摘要 |
This invention comprises an improved mechanism for latching telescoping articles together and for releasing them from such a condition by the act of rotating them with respect to each other. The mechanism includes a pair of pawls interconnected to each other by a spring in such a manner that the latch heads of the pawls are urged in a plane in opposite directions by action of the spring. The invention is illustrated and described in the context of a table which is mounted to the floor of a vehicle, vessel or the like.
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