Patent ID: 7032976
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A stool apparatus for use in a chair with a post, the stool apparatus comprising a stool; a carriage for carrying the stool; a telescopic device for connecting the carriage to the post; and a clamping device for connecting the telescopic device with the post, wherein the clamping device includes a first jaw having first and second ends, a second jaw having first and second ends, with the first end of the second jaw hinged with the first end of the first jaw and at least one quick release element extending between the second ends of the first and second jaws for forcing the second end of the first jaw towards the second end of the second jaw, with the telescopic device secured to the second jaw intermediate the first and second ends of the second jaw, wherein the second end of the first jaw defines at least one cutout, and the second end of the second jaw defines at least one hole, and the quick release element includes a lever/cam for abutment against the second end of the first jaw adjacent the at least one cutout, a screw pivotally connected with the lever/cam and inserted in the cutout and the hole and a nut engaged with the screw and abutting with the second end of the second jaw adjacent the at least one hole, with the spacing between the nut and the lever/cam along the screw varying with pivoting of the lever/cam relative to the screw.