Adjustable steering column

Claim 1

IN A TRACTOR, AN UPWARDLY, REARWARDLY INCLINED STEERING SHAFT, A STEERING WHEEL ON THE UPPER END OF THE SHAFT, BEARING MEANS ROTATABLY RECEIVING THE STEERING SHAFT, MEANS FOR PROVIDING A TRANSVERSE, HORIZONTAL PIVOT AXIS ABOUT WHICH THE BEARING MEANS AND STEERING SHAFT ARE ADAPTED TO BE SWUNG THROUGH AN ARC EXTENDING IN A VERTICAL PLANE PERPERDICULAR TO THE PIVOT AXIS OF THE BEARING MEANS, A SPRING BIASING THE BEARING MEANS IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY AXIALLY OF THE UPPER PORTION OF THE STEERING SHAFT, A FIXED MEMBER EXTENDING ALONG AN ARC ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE BEARING MEANS AS A CENTER AND HAVING PORTIONS INTERFITTING WITH PORTIONS OF THE BEARING MEANS TO LOCK SAID BEARING MEANS AGAINST SWINGING MOVEMENT, THE BEARING MEANS BEING DISPLACEABLE BY AXIAL MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND UPPER PORTION OF THE STEERING SHAFT TO RELEASE THE INTERFITTING PORTIONS OF THE BEARING MEANS AND MEMBER, THE STEERING SHAFT BEING SWINGABLE ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE BEARING MEANS TO A SECOND POSITION.