Patent ID: 7314207

Claim:
A utility support stand, comprising: a pair of spaced apart, downwardly extending first legs; a pair of spaced apart, downwardly extending second legs; said second legs positionable relative to said first legs, from a nested configuration wherein said second legs are disposed between said first legs and a plane extending between said second legs is substantially aligned with a plane extending between said first legs, and a working configuration wherein said second legs are positioned between said nested configuration and an orientation wherein said plane extending between said second legs forms an angle of approximately 90 degrees with said plane extending between said first legs; a cradle atop said first and second legs and fixed in alignment with said first legs, said cradle including first and second oppositely disposed ends extending upwardly relative to said downwardly extending legs, said cradle sized to engage the circumference of a an elongate structural member such that that the elongate structural member is received between said first and second ends; and a cross member extending between said second legs.