Patent ID: 7140375

Claim:
A support device for temporary and releasable support of an associated cover member having a grommet-reinforced opening therein, said support device comprising: a molded polymeric hub having first and second opposite ends and defining a bore adapted to receive and closely surround a tip of an associated support pole to maintain coaxial alignment of said hub with an associated pole tip inserted in said bore, wherein said bore is adapted for releasable axial sliding engagement with the associated pole tip; a molded polymeric shell projecting radially outwardly from and defined as a one-piece construction with said hub, said shell defining an outer surface including an inclined portion adapted to support an associated cover member and a concave inner surface, wherein said hub projects outwardly from said concave inner surface; wherein said bore defined by said hub comprises: (i) a first end that opens through said first end of said hub and also through said outer surface of said shell to accommodate projection of the associated pole tip therethrough; and, (ii) an opposite second end that opens through the second end of said hub.