Lock for slide adjustment of boat seat or table top

• US 5,884,887 A
• Filed: 07/07/1997
• Issued: 03/23/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Garelick Mfg. Co. (Brunswick Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Garelick Mfg. Co. (Brunswick Corporation)
• Inventors: Pilosi, Paul A., Garelick, Richard J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Berger, Derek J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BAXTER, GWENDOLYN WRENN
• Application Number:
  US08/888,548
• Time in Patent Office: 624 Days
• Field of Search: 248/423, 248/279.1, 248/286.1, 248/674, 248/678, 248/393, 248/416, 248/424, 248/178.1, 248/188.1, 248/219.2, 248/298.1, 108/137, 108/143, 108/150, 297/344.1, 297/344.11, 297/451.5, 297/344.13, 297/411.35, 297/411.37, 297/115
• US Class Current: 248/423
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 13/021 Fastening devices of the feet or legs A47B13/023 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/023 the parts being horizontally-adjustable seats ; Expandable seats or the like, e.g. seats with horizontally adjustable parts
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 29/06 Fastening to floors

Abstract

For a slidably adjustable boat seat or table top, a first plate member for carrying a seat or table top has a pair of underside tracks along parallel outer edges which are slidably engaged or mated with edges of a supporting plate member. One edge of the supporting plate has a series of recesses and there is a cam toothed rod mounted in the mating track which is rotatably spring-biased to rotate the rod to bring the teeth and the recesses into engagement to lock the plates together and a lever handle attached to the rod is provided to manually rotate the rod to disengage the teeth for slidably adjusting the seat position.

Claims

1. A blocking mechanism for a slidably adjustable boat seat or table top, comprising:

a first generally rectangular rigid plate member adapted for attachment to the underside of the seat or table top;

a second generally rectangular rigid plate member adapted for attachment to a supporting surface;

said first plate member having two elongate opposite edges curved underside to provide parallel tracks;

said second platte member having a series of spaced-apart recesses along one edge slidably engaged in one of said tracks and an opposite smooth edge slidably engaged in the other track;

an elongated rod having a series of teeth therealong axially rotatably mounted in said one track;

a spring rotatably biasing said rod so the rod teeth engage said recesses; and

a handle attached to said rod extending outward beyond the one edge of said first plate member for manually rotating said rod to move the rod teeth out of engagement with the recesses in said second plate member.

2. The locking mechanism for the slidably adjustable boat seat or table top as described in claim 1 wherein:

the teeth on said toothed rod are cammed;

said cammed teeth when engaged with said recessed edge applying a lateral force against the edge of said second plate member to bring the other track on said first plate member into snug frictional engagement with the smooth edge of said second plate member.

3. The locking mechanism for the slidably adjustable boat seat or table top as described in claim 2 wherein said other track on said first plate member is angled to snugly engage the smooth edge of said second plate member when said plate members are releasably locked together.

4. A locking mechanism for a slidably adjustable boat seat or table top, comprising:

a generally rectangular rigid plate member adapted for attachment to the underside of the seat or table top;

a generally rectrangular rigid plate member adapted for attachment to a supporting surface;

one of said plate members having elongated tracks formed on two opposite edges;

the other of said plate members having a series of spaced-apart recesses along one edge slidably engaged in one of said tracks and an opposite smooth edge slidably engaged in the other track;

an elongated rod having teeth therealong axially rotatably mounted in said one track;

a spring rotatably biasing said rod so the rod teeth engage said recesses; and

a handle attached to said rod extending outward from said one track for manually rotating said rod against the spring bias to move the rod teeth out of engagement with said recesses.

5. The locking mechanism for a slidably adjustable boat seat or table top as described in claim 4 wherein:

the teeth on said rod are cammed;

said cammed teeth when engaged with said recesses applying a lateral force against the edge of said other plate member to bring the other track on said one plate member into snug frictional engagement with the smooth edge of said other plate member.

6. The locking mechanism for the slidably adjustable boat seat or table top as described in claim 5 wherein said other track on said one plate member is angled to snugly engage the smooth edge of said other plate member when said plate members are releasably locked together.