Patent ID: 9485961
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A01K

Claim Text:
1. A collapsible pedestal comprising a plurality of pairs of pedestal legs, each one of the plurality of pairs of pedestal legs having first and second sets of hinge knuckles, the first set of hinge knuckles of each one of the plurality of pairs of the pedestal legs pivotally engaged with the second set of hinge knuckles of another one of the plurality of pairs of the pedestal legs disposed adjacent thereto forming a pedestal supportable on the plurality of pairs of pedestal legs; wherein each one of the plurality of pedestal legs is pivotally connected about a plurality of pivot axes to a plurality of adjacent pedestal legs, and wherein (a) pivotal engagement between the first set of hinge knuckles of the one of the pedestal legs and the second set of hinge knuckles of a first adjacent one of the pedestal legs defines a first one of the plurality of pivot axes about which the one of the pedestal legs and the first adjacent one of the pedestal legs are pivotable, and (b) pivotal engagement between the second set of hinge knuckles of the one of the pedestal legs and the first set of hinge knuckles of a second adjacent one of the pedestal legs defining a second one of the plurality of pivot axes about which the one of the pedestal legs and the second adjacent one of the pedestal legs are pivotable; and wherein, for each one of the plurality of pedestal legs, the first and second sets of hinge knuckles are respectively comprised of axially spaced apart knuckles with the knuckles of the first set of hinge knuckles axially staggered relative to the knuckles of the second set of hinge knuckles.