Patent ID: 9463125
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: A61G,B66C,B66F,F16B

Claim Text:
1. A lifting column comprising: a first lifting column component and a second lifting column component insertable into the first lifting column component along a direction of movement, wherein the first and second lifting column components have, respectively, an inner guide surface and an outer guide surface extending along the direction of movement, which guide surfaces face each other in a retracted state of the lifting column, and wherein the first lifting column component has first and second openings in the inner guide surface thereof; and a first guide component and a second guide component disposed adjacent the first guide component along the direction of movement, each having an attachment structure extending out of a substantially planar guide section, the guide sections comprising at least one side edge, wherein the first and second guide components are configured such that their attachment structures are insertable into the first and second openings of the first lifting column component so that the guide sections abut an outer surface of the first lifting column component and extend to the inner guide surface of the second lifting column component, and wherein the first and second guide components and the first and second openings are configured and arranged such that the side edges of the first and second guide components are in contact with each other and the first and second guide components cannot rotate in the first and second openings of the first lifting column component when the attachment structures are mounted in the openings.