Adjustable chair pedestal

Claim 1

An adjustable chair pedestal comprising: a base member including a tubular vertical recess terminating in floor means and having an inside wall and a lateral clamp-receiving orifice: a substantially rigid pedestal tube secured with respect to a chair and telescopingly engaged in said recess, said tube having ceiling means and a wall with an inner surface and a vertical slot of substantially fixed cross-dimension, said slot having major and minor angularly-offset vertical portions joined by a generally horizontally-extending connecting portion, said major vertical portion terminating downwardly in said connecting portion to form a lower horizontal stop and said minor portion terminating downwardly in an open slot end; a vertically-oriented coil spring inside the pedestal tube and recess and extending in compression from said floor means to said ceiling means to bias the pedestal tube upwardly; means inside said pedestal tube and recess to support said coil spring in vertical alignment, said support means including a vertical guide pin secured with respect to the floor and extending inside the coil spring; a locking member inside said pedestal tube and adjacent to the clamp-receiving orifice, said locking member being between the coil spring and the inner surface of the pedestal tube; and a clamp screw extending radially through the orifice and the slot and terminating a distal end threadedly engaged with said locking member, said clamp screw having gripping means outside the base and pedestal walls, whereby tightening of the clamp screw draws the locking member against the inner surface of the pedestal tube to sandwich the pedestal tube between the locking member and the inside wall of the vertical recess.