Patent ID: 9713366
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: A44C

Claim:
1. A support fixture for holding a chain extended above a surface to facilitate addition of pendants thereto, said support fixture comprising: a polymeric base having an upper surface with a generally planar periphery having a major centrally located recess formed therein and having a pair of pivotable inter-nesting uprights pivotably mounted in opposed ends of said major centrally located recess so that said pivotable inter-nesting uprights can be stably disposed in either an upright usage configuration or a nested horizontal configuration substantially filling said major centrally located recess, a retention pin being provided at an upper extremity of each said pivotable inter-nesting upright as well as a clamp having padded jaws urged into engagement by a resilient spring, the upper extremity of each of said pivotable inter-nesting uprights having a “7” shaped portion with an inverted “L”-shaped arm pivotably joined thereto with horizontal portions of the inverted “L” shaped arm and the “7” shaped portion defining the padded jaws of said clamp with said resilient spring being disposed between a vertical leg of the “7” shaped portion and a vertical leg of the inverted “L” shaped arm.