US Patent Issued to E.C. Woods on Oct. 21 for "Height adjustment mechanism for furniture" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,692, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to E.C. Woods Inc. (Middlebury, Ind.).

"Height adjustment mechanism for furniture" was invented by Ernest Wingard (Syracuse, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A furniture device includes: a movable device; a height adjustment mechanism operably coupled with the movable device and configured for supporting the movable device in a plurality of positions including a lower position and an upper position, the height adjustment mechanism including: a ratchet defining a plurality of stations including a lower station and an upper station corresponding respectively to the upper position and the lower po...