Height adjustable boat seat pedestal

A pedestal assembly for supporting a boat seat, comprising:

• a tubular-shaped first pedestal member;
• a tubular-shaped second pedestal member telescopingly received within the first pedestal member;
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• a pneumatic cylinder operably coupled to the first pedestal member and the second pedestal member for telescopingly actuating the first pedestal member and the second pedestal members relative to one another, the cylinder including an actuator switch, wherein the cylinder is actuated by moving the actuator switch in a relatively transverse direction with respect to a longitudinal axis of the cylinder.

A pedestal assembly for supporting a boat seat, comprising:

• a first cylinder including an inner surface and a plurality of longitudinally-extending channels disposed on the inner surface;
• a second cylinder including a first end, an inner surface, an outer surface, a plurality of longitudinally-extending channels disposed on the inner surface, and a plurality of longitudinally-extending grooves extending into the outer surface, the second cylinder telescopingly received within the first cylinder;
• a first bushing operably coupled to the first end of the second cylinder via a plurality of mechanical fasteners received within the plurality of channels disposed on the inner surface of the second cylinder, and including a plurality of grooves slidably receiving the channels on the inner surface of the first cylinder, the first bushing adapted to telescopingly guide the second cylinder within the first cylinder;
• a second bushing operably coupled to a first end of the first cylinder via a plurality of mechanical fasteners received within the channels of the first member and including a plurality of tabs slidably received within the grooves of the second cylinder and the first bushing;
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• a pneumatic cylinder operably coupled to the first cylinder and the second cylinder for telescopingly actuating the first cylinder and the second cylinder relative to one another, the cylinder including an actuator switch, wherein the cylinder is actuated by moving the actuator switch in a relatively transverse direction with respect to a longitudinal axis of the cylinder.