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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
May. 07, 2003
Damon Gregory Burwell, Upper Hutt, NZ;
Paul Michael Wilkinson, Wellington, NZ;
Damon Gregory Burwell, Upper Hutt, NZ;
Paul Michael Wilkinson, Wellington, NZ;
Formway Furniture Limited, Wellington, NZ;
Abstract
An arm assembly includes an outer stem () and an inner stem () slidable in the outer stem and including a number of recesses () along its length. A biased locking device () engages one or more of the recesses () to lock the position of the inner stem () relative to the outer stem (). A release member () operably connected to an actuator () has a number of recesses () and raised surfaces (), the release member () slidable relative to the inner stem () between a first position in which recess(es) () in the release member is/are aligned with recess(es) () of the inner stem and the locking device () engages recess(es) in the stem () to inhibit movement thereof relative to the outer stem, and a second position in which raised surface(s) () of the release member align(s) with recess(es) () of the stem () to disengage the locking device from the recess(es) of the stem.