Patent ID: 6045187
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A height adjustment mechanism for a chair comprising:a rod for tiltable mounting proximate a valve opening member of a height adjusting cylinder, said rod having a notch proximate one end;a co-axial cable having an inner wire with a looped end for reception by said notch;a user actuator for pulling said inner wire to tilt said rod; anda support member having (I) a first leg with an abutment for supporting an outer sheath of said co-axial cable, an opening for receiving said inner wire, and an elongate slot for receiving said tiltable rod, said elongate slot for permitting tilting of said rod to depress said valve opening member and (ii) a second leg at substantially a right angle to said first leg, said second leg having an opening for receiving said height adjusting cylinder.