Patent ID: 6695266
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: A47G,F16M

Abstract:
An internal telescopic stand for inanimate objects, the internal telescopic stand comprising:a top bracket assembly comprising a top bracket with a top, a bottom, two opposite ends and two pivot slots defined from the top to the bottom respectively at the opposite ends of the top bracket; and two pivotal lock rods pivotally mounted respectively in the pivot slots, and each of the pivot lock rods having a bottom end and a latch formed at the bottom end; an upper spring-loaded telescopic tube assembly supporting the top bracket and having two upper telescopic tubes attached respectively to the bottom of the top bracket, each of the upper telescopic tubes being spring-loaded and having a top end and a bottom end, and the top ends of the upper telescopic tubes attached respectively to the bottom of the top bracket; two upper coil springs mounted respectively around the upper telescopic tubes; and two enlarged end caps mounted respectively on the bottom ends of the upper telescopic tubes; a medial bracket assembly connected to the upper spring-loaded telescopic tube assembly and comprising a medial bracket with two opposite sides having two longitudinal arms corresponding to the upper telescopic tubes, each longitudinal arm having a bottom end and an inner passage defined longitudinally within, and the bottoms end of the upper telescopic tubes with the enlarged end caps slidably mounted respectively in the inner passages; and two sliding locks respectively mounted on the longitudinal arms at the opposite sides of the medial bracket, each sliding lock having a top, a bottom, an outside side, a front, a rear, a locking arm formed in the outside side to form a latch slot and two through holes defined respectively at the front and the rear of the sliding lock; two lower spring-loaded telescopic tube assemblies supporting the medial bracket assembly and having four lower telescopic tubes aligned respectively with the through holes of the sliding locks, each lower telescopic tube being spring-loaded and having a top end and a bottom end, the top end of each lower telescopic tube passing through, extending out of and held securely in a corresponding one of the through holes in the sliding locks; four fastening plugs having enlarged heads pressed respectively onto the top ends of the lower telescopic tubes and into the corresponding through holes in the sliding lock; and four lower coil springs mounted respectively around the lower telescopic tubes below the sliding locks; and a base assembly supporting the lower spring-loaded telescopic tube assemblies and having a base disc with a top and a bottom supporting the lower spring-loaded telescopic tube assemblies with the bottom ends of the lower telescopic tubes mounted on the top of the base disc; wherein the internal telescopic stand is shortened with the latches of the pivot hook rods locked respectively in the latch slots in the sliding locks to keep the internal telescopic stand in a retracted position.