Patent ID: 8122696

Claim:
A header for a harvesting machine, said header comprising: a main frame; and an extendable cutterbar table movably mounted to the main frame by a plurality of telescopic assemblies, each said telescopic assembly comprising a forwardly extending outer member and an inner member mounted for sliding movement inside the outer member, the inner member configured to include at least one longitudinal inclined side wall and at least one other wall which together form an acute angle at their junction, the outer member configured to include at least one side wall and at least one other wall which together form a right angle at their junction, wherein said walls forming the acute angle of the inner member are positioned next to said walls forming the right angle of the outer member, and wherein a surface of one of the outer member or the inner member is contacted by at least one guide means connected to and extending through a wall of the other of the outer member or the inner member, wherein a portion of the at least one guide means permits adjustment of the at least one guide means relative to the surface contacted.