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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
Applicant:
Josef Rutz, Rosenheim, DE;
Inventor:
Josef Rutz, Rosenheim, DE;
Assignee:
Steelcase Werndl AG, Rosenheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A locking mechanism, in particular for locking a table top in the work position thereof and for releasing the table top in order to pivot it for example into an approximately vertically extending storage position, is distinguished in that the locking mechanism comprises between the fully locked position and the fully released position at least one intermediate position, in which the table top is pivotable only through a restricted angular range in a manner delimited by stops.