Patent ID: 8342495

Claim:
A portable holder for supporting sports equipment at a work station, the holder being adapted to support a portion of the sports equipment, the portable holder comprising: a base section adapted to be fixed to the work station; a rod; and one of a support head and a vise assembly affixed to an upper portion of the rod, wherein the base section, the support head or vise assembly contains an aperture allowing the rod engaged therein to permit both mounting of the rod to the base section and height adjustment of the rod relative to the base section; the support head having a base a front flange and a rear flange in a spaced relationship to the front flange, the front and rear flange connected to the base and extending upwardly from the base for receiving a support tongue of a bicycle bottom bracket shell support in the spaced relationship; and a connector to connect and lock the front and rear flanges and the support tongue, the connector including a locking block capable of being moved into the recess of the first aperture; the support head and support tongue include a horizontal aperture through which passes an adjustment screw, the screw passes through both the front and rear flanges, through a coil spring, through the locking block and into a pull, behind the pull is the locking block; the locking block is mounted for movement within one of the flanges; and the front flange includes a recess and two stepped indents formed therein permitting the pull to be mounted to the support head by the adjustment screw for movement from a position where the pull is inserted in the recess of the front flange allowing the locking block to be biased outwardly by the spring, to a position where the pull is pulled out and clear of the recess of the front flange then turned 90 degrees and seated in the stepped indents to move the locking block into the recess in the support tongue.