Height adjustable device for a retractable tube assembly

• US 7,104,203 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2004
• Issued: 09/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chiu-Hsiang Lo
• Original Assignee: Chiu-Hsiang Lo
• Inventors: Lo, Chiu-Hsiang
• Primary Examiner(s): WILKENS, JANET MARIE
• Application Number:
  US10/868,067
• Publication Number:
  US 20050279261A1
• Time in Patent Office: 818 Days
• Field of Search: 108/147, 108/146, 108/147.19, 248/412, 248/157, 248/411, 248/407, 248/408, 248/409, 248/188.5, 248/188.2
• US Class Current: 108/147
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 9/083 with spreading means inside a tube

Abstract

A height adjustable device is received in the inner tube which is retractably inserted in an outer tube, and includes a base which is fixed in the inner tube and two stop plates are pivotably connected of the base. Two respective first ends of the two stop plates extend through apertures defined through the inner tube and are in contact with two respective insides of the outer tube so as to position the inner tube. A member is movably connected to the base and includes a driving portion for pivoting two respective second ends of the two stop plates. A cable is connected between the movable member and a pivotable member fixed to the inner tube. The pivotable member is pivoted to pull the cable and the two stop plates are pivoted inward so that the inner tube can be freely moved in the outer tube.

Claims

1. A height adjustable tube assembly comprising:

an inner tube (10);

an outer tube (20) in which the inner tube (10) is retractably inserted;

a height adjustable device (30) received in the inner tube (10) and including a base (31) which is fixed in the inner tube (10) and two grooves (310, 311) defined in the base (31), two stop plates (32, 33) respectively received in the two grooves (310, 311) and two respective first ends (320, 330) of the two stop plates (32, 33) extending through apertures (11) defined through the inner tube (10) and being in contact with two respective insides of the outer tube (20), a movable member (34) movably connected to the base (31) and including a driving portion (340) which pivots two respective second ends (321, 331) of the two stop plates (32, 33), a cable (35) having a first end (351) thereof fixed to a first end (343) of the movable member (34) so as to pull the movable member (34) in a direction away from the outer tube (20), a resilient member (36) connected between a second end (344) of the movable member (34) and the base (31) so as to pull the movable member (34) in a direction toward the outer tube (20).

2. The assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driving portion (340) is a shaft (342) and each of the two respective second ends (321, 331) of the two stop plates (32, 33) has a passage (322/332) through which the shaft (342) extends.

3. The assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driving portion (340) includes a first rod (341) and a second rod (342), the two respective second ends (321, 331) of the two stop plates (32, 33) are located between the first and second rods (341, 342).

4. The assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the resilient member (36) is a spring.

5. The assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein a second end of the cable (35) is connected to a center of a pivotable member (37), a first end (370) of the pivotable member (37) pivotably connected to the inner tube (10) and a lever (371) extending from a second end of the pivotable member (37).

6. The assembly as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a coil board (38) which has a first end thereof fixed to the inner tube (10) and a second end of the coil board (38) fixed to the outer tube (20).

7. The assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the second end of the inner tube (10) is connected to a first object (50) and the second end of the outer tube (20) is connected to a second object (51).

8. The assembly as claimed in claim 7 wherein, the first object (50) is a horizontal upper panel, and the second object (51) is a base for resting on a floor.