Patent ID: 6497394
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: A47G,F16M

Abstract:
A cup anchor comprising:a base having a shallow indention and within said shallow indentation is at least one hole; an anchor made of a partially soft rubber, said anchor including a raised platform whose shape, size and depth match the shallow indentation and a ringed trough formed in a backside of the anchor, opposite to said raised platform and having at least one hole in said ringed trough whose positioning and quantity are aligned with the at least one hole of said base, the backside of the anchor being flat in a position of rest; a gasket including a body having one or more raised lips and having at least one hole aligned with the at least one hole of said anchor and said at least one hole of said base; and at least one screw positioned in said at least one hole of said gasket, said at least one hole of said anchor and said at least one hole of said base with a head of said at least one screw being recessed from a plane formed by the backside of said anchor so that when the cup anchor is lifted, said anchor moves from a flat form in the position of rest to a convex shape to form a suction cup and to firmly secure the cup anchor upon a flat table or desk.