Patent ID: 7320450

Claim:
A multiply configurable mounting apparatus, comprising: a support base configured for being fixed to an external surface, the support base comprising an ankle portion coupled adjacent to a first end of an elongated foot portion; a solitary permanently bendable support leg formed of a continuously solid metal having first and second end portions at opposite ends thereof, the first end portion being fixedly coupled to the ankle portion of the support base and the second end portion being structured for having an external device coupled thereto; and device mounting means for fixedly mounting an external device to the second end portion of the permanently bendable support leg, wherein the device mounting means further comprises: a connector comprising a female collar forming therein an internal cavity sized to receive the second end portion of the support leg thereinto and means for retaining the support leg relative thereto, and a pair of arm members forming a socket-shaped cavity therebetween, a mounting base with a pressure deformable ball mount projected therefrom and sized to be relatively rotatably received into the socket-shaped cavity of the connector, and means for applying clamping force between the pair of arm members relative to the socket-shaped cavity formed therebetween; and wherein the anide portion of the support base further comprises an aperture formed therein sized to receive the first end portion of the support leg thereinto and means for retaining the support leg relative thereto, and the elongated foot portion thereof further comprises an aperture formed therethrough that is sized to pass a mechanical fastener.