Patent ID: 8104727

Claim:
An adjustable support for holding an article, the support comprising: a base; an article holding platform; a single, articulated, adjustable link connected at one end to the base and at its other end to the platform, the link having two, spaced-apart pivots, the pivots dividing the link into a base link member fixedly connected to the base, an intermediate link member, and a platform link member connected to the platform; the pivots being of the type having a locking member on the pivot, the locking member normally locking the pivot to prevent movement of the link members connected to the pivot, the locking member movable relative to the pivot to unlock the pivot to allow the link members to move relative to each other; a pair of telescopic, gas-filled, struts extending between the base and the platform, and on opposite sides of the articulated link, the struts pivotably mounted to the base and platform and supporting the platform when the pivots are unlocked; and an unlocking mechanism, operable by one hand of a user, for unlocking the pivots simultaneously so that while the pivots are unlocked, and the platform is supported by the struts, the platform can be manipulated by the one hand on the unlocking mechanism to adjust the platform to a new working position and then locked in the new position.