Patent ID: 8567884

Claim:
A synchronization device for allowing synchronous movement of a first actuating device with a second actuating device, the first actuating device and the second actuating device to be mounted on an article of furniture for moving a movable furniture part, said synchronization device comprising: a rotatable part to be fixed to at least one of the first actuating device and the second actuating device, said rotatable part having an inner surface forming a guide; and a synchronization rod for transmitting a synchronous movement of the first actuating device and the second actuating device, said synchronization rod including: a locking device for releasably mounting said synchronization rod to said rotatable part, said locking device including a handle element to be actuated by a user; a releasable fixing device movable between a locked position and an unlocked position by said handle element, said fixing device including a spring and a spring-loaded arresting element constantly biased by said spring toward an arresting position; and a plug-in portion having an inclined guide surface inclined along a longitudinal axis of said synchronization rod, said fixing device being mounted to said plug-in portion so that said arresting element slides along said inclined guide surface of said plug-in portion as said fixing device is moved between the locked position and the unlocked position; wherein said rotatable part, said handle element, said spring, and said arresting element are configured such that: when said handle element is not actuated by the user and said synchronization rod is not mounted to said rotatable part, said spring urges said arresting element toward the arresting position so that said fixing device is in the locked position by default, and said fixing device prevents said synchronization rod from being mounted to said rotatable part; when said handle element is moved to an unlocking position by the user, said handle element moves said arresting element against a biasing force of said spring so as to place said fixing device in the unlocked position and allow said synchronization rod to be mounted to said rotatable part; when said handle element is released by the user with said synchronization rod mounted to said rotatable part, said spring urges said arresting element toward the arresting position so that said arresting element bears against said inner surface of said rotatable part to secure said synchronization rod to said rotatable part.