Patent ID: 7344114

Claim:
An apparatus support device with a suction retaining structure for supporting minicomputers, navigation devices and mobile telephones, comprising: a suction foot ( 2 ) with suction membrane ( 23 ), a hollow column ( 1 ) connected with one end thereof to the suction foot ( 2 ) and having an interior space, an operating mechanism ( 3 ) for the suction foot ( 2 ) disposed in the interior space and a joint structure ( 4 ) disposed at the other end of the hollow column ( 1 ) and supporting an apparatus holder ( 6 ), said hollow column ( 1 ) consisting of two complementary semi-shells ( 11 , 12 ) which with their bottom ends extend around the suction foot ( 2 ) and at the opposite top end include joint elements ( 17 ) forming the joint structure ( 4 ) with one joint element ( 42 ) of the joint structure ( 4 ) being releasably clamped between the semi-shells ( 11 , 12 ).