Patent ID: 6698984
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
An extendible tip shoring bar, comprising:a base having an opening, a locking column and base adjustment holes; an inner rod having unidirectionally inclined teeth arranged along a surface thereof; an outer rod which is connected to said base to enable an extension and retraction of said inner rod inserted inside both said outer rod and said base; said base and said outer rod being conjoined into a single unitary entity; a levering handle; a safety catch extending through the opening of said base so that a portion of said safety catch is exposed, and having protruding sections protruding laterally from bottom two sides thereof; an exposed L-shaped linkage having a long side having two slots formed lengthwise therein, and having a short side having a curved section; an anterior pawl and a posterior pawl respectively pivotally disposed on two shafts disposed at two locations at a front extremity of the said levering handle, said posterior pawl and said levering handle being rotatably coupled to said base, said anterior pawl and posterior pawl being arranged to contact the unidirectionally inclined teeth of said inner rod; an arcuate spring; pins respectively projecting from a front aspect of said anterior pawl and said posterior pawl, with each pin being subjected to tension from two respective extremities of said arcuate spring; wherein a lower end of said safety catch rests against said spring such that the protruding sections of said safety catch slide in the base adjustment holes, wherein said L-shaped linkage is fitted to said safety catch and onto the locking column by means of the two slots, with the curved section being situated against said spring; and wherein when operated, said levering handle moves said inner rod outwards such that said inner and outer rods can be solidly wedged into an installed position and when said inner and outer rods are to be released, pushing said safety catch moves said L-shaped linkage in a same direction, with said spring consequently articulating upward, with extremities of said anterior pawl and said posterior pawl rising, allowing said inner rod to be pushed inside said outer rod so that said safety catch only has to be toggled once to achieve full release and collapse.