Patent ID: 6666427
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: F16M,H04R

Abstract:
A stand assembly comprising a ground-engaging base, a shaft, and means for attaching said shaft to said base, said base being comprised of a base member of modified hexagonal peripheral configuration, symmetrical about each of three axes mutually angularly spaced by 120Â°, and said peripheral configuration being comprised of three rectilinear longer edges, of a first length, and three interposed shorter edges, of a second length, one of said longer edges lying substantially perpendicular to each of said axes; said means for attaching comprising a normally upwardly opening aperture, defined in said base member substantially at the intersection of said axes, and an end portion of said shaft dimensioned and configured for engagement within said base member aperture, said end portion of said shaft, and sidewall structure of said base member defining said aperture, being matingly threaded; said stand assembly additionally including anti-rotation means for releasably interengaging said shaft to prevent said shaft from inadvertently unscrewing from said base member.