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Claim 1

A DRAWER SLIDE, COMPRISING: (A) AN OUTER CHANNEL SHAPED SLIDE MEMBER STAMPED FROM SHEET METAL AND HAVING A CENTRAL LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING BODY, (A) OUTWARDLY AND LATERALLY INCLINED EDGE PORTIONS EACH TERMINATING IN LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING BALL RACES CONCAVO-CONVEX IN CROSS SECTION WITH THE CONCAVE SIDES FACING EACH OTHER IN OPPOSED RELATIONSHIP, (B) A LATERALLY EXTENDING FLANGE AT ONE END OF SAID BODY TURNED INWARDLY BUT BEING OF LESS LENGTH THAN THE WIDTH OF THE CHANNEL SHAPED OUTER MEMBER AND OF LESS WIDTH THE DEPTH OF THE OUTER MEMBER, (C) AND AN INTURNED TONGUE ADJACENT THE END OPPOSITE AND FLANGE; (B) AN INNER CHANNEL SHAPED SLIDE MEMBER FORMED OF SHEET MATERIAL HAVING A CENTRAL PORTION AND LATERALLY TURNED EDGE PORTION FORMING BALL RACES EXTENDING INM THE SAME DIRECTION AND OF CONCAVE-CONVEX CROSS SECTION WITH THE CONCAVE SIDES FACING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AND TOWARD THE BALL RACES OF THE OUTER MEMBER AND ALIGNED THEREWITH, (A) AND AN INTURNIED FLANGE ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE FLANGE OF THE OUTER MEMBER WHEN SAID MEMBERS ARE FULLY TELESCOPED; (C) A BALL RETAINER OF CHANNEL SHAPE, THERE BEING A CENTRAL LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING PORTION FROM THE SIDE EDGES OF WHICH SIDE WALLS EXTEND IN PARALLEL LATERALLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP, (A) SAID SIDE WALL HAVING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED, ALIGNED BALL OPENINGS THEREIN, SAID OPENINGS BEING OF SMALLER DIAMETER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE BALLS; (D) AND A BALL FOR SAID OPENINGS POSITIONED AT THE OUTER SIDES OF SAID SIDE WALLS OF THE BALL RETAINER, SAID BALL RETAINER BEING OPERABLY DISPOSED IN SAID OUTER MEMBER FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE FLANGE OF SAID OUTER MEMBER AND THE TONGUE, THE BALLS BEING OPERABLY DISPOSED IN THE BALL RACES OF THE OUTER MEMBER AND HELD THEREIN WITH SLIGHT PRESSURE BY THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID RETAINER, THE INNER SLIDE MEMBERS BEING TELESCOPICALLY DISPOSED IN THE OUTER SLIDE MEMBER WITH BALLS ALSO OPERABLY DISPOSED WITHIN THE RACES OF SAID INNER MEMBER, THE ENDS OF SAID SLIDE MEMBERS OPPOSITE THE END FLANGES THEREOF BEING OPEN AND SAID MEMBERS BEING SLIDABLE APART AGAINST FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE OF THE BALLS AGAINST THE RACES OF THE INNER MEMBER WHEN THE BALL RETAINER IS STOPPED BY THE FLANGE OF THE OUTER SLIDE MEMBER, SAID MEBERS BEING TELESCOPICALLY MOVABLE TO THE FULLY TELESCOPE POSITION AGAINST SUCH FRICTION WHEN THE RETAINER IS HELD AGAINST LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT BY THE TONGUE OF THE OUTER MEMBER; (E) AND LOCATOR MEMBERR SECURED TO THE INNER SLIDE MEMBER ADJACENT THE OPEN END THEREOF FOR GUIDING SAID MEMBER IN THE OUTER MEMBER WHEN TELESCOPING SAID MEMBERS TOGETHER.