Patent ID: 6263809
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
Assembly of height adjustable supports for supporting a table top, in which two supports can be coupled to one another at their upper ends by at least one beam and the height adjustment takes place by means of a threaded rod being rotatably but not axially movable received in the upper part of a support and extending into a nut mounted in the lower part of said support, said part being provided with a laterally extending base and being axially movable in relation to the upper part of the support, in which the threaded rod can be rotated manually or by motor and the threaded rod has its upper end provided with a bevel gear wheel that can engage with a bevel gear wheel connected to a horizontally extending coupling rod coupling the threaded rods of both supports, wherein the lower part of a support is directed across its upper part and that the top end of a support is connected to a screening plate extending around the circumstance of the support, said screening plate extending downwards and engaging the circumference of the lower part of the support, the lower part of the support being provided with a tubular portion in which the screening plate is located,wherein the beam connecting both supports to each other, comprises two parts telescopically slidable in relation to each other, and wherein the coupling rod, carrying the two bevel gear wheels cooperating with the bevel gear wheels of the threaded rods in the supports, likewise has two parts telescopically slidable in relation to each other.