Patent ID: 8075217

Claim:
An adjustable telescoping member retention apparatus comprising: a compression sleeve element; a first elongated member having a first portion that said compression sleeve element at least partially surrounds; and a larger elongated member having a second portion that said compression sleeve element at least partially surrounds, wherein a third portion of said first elongated member is nested in at least a fourth portion of said larger elongated member, wherein said first portion is not nested in said larger elongated member, and wherein said compression sleeve element has a first elongated member compression surface and a larger elongated member compression surface, said apparatus further comprising: a single clamp activatable to generate a compressive force that retains said first elongated member in a desired fixed position relative to said larger elongated member, said single clamp established around said compression sleeve element so that, upon activation of said single clamp, said single clamp forces: said larger elongated member compression surface against said larger elongated member, and said first elongated member compression surface towards a site on said first elongated member, and a relative motion obstruction element adapted to prevent axial and rotational motion of said compression sleeve element relative to said larger elongated member when said single clamp is unclamped but still around said compression sleeve element, wherein said compression sleeve element is shaped to provide a clearance from said larger elongated member, between said first elongated member compression surface and said larger elongated member compression surface, to said compression sleeve element.