Patent ID: 9125501
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A47F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A display pedestal for securing an article, the display pedestal comprising: a body having a top surface, a bottom surface and walls wherein the top surface and the bottom surface are substantially parallel and the walls connect the top surface to the bottom surface to define an interior cavity wherein the body has a recess that is concave with respect to the top surface wherein the recess extends from the top surface into the interior cavity and further wherein the recess has an aperture; a drum in the interior cavity; an axle in the interior cavity wherein the drum rotates around the axle and further wherein the axle extends substantially perpendicular between the top surface and the bottom surface of the body; a cable having a length defined between a first end and a second end wherein the first end is secured to the drum and further wherein the cable extends through the aperture; a spring in the interior cavity and connected to the drum; and a seat having a slot surface that is planar and an exterior surface that is convex wherein the seat attaches to the second end of the cable wherein the exterior surface of the seat is shaped to sit within the recess in a first position and further wherein the slot surface of the seat is substantially coplanar with the top surface of the body in the first position wherein the spring applies a rotational force to the drum to maintain the seat in the first position and further wherein the seat extends vertically from the top surface in a second position.