Patent ID: 8567740
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: A47B,B42D

Abstract:
1. A deployable support unit, comprising: a bracket plate; a support platen hingedly connected to said bracket plate; a support strut for supporting said support platen at a selected angular orientation relative to said bracket plate; said support platen being movable between a non-deployed position disposed in closely overlying and substantially parallel relation with said bracket plate, said support strut overlying and protecting said support platen in said non-deployed position, and a deployed position tilted upwardly at a selected angular orientation relative to said bracket plate; a tab formed at a forward margin of said support strut and overlying said support platen when said unit is in said non-deployed position, and positioned to selectively engage one of a plurality of slots formed in said support platen when said unit is in said deployed position; and wherein said support strut comprises an upper support strut engageable between said bracket plate and said support platen, and further comprising a base plate hingedly coupled to said bracket plate, and a lower support strut engageable between said base plate and said bracket plate.