Slide bearing assembly

Claim 1

A SLIDE BEARING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: A RESILIENTLY DEFORMABLE CHANNEL HAVING A BASE AND OPPOSING SIDES WITH INWARDLY TURNED LIPS ALONG THE MARGINAL EDGES THEREOF; A SLIDE HAVING A DOVETAIL PORTION STATIONED WITHIN SAID CHANNEL BETWEEN SAID OPPOSING SIDES; A PAIR OF STRAIGHT, CYLINDRICAL RODS EACH TRAPPED BETWEEN A DOVETAIL SURFACE OF SAID SLIDE AND A SIDE AND LIP OF SAID CHANNEL TO MOUNT SAID SLIDE FOR LONGITUDINAL SLIDING MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID CHANNEL; A BACKING PLATE SUBSTANTIALLY LONGITUDINALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH SAID CHANNEL HAVING A CORRESPONDINGLY LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDED RECESS IN ONE OF ITS SIDES; AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID BASE OF SAID CHANNEL TO SAID BACKING PLATE OVER SAID RECESS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SCREWS CONNECTED TO A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED CENTER POINTS OF SAID BASE AND PASSING THROUGH SAID RECESS INTO SAID BACKING PLATE SUCH THAT TIGHTENING OF SAID SCREW RESILIENTLY DEFORMS SAID BASE OF SAID CHANNEL INTO A TRANSVERSE CURVE AND THEREBY DISPLACES SAID OPPOSING SIDES INWARDLY TOWARD EACH OTHER THEREBY VARYING THE PRESSURE ON SAID RODS AGAINST SAID DOVETAIL SURFACES OF SAID SLIDE.