Patent ID: 8424817

Claim:
An article holder comprising: a base including a chamber formed therein and opened downwardly, and including two opposite grooves formed therein and communicative with a channel of said base, and including two ears extended therefrom and each having an opening formed therein, a follower slidably engaged in said chamber of said base, and including two projections extended therefrom for slidably engaging with said grooves of said base and for limiting and guiding said follower to slide along said chamber of said base, and including a hand grip extended therefrom, and including a latching tongue extended therefrom, a carrier member including a protrusion extended therefrom for engaging into said chamber of said base, and including a pivot shaft extended from said protrusion and engaged through said openings of said ears of said base, and engaged into said ears of said base for pivotally mounting said carrier member to said base, and including an engaging cavity formed therein, said carrier member including a space formed therein and defined by a finger, a first spring biasing member engaged in said chamber of said base, and engaged between said base and said follower for biasing said follower toward said protrusion of said carrier member, and for forcing said latching tongue of said follower to selectively engage with said engaging cavity of said carrier member, and for selectively anchoring and retaining said carrier member to said base at a working position, said carrier member being allowed to be pivoted relative to said base to a storing position where said carrier member is in line with said base when said latching tongue of said follower is disengaged from said engaging cavity of said carrier member, a gripping block engaged in said space of said carrier member and pivotally attached to said carrier member with a pivot axle, and including a gripping portion for selectively engaging with an article, and a second spring biasing member engaged with said gripping block for biasing said gripping block to engage with the article and to retain the article between said finger of said carrier member and said gripping block.