Patent ID: 6461074
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: B25G,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking mechanism in combination with a pair of inner and outer telescoping members, said locking mechanism comprising a collar member having a longitudinally extending opening therein permitting the receipt of said collar member on said outer telescoping member and having an aperture therethrough intersecting said longitudinally extending opening, and a trigger member substantially encircling said collar member and having an opening therethrough permitting the receipt of said trigger member on said collar member and having a locking pin therein, said trigger member comprising an inner member portion and an outer member portion which are joined together over a portion of their respective peripheries, said locking pin being received through said aperture in said collar member and into said inner and outer telescoping members to lockingly engage said inner and outer telescoping members together.