Patent ID: 6840485
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: B60R,F16B

Abstract:
1. A support device for supporting an article, particularly in a motor vehicle, comprising a support arm ( 8 ) consisting of a flexible tube with a bendable rod disposed therein and having at one end thereof an adapter plate ( 9 ) for supporting said article at the other end a clamping element ( 1 ) including a cylindrical bushing ( 2 ) of an elastic material for reception in a cylindrical opening ( 1 a ) defined by a wall, said cylindrical bushing ( 2 ) being provided at opposite axial ends with conical openings ( 2 a , 2 b ) whose diameters increase toward the axial outer ends of the cylindrical bushing ( 2 ), conical engagement members ( 3 , 4 ) arranged at the opposite ends of said cylindrical bushing ( 2 ), and a threaded bolt ( 5 ) extending axially through said conical engagement members ( 3 , 4 ), by which the conical engagement members ( 3 , 4 ) are movable toward each other for expanding said bushing ( 2 ) into firm engagement with the wall of said opening ( 1 a ) for securely supporting said clamping element ( 1 ) in said cylindrical opening ( 1 a ), said clamping element ( 1 ) including a sleeve ( 6 ) connected to said threaded bolt ( 5 ) for operating said bolt 95 ) and including an opening ( 7 ) in which said support arm ( 8 ) is mounted.