Patent ID: 7337855

Claim:
A stand for care of an animal, the stand being for placement on a generally horizontal surface, the stand comprising: a hollow base unit made substantially of plastic and comprising an upper end and a lower base end, the upper end having an interior bore, and the lower base end having a diameter greater than the greatest diameter of said upper end, a concave bottom surface with an outer perimeter edge, and an opening communicating with the interior bore; and a platform, for receiving a body part of the animal, slidably received in the interior bore for being raised and lowered relative to the base unit; and wherein said outer perimeter edge of the lower base end is the only portion of the base unit adapted to contact the generally horizontal surface upon which the stand is set; and wherein energy from an impact on the body part of the animal received in the platform is transferred from the platform to the hollow base unit upper end, down to the lower base end, and out to said outer perimeter, so that shock and noise of the impact is absorbed and dissipated; wherein the base unit has an outer generally vertical side surface and the stand further comprises a plurality of holders extending out from the vertical side surface for removably receiving a tool.