Patent ID: 8262047
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: A47B,F16M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A stand for supporting an object, comprising: a base; a support member coupled to the base, the support member useful for supporting the object; and a movement mechanism adapted to allow the object to move along a range of travel relative to the base, wherein the base comprises a planar surface for resting on a support surface, the planar surface having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including a pad for providing frictional resistance between the base and the support surface on which the base is placed, and the second portion including at least first and second wheels oriented for rotating the base about the pad, the pad defining a substantially fixed center of rotation, such that the object is rotated about the substantially fixed center of rotation when the base is rotated about the substantially fixed center of rotation, wherein the at least first and second wheels have respective first and second axes of rotation, the at least first and second wheels trace an arc about the pad, and the at least first and second wheels are adapted to rotate about the respective first and second axes of rotation when the base is rotated about the substantially fixed center of rotation, the first and second axes of rotation being perpendicular to the arc and intersecting the pad.