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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
Baoloc Le, La Puente, CA (US);
Charles A. Milligan, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Accuride International, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US);
Abstract
A jacket for a lock latch, a lock latch incorporating such a jacket that allows a second slide member of a slide to engage and couple a first slide member of the slide without requiring manual manipulation of the lock latch, and a slide incorporating the same are provided. The jacket is slidably coupled to the lock latch which is coupled to the second slide member and is slidably moveable between a first position and a second position along the lock latch. When the second slide member is retracted relative to the first slide member during coupling of the second slide member to the first slide member, the jacket moves to the first position preventing the lock latch from interlockingly coupling with the first slide member. When the second slide member is extended relative to the first slide member, the jacket moves to a second position allowing for the interlocking coupling of the lock latch with the first slide member.