Patent ID: 6913232
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: B60R,F16B,F16C,F16M

Abstract:
1. An article support system including: a housing ( 1 ) having a housing base ( 20 ) with a cavity ( 3 ) and a rim ( 25 ) extending around said cavity ( 3 ), a suction disc ( 2 ) supported in said housing base ( 20 ) so as to delimit said cavity ( 3 ), an operating rod ( 4 ) movably supported in said housing ( 1 ) and connected to said suction disc ( 2 ), a compression spring ( 7 ) disposed in said housing ( 1 ) behind said operating rod ( 4 ) so as to bias the operating rod ( 4 ) and, together therewith, the suction disc ( 2 ) outwardly from said base 20 and into contact with a surface on which the housing ( 1 ) is disposed, a operating means ( 9 , 9 a , 9 b ) connected to said operating rod ( 4 ) for pulling said suction disc into said cavity ( 3 ) against the force of said compression spring ( 7 ) to create a vacuum between said suction disc ( 2 ) and support surface on which said housing ( 1 ) is disposed, said housing ( 1 ) including at its end opposite said base ( 20 ) an article support plate ( 13 ) having engagement claws ( 15 ) for selectively engaging an article provided with means permitting its engagement by said engagement claws ( 15 ) said system further including a mounting plate ( 21 ) provided at one side with means for its connection to said support surface and having at another side a smooth surface for selectively mounting said housing base ( 20 ) thereon by means of said suction disc ( 2 ), or a clamp support plate ( 22 ) provided with means for engaging said housing base ( 20 ) and also with means for mounting said clamp support plate ( 22 ) to said support surface.