Slide brackets

Claim 1

A slide bracket comprising first and second elongated members mounted for relative longitudinal sliding movement, said members including respective opposed side walls shaped to define longitudinal ball bearing tracks, ball bearings mounted in said tracks for facilitating the relative longitudinal sliding movement of said members, groove means in at least one of said members spaced from said tracks for providing longitudinal hinge action for said members to confer lateral deflectability for said side walls of said tracks to minimize retarding pressure of said walls with the ball bearings and noise resulting therefrom, said members having relative longitudinal movement in a first main section and in a second end braking section, said track extending continuously along said first and second sections, and means in said end braking section for gradually overriding said longitudinal hinge action in said end braking section as said members approach a position of maximum relative longitudinal extension, said means for overriding the longitudinal hinge action being constituted by a reduced spacing between the side walls of the ball bearing tracks, said reduced spacing between the side walls of the ball bearing tracks being obtained by a narrowing taper between the side walls of the outer member in said end braking section.