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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2012
The Will-burt Company, Orrville, OH (US);
Neil David Dykes, Bacup, GB;
Paul B. Blackwelder, Medina, OH (US);
Anatol Kwartler, Silver Lake, OH (US);
Rexford R. Mast, Wooster, OH (US);
Andrew Paul Wasson, Wooster, OH (US);
Michael James Kardohely, West Salem, OH (US);
Douglas A. Jacobs, Wooster, OH (US);
Neil David Dykes, Bacup, GB;
Paul B. Blackwelder, Medina, OH (US);
Anatol Kwartler, Silver Lake, OH (US);
Rexford R. Mast, Wooster, OH (US);
Andrew Paul Wasson, Wooster, OH (US);
Michael James Kardohely, West Salem, OH (US);
Douglas A. Jacobs, Wooster, OH (US);
The Will-Burt Company, Orrville, OH (US);
Abstract
A telescoping mast having a latch assembly includes a latch body mountable to a first tube section, a latch mechanism supported by the latch body, a toggle mechanism operatively connected to the latch mechanism, and a latch plate mountable to a second tube section. The latch mechanism includes a pawl member pivotably between an engaged position for interlocking with a corresponding recess in the latch plate to thereby restrict axial movement between the first and second tube sections, and a disengaged position allowing relative axial movement between the first and second tube sections. The toggle mechanism is movable between an over-center locked configuration corresponding to the engaged position of the latch mechanism and an unlocked configuration corresponding to the disengaged position of the latch member.