Telescopic table support
AssigneeUnifor S.p.A.
InventorCesare PICCHIO
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Abstract
A telescopic support is disclosed and has outer and inner leg parts. The outer leg part has: a tubular body defining a longitudinal axis and having an interior passage through which the axis extends centrally. The inner leg part has: a shuttle body part disposed at least partially in the tubular body; and rollers rotably mounted to the shuttle body to support the inner leg part for longitudinal reciprocating movement in the tubular body. The support can be secured to a base and topped with a work-surface defining member to form a height-adjustable table, as also disclosed.
Claims16
A telescopic support for a member, the member defining a work surface, said support comprising:
- an outer leg part having
- a tubular body defining a longitudinal axis and having an interior passage through which the longitudinal axis extends centrally;
- and
- one or more longitudinally-extending splines extending radially, inwardly from the tubular body;
- and
- an inner leg part having:
- a shuttle body part disposed at least in part in the tubular body;
- and
- rollers rotably mounted to the shuttle body part to support the inner leg part for longitudinal reciprocating movement in the tubular body,
- wherein said rollers include, for at least one of said one or more splines, at least one grooved roller having a peripheral groove which receives said spline during said reciprocating movement to constrain said outer and inner leg parts against relative rotation about the longitudinal axis.
A height-adjustable pedestal-style table comprising:
- a foot defining a base for the table in use;
- a telescopic support comprising:
- an outer leg part having:
- a tubular body secured to the foot and extending vertically therefrom in use, said tubular body defining a longitudinal axis and having an interior passage through which the longitudinal axis extends centrally;
- and one or more longitudinally-extending splines extending radially, inwardly from the tubular body;
- and
- an inner leg part having:
- a shuttle body part disposed at least in part in the tubular body;
- and rollers rotably mounted to the shuttle body part to support the inner leg part for longitudinal reciprocating movement in the tubular body, wherein said rollers include, for at least one of said one or more splines, at least one grooved roller having a peripheral groove which receives said spline during said reciprocating movement to constrain said outer and inner leg parts against relative rotation about the longitudinal axis;
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- a member secured to the inner leg part and defining a work surface of the table in use.
A telescopic support comprising:
- an outer leg part having
- a tubular body defining a longitudinal axis and having an interior passage through which the longitudinal axis extends centrally;
- and
- an inner leg part having:
- a shuttle body part disposed at least in part in the tubular body;
- and
- rollers rotably mounted to the shuttle body part to support the inner leg part for longitudinal reciprocating movement in the tubular body,
- wherein the fit between the outer leg part and the inner leg part defines a negative allowance and the tubular body deforms elastically during said reciprocating movement to accommodate such negative allowance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.