Patent ID: 7168373

Claim:
An elevation adjustment device in the legs of table comprising: a table having a rectangular leaf including a top and an underside respectively sustained under four corners by four identical legs each of which has a first tube having an upper end connected to the underside of said leaf, inner threads in lower end and a circular through hole in a middle periphery, a segmental retaining bar disposed into said first tube and secured to an underside of a U-shaped positioning plate in upper portion of said first tube by a pair of screws and having a plurality of eccentric annular flanges spacedly formed on the body with a plurality of triangular ribs disposed therebetween, a protrudent radial through hole abutting lower end engaged with the circular through hole of said first tube and a flat longitudinal sliding space in the body for slidably disposing a flat detention plate which is projected upward from a top of a second tube having a longitudinal sliding slot in center with a plurality of check recess spacedly formed therein, wherein said second tube disposes into said first tube together with said flat detention plate having graduations formed spaced apart on outer periphery, a tubular sleeve inserted into lower end of said first tube positioned between said first and second tubes having outer threads on lower end engaged with the inner threads of said first tube, a tubular stopper pressed into lower end of said second tube having a central screw hole in a bottom for engaging with a threaded shank of a circular pad which stands on the ground, and a check pin having a pushing rod with a threaded shank inserted into the protrudent radial through hole of said segmental retaining bar via the circular through hole of said first tube, an enlarged retaining ring, a washer and a spring sequentially sleeved on said shank and an internally threaded flanged cap secured to inner end of said shank from other side of said protrudent radial through hole, wherein said enlarged retaining ring is operated by said pushing rod in cooperated with said spring to engage and disengage within said check recess of said flat detention plate for controlling the sliding movement of said flat detention plate to adjust the length of said legs.