Patent ID: 7966949

Claim:
An assembly for supporting an item while in transit within a vehicle having cushioned passenger seating, the assembly comprising: (a) a platform for supporting the item; the platform having an aperture for receiving at least one primary support-post therethrough, and a plurality of recesses sized for releasably accepting a lower-end of a stabilizing upright/support-pin; (b) an anchor for releasably securing the assembly between cushion structures within the vehicle; the anchor comprises a base member having a free end and a bulbous end, between which a pedestal extends having a cup for receiving a lower end of the primary support-post; (c) at least a portion of the outer surface of the primary support-post is threaded, around which a mating internally-threaded leveling ring can twist for height adjustment above the base member when the lower end of the primary support-post is received by the pedestal cup; and (d) an inner wall of the aperture in the platform sized for receiving both the support-post and the leveling ring, the inner wall of the aperture in the platform shaped to mate with an outer diameter of the leveling ring once in place around the support-post.