Patent ID: 6315252
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B60R,F16M,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer stand for holding a laptop computer, comprising:(a) a weighted base;(b) a platform for holding the laptop computer, the platform being disposed in a generally horizontal position;(c) a column having distal ends which are connected to the base and to the platform, respectively, the column having a flexible tube which can be readily bent through an angle which is at most substantially less than 90 degrees but which holds its shape once it has been bent, so that height and orientation of the platform can be readily adjusted, the column having first and second rigid tubes, which are slideably engageable, so as to form a telescopic section, the first rigid tube being affixed to one end of the flexible tube, the second rigid tube defining an array of holes spaced apart longitudinally, a portion of the first rigid tube being disposed within the second rigid tube, the flexible tube when fully extended being disposed along an imaginary line which extends longitudinally through the first and second rigid tubes to points proximate with the center of gravity of the platform; and(d) adjustment means, including a pin connected to the first rigid tube, which protrudes to one side thereof and downwardly of its lower end, for engaging said holes one at a time.