Patent ID: 6834840
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: A61M,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A medical device support apparatus comprisinga telescoping pole assembly including a first member and a second member movable relative to the first member along an axis in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction, a lock member formed to include an edge defining a four-sided aperture, the second member being received in the aperture, the lock member having a second position in which the edge engages the second member to prevent movement of the second member relative to the first member in the first direction and the lock member having a first position in which the edge disengages from the second member so that the second member is movable along the axis relative to the first member in the first direction and the second direction, a housing, and a release configured to move the lock member between the first and second positions, the release being positioned to slide on an external surface of the housing during movement of the lock member between the first and second positions.