Tool for adjusting feet for furniture items and the like

Abstract

A tool for controlling a controlled element of a height adjustable foot of a furnishing item and the like includes an engagement portion and a handle coupled to the engagement portion and having two arms shaped to embrace an outer edge of the height-adjustable foot and keep the engagement portion associated laterally with the adjustable foot. The engagement portion is arranged between the two arms and includes a toothed section that extends over a rounded area of the surface between the two arms of the handle so as to engage radial septa or seats defined in the controlled element and converging toward a central axis of the adjustable foot. The toothed section is shaped as an arched and rounded tooth extending toward one of its free ends in the direction from one arm to the other.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A tool for controlling a controlled element of a height-adjustable foot of a furnishing item, comprising:
 an engagement portion; and   a handle for rotating said engagement portion,   said handle comprising two arms configured to embrace said controlled element of said height-adjustable foot to keep the tool and the engagement portion laterally associated with the height-adjustable foot,   said engagement portion being arranged between said two arms to embrace and become engaged with said controlled element and rotate said adjustable foot,   wherein said engagement portion comprises a toothed section, which extends distributed within an area between said two arms of said handle and is configured to become engaged within radial septa or seats formed in said controlled element and converging towards a central axis of said adjustable foot,   wherein said toothed section is shaped as an arched and rounded tooth extending towards a free end of said toothed section in a direction from one arm to another one.   
     
     
         2 . The tool according to  claim 1 , wherein said two arms have edges protruding towards an inside of the tool, said edges defining housing and centering seats for at least a peripheral part of said controlled element of the height-adjustable foot. 
     
     
         3 . The tool according to  claim 1 , wherein said controlled element of said adjustable foot comprises two end flanges in which said radial septa or seats are arranged converging towards a center of said two flanges and spaced apart to define said radial septa or seats. 
     
     
         4 . The tool according to one or more of  claim 1 , wherein said two arms diverge from said handle. 
     
     
         5 . An apparatus for adjusting a height-adjustable foot of a furnishing item, comprising:
 a controlled element of the height-adjustable foot, said controlled element extending axially into a body configured to be inserted in or coupled with the furnishing item; and   a tool for controlling said controlled element of the height-adjustable foot, said tool comprising:   an engagement portion; and   a handle rotating said engagement portion,   said handle comprising two arms that embrace said controlled element of said height-adjustable foot to keep the tool and the engagement portion laterally associated with the height-adjustable foot,   said engagement portion being arranged between said two arms that face each other and become engaged with said controlled element for rotating said height-adjustable foot,   wherein said engagement portion comprises a toothed section, which extends distributed within an area between said two arms of said handle and is configured to become engaged within radial septa or seats formed in said controlled element and converging towards a central axis of said adjustable foot, and   wherein said toothed section is shaped as an arched and rounded tooth extending towards a free end of said toothed section in a direction from one arm to another one.   
     
     
         6 . The apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein said two arms of said tool have edges protruding towards an inside of the tool, said edges defining housing and centering seats for at least a peripheral part of said controlled element of the height-adjustable foot. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein said two arms of said tool diverge from said handle. 
     
     
         8 . A tool for controlling a controlled element of a height-adjustable foot of a furnishing item, comprising:
 an engagement portion; and   a handle for rotating said engagement portion,   said handle comprising two arms configured to embrace said controlled element of said height-adjustable foot to keep the tool and the engagement portion laterally associated with the height-adjustable foot,   said engagement portion being arranged between said two arms to embrace and become engaged with said controlled element and rotate said adjustable foot,   wherein said engagement portion comprises a yielding tooth according to an axis of the handle, said yielding tooth being configured to be engaged within radial septa or seats formed in said controlled element and converging towards a central axis of said adjustable foot.   
     
     
         9 . The tool according to  claim 8 , wherein a seat is defined between said two arms in a body of the handle, a spring or other elastic element being arranged in said seat, the spring or other elastic element pushing the tooth that slides in the seat.