Patent ID: 7819408
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A support structure assembly operable with a supported article comprising: latching means; and at least one article perimeter frame portion defining a side elevational profile, as well as at least one support structure assembly receiving cavity, formed out of open space in the perimeter frame portion thickness, which receives at least one support structure assembly, and the support structure assembly including a plurality of support surfaces perpendicular to at least one lower base portion, defining a support structure assembly periphery with interconnected components substantially recessed within said periphery; and the support structure assembly's interconnected components further include both support structure assembly mounting means and support stand shaft attaching means interconnected to at least one support stand shaft; at least partly within the support structure assembly periphery are transversely disposed, oppositely extending mounting elements, which occupy adjacent portions of the article perimeter frame portion, about which the support structure assembly pivots, the support stand shaft enters the lower base portion of the support structure assembly periphery; and in the first operative position of the support structure assembly the associated support stand shaft is orthogonal to the article perimeter frame providing support, and the periphery of the support structure assembly substantially occupies the support structure assembly receiving cavity; and at least one male-female connection between the latching means and the article perimeter frame positively latches the support structure assembly to the perimeter frame in the first operative position, and in a second, stowed position of the support structure assembly, the latching means male-female connection between the support structure assembly and the article perimeter frame is released, the support stand shaft attaching means and the interconnected at least one support stand shaft of the support structure assembly are swept through an angle during movement of said support structure assembly between the first and second positions such that the plane defined by the support structure assembly and interconnected support stand shaft in the second position extends substantially parallel with the side elevational profile of the article perimeter frame and is located within the article's perimeter frame, and manual movement of the support structure assembly from the second, stowed position, back to the first, operative position, positioning the support structure assembly in contiguous orientation to the support structure assembly receiving cavity, provides the automatic engagement of the male-female connection between the latching means and the article perimeter frame.