Patent ID: 7365257

Claim:
A stand for supporting an article, the stand comprising: a basket for receiving the article; a stand body for supporting the basket; a plurality of legs pivotally connected to the stand body, the stand body including: a main pipe; a lower pipe having an upper end inserted into the main pipe; a leg support arranged on the main pipe, each leg being pivotally connected to the main pipe by the leg support; a stay support arranged on the lower pipe; and a plurality of stays, each connected to a corresponding one of the legs and pivotally connected by the stay support to the lower pipe, with position of the lower pipe relative to the main pipe being changeable so that the leg support and the stay support move toward each other and spread the legs outward with the stays, and the position of the lower pipe relative to the main pipe being changeable so that the leg support and the stay support move away from each other and fold the legs with the stays.