Patent ID: 6527247
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: A47B,F16M,G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An article support stand comprising:(a) two elongated members attached to each other by at least one pivot forming a base resting on a surface, each of said two elongated members having a top side and a bottom side; (b) a thin tongue fixedly extending from the bottom side of each of said two elongated members, each of said thin tongues having a thickness less than the thickness of each of said two elongated members, whereby, when each of said thin tongues is inserted under a support member for an object of sufficient weight resting on a surface, said support stand is able to resist moments about axes substantially parallel to said surface; (c) a substantially vertical member attached to said base; (d) a substantially horizontal beam attached to said vertical member; and (e) an article holder attached to said beam.