Patent ID: 6848368
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. A stand device comprising at least one platform member and at least one rod like elongated leg member, an aperture in said platform member receiving said leg member therethrough, wherein contact between said platform member and an adjacent wall or walls of a room in which said device is to be erected corresponds to a generally horizontal position of said platform member and contact between said leg member and an internal surface of said aperture corresponds to a position of said leg member upright but inclined to the vertical, contacting said internal surface of said aperture at the upper end of said leg member, and contacting at its lower end the floor of the room, and wherein the contacts between said upper and lower ends of said leg member and said internal surface and floor, respectively, and the contact between said platform member and said wall or walls co-operate to maintain said platform member in a stable generally horizontal position abutting against said wall or walls, said aperture being of a shape and size allowing positioning of the leg member or members at a desired angle or angles to the platform member, provided that, when said device is to be erected against a single wall, at least two of said leg members are employed.