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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2000
Richard N. Roslund, Jr., Jenison, MI (US);
Troy Roark, West Olive, MI (US);
Haworth, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A height adjusting mechanism is connected between a rigid upright extending upwardly from the seat assembly and an inner shell of the back assembly. The height adjusting mechanism includes a ratcheting latch which engages a vertically elongate rack to maintain the back assembly at a selected elevation and a release lever or cam which is connected to the catch and automatically disengages the catch from the rack at the upper limit of travel of the back assembly. The release cam continuously contacts the inner shell of the back assembly and is deactivated merely by a short upward shifting of the back assembly which thereby permits the pawl to reengage the rack at any desired elevation. Accordingly, reengagement of the pawl with the rack can be accomplished at any point between the upper and lower limits of travel of the back assembly.