Height-adjustable fitting for furniture

Claim 1

An adjustment fitting for a height-adjustable furniture furniture, comprising in combination a guiding sleeve; an elongated carrier post partially received in said guiding sleeve for shifting therein and defining a longitudinal axis; a furniture part connected to one of said guiding sleeve and said elongated carrier, said guiding sleeve and said carrier post having non-circular cross-sectional configurations; means for arresting said carrier post in a multitude of shifted positions relative to said guiding sleeve, said arresting means being free of any lever means or pawl means and arranged within one of said guiding sleeve said and carrier post, said arresting means including an outwardly projecting pocket in said guiding sleeve, said pocket having a downwardly tapering wedge-like configuration, and a clamping roller made of synthetic material and extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of said carrier post, received in said pocket, and normally exerting a wedging effect, whereby an independent descent of the furniture part under its own weight is prevented by said wedging effect, but said wedging effect may be overcome by exerting a certain predetermined force onto said furniture part, so that said furniture part may be brought into a rest position.