Patent ID: 9193368
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A support structure assembly operable with a supported article, said assembly comprising: at least one latch; wherein said supported article comprises: at least one article perimeter frame portion defining a side elevational profile, as well as at least one support structure assembly receiving cavity, formed out of open space in the perimeter frame portion thickness, which receives at least one support structure assembly; wherein the support structure assembly includes a case with a plurality of support surfaces perpendicular to a substantially open bottom portion, including at least one finger gripping area formed along the periphery of one of the perpendicular case support surfaces, defining a support structure assembly case periphery with interconnected components substantially recessed within said periphery; and the support structure assembly's interconnected components further include both support structure assembly mounting means and support stand shaft attaching means interconnected to at least one support stand shaft; at least partly within the support structure assembly case periphery are transversely disposed, oppositely extending mounting elements, which occupy adjacent portions of the article perimeter frame portion, about which the support structure assembly pivots, the at least one support stand shaft enters a substantially open bottom portion of the support structure assembly case through an opening inside the latch, wherein the latch is further mounted along the support stand shaft, and interconnection means between the periphery of the latch and the support structure assembly case secure the interconnected components together; and in a first operative position of the support structure assembly the at least one support stand shaft is orthogonal to the article perimeter frame providing support, and the periphery of the support structure assembly case substantially occupies the support structure assembly receiving cavity; and at least one male-female connection between the latch and the article perimeter frame positively latches the support structure assembly case to the perimeter frame in the first operative position, and in a second, stowed position of the support structure assembly case, the male-female connection between the latch and the article perimeter frame is released, the support stand shaft attaching means and the interconnected at least one support stand shaft of the support structure assembly are swept through an angle during movement of said support structure assembly between the first operative position and the second stowed position such that the plane defined by the support structure assembly and interconnected support stand shaft in the second stowed position extends substantially parallel with the side elevational profile of the article perimeter frame and the support stand shaft is located within the article perimeter frame; and wherein manual movement of the support structure assembly from the second, stowed position, back to the first, operative position, positions the support structure assembly in contiguous orientation to the support structure assembly receiving cavity, permitting engagement of the at least one male-female connection between the latch and the article perimeter frame.