Side rail sliding device for a bed

Abstract

A sliding device has a longitudinal body and a slide. The body has two tracks, a depression and a stop. The tracks are defined along opposite sides of the body. The depression is defined in the body near the top of the body. The stop is flexibly formed on the bottom of the body. The slide is slidably mounted on the body. The stop has a shoulder defined in the top of the stop so that a lip is defined on the top of the stop and faces the slide. The stop will be kept from being pressed outward by means of the abutment between the lip and the slide. The useful life of the sliding device is prolonged, and the safety of using the sliding device is improved.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A sliding device for a bed having a bottom frame, two end frames respectively mounted on each of opposite ends of the bottom frame, a fixed side frame attached to the bottom frame between the end frames and a slidable side rail slidably mounted between the end frames, the sliding device comprising: 
 a longitudinal body adapted to be mounted on one of the end frames and having: 
 a track defined along each of opposite sides of the body;  
 a depression defined in the body near a top of the body; and  
 a flexible stop with a free end and an attached end formed on a bottom of the body; and  
   a slide slidably mounted on the body and having: 
 a proximal end and a distal end;  
 a slotted guide extending from the distal end of the slide and slidably engaging the tracks on the body to slidably mount the slide on the body; and  
 a protrusion protruding from the proximal end of the slide and adapted to connect to one end of the slidable side rail,  
   wherein the stop has a shoulder defined in a top of the stop so that a lip is defined in the top of the stop and faces the slide to keep the stop from be pressed outward relative to the body by means of abutment between the lip and the slide.    
     
     
         2 . The sliding device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the slide further has a notch defined in a bottom of slide to engage with the shoulder in the stop as the slide moves to a lowermost position relative to the body.