Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
226 words
A sliding device for selectively sliding a member into and out of a support, said member having spaced opposite sides and said support having a chamber therein accommodating said member and having spaced opposite sides, said sides being parallel, said member sliding device comprising a pair of member channel members each affixed to a corresponding side of the member and opening outward toward the support; a pair of support channel members each affixed to a corresponding side of the support in the chamber and opening inward toward the member and positioned adjacent the corresponding member channel member, said channel members being positioned in parallel; a pair of extension bars each slidably positioned between a corresponding one of the member channel members and the adjacent support channel member, each of the channel members and each of the extension bars being shaped in a manner whereby each of said extension bars restrains the corresponding member channel member and support channel member in sliding next-adjacent relation; bores formed through the extension bars; and rollers rotatably mounted in the bores through the extension bars at predetermined angles of inclination with the sides of the member and the chamber of the support, said rollers extending beyond said bars, and each of said rollers abutting and rolling on part of a member channel member and part of the corresponding support channel member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
226 words
A sliding device for selectively sliding a member into and out of a support, said member having spaced opposite sides and said support having a chamber therein accommodating said member and having spaced opposite sides, said sides being parallel, said member sliding device comprising a pair of member channel members each affixed to a corresponding side of the member and opening outward toward the support; a pair of support channel members each affixed to a corresponding side of the support in the chamber and opening inward toward the member and positioned adjacent the corresponding member channel member, said channel members being positioned in parallel; a pair of extension bars each slidably positioned between a corresponding one of the member channel members and the adjacent support channel member, each of the channel members and each of the extension bars being shaped in a manner whereby each of said extension bars restrains the corresponding member channel member and support channel member in sliding next-adjacent relation; bores formed through the extension bars; and rollers rotatably mounted in the bores through the extension bars at predetermined angles of inclination with the sides of the member and the chamber of the support, said rollers extending beyond said bars, and each of said rollers abutting and rolling on part of a member channel member and part of the corresponding support channel member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A sliding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the channel members is of substantially C-shaped configuration with free arm ends extending toward each other and each of the extension bars has a pair of rounded notches in approximately 180° opposition for accommodating said free arm ends.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
61 words
A sliding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the rollers mounted in one of the extension bars is approximately centrally positioned therein and is inclined at approximately 45° with the plane of the bottom of the member and each of the rollers mounted in the other of the extension bars is inclined at approximately 135° with said plane.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A sliding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the member sliding into and out of the support comprises a utility device.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
A sliding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inner sliding member becomes the support and the outer support slides.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
A sliding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein only one half of the device comprising one of the two opposite sides is utilized, with a conventional approach used opposite it.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
A sliding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein more than two halves of the device comprising one of the two opposite sides are utilized.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A sliding device as claimed in claim 1, comprising a plurality of slides built into each other so that a support of one becomes the member of the other.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
A sliding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the member channel members are an integral part of the member and the support channel members are an integral part of the support.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
A sliding device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising end caps of slightly altered cross-section as that of the extension bar at the ends of the extension bars.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
A sliding device as claimed in claim 10, further comprising stops extending from the member and support channel members and engaging against the caps for limiting the movement of the extension bars out of the support beyond a predetermined point.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
A sliding device as claimed in claim 10, to provide the means whereby each said bar is severable to a desired length, with subsequent cap placement.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
A sliding device as claimed in claim 10, further comprising a specific shape of the end caps for promoting alignment of the member and the support.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
32 words
A sliding device as claimed in claim 13, further comprising ramps on the end caps for promoting smooth transition between tighter and looser alignment positions along the sliding course of the device.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
A sliding device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising assembly aids as integral features.