Patent ID: 8997662
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A47B,F16M

Abstract:
1. A support mechanism for supporting an object, the support mechanism including at least four legs and an interconnection means connecting the at least four legs, each leg including at least a beam portion having an inner end and an outer end, the beam portion of each leg being connected to the interconnection means by a respective pivot having a pivot axis, the pivot being located between the inner and outer ends of the beam portion, a protrusion being provided between each respective pair of adjacent legs, each protrusion being fixed to one leg of said pair of adjacent legs and extending from that one leg to act on another leg of said pair of adjacent legs, such that in use a support reaction force is transmitted between the pair of adjacent legs at a point on the other leg between the pivot and the outer end of the beam portion of that other leg, said point being on the opposite side of the pivot axis of the one leg to the outer end of the beam portion of that one leg, such that when in use the outer end of the beam portion of the one leg moves in an upwards direction, the protrusion fixed to the one leg acts on the other leg of the adjacent pair of legs such that the outer end of the beam portion of the other leg of the adjacent pair of legs moves in a downwards direction.