement of the retainer lug into and out of the second of the retainer apertures during coupling and uncoupling of the quick-mount support and the vertical rack and to the raised and locked position to mate the retainer lug and the vertical rack to block uncoupling of the quick-mount support and the vertical rack, the quick-mount support further including a slide support bracket coupled to the stationary slide and arranged to lie in mating relation to the vertical rack to position retainer apertures formed in the slide support bracket in alignment with retainer apertures formed in the vertical rack, the movable retainer is mounted to the slide support bracket for pivotable movement about a retainer pivot axis, and the mover means includes a pivotable actuator provided with a finger grip and mounted to the slide support bracket for pivotable movement about an actuator pivot axis and a driver pivotably coupled to the pivotable actuator and movable retainer to cause the movable retainer to move in clockwise direction about the retainer pivot axis in response to counterclockwise movement of the pivotable actuator about the actuator pivot axis.
- 25. The system of claim 24, wherein the movable retainer further includes a base arranged to intercept the retainer pivot axis and a mid-section interconnecting the retainer lug and the base and the driver is pivotably coupled to the mid-section of the movable retainer.
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817754 |
Jul 1969 |
CA |