Patent ID: 8870134

Claim:
A support mechanism for an object, the support mechanism including at least two fixed legs, at least two moveable legs and an interconnection means for interconnecting the at least two fixed legs and the at least two moveable legs, each leg including a ground engaging means for providing a point or area of contact between the respective leg and the ground, the at least two fixed legs together including a first and a third leg, the interconnection means being rigidly connected to the at least two fixed legs and being intermediate the at least two fixed legs, the at least two moveable legs together including a second and a fourth leg, each moveable leg including a beam portion, one end of the beam portion of each of the moveable legs being connected to the interconnection means by a respective pivot having a pivot axis, and each moveable leg further including at least one support member connected to the beam portion and extending from the beam portion, at least one object support portion being provided on each support member, the object support portion being in contact with the object in use and providing a substantially vertical support force to the object, locating means attached to the object and located relative to the interconnection means to permit relative displacement between the object and the interconnection means in a substantially upward direction and to prevent relative displacement between the object and the interconnection means in a substantially horizontal direction, such that substantially vertical displacement of the ground engaging means of one of the moveable legs relative to the fixed legs causes substantially vertical displacement of the support member of the associated moveable leg and therefore substantially vertical displacement of the object and the locating means relative the interconnection means and the fixed legs, causing another of the at least two moveable legs to rotate, the support mechanism thereby conforming to the uneven ground.