Patent ID: 7111815

Claim:
A base support for supporting an elongated member in a substantially upright position comprising a base member having a greater length than width and bottom and top walls and non-symmetrical opposite side walls, one of the side walls having an intermediate length that is straight and in the same plane throughout its length and height, and the other of the side walls having an intermediate length that is spaced further from the plane of the intermediate length of the one side wall than end lengths of the other side wall to provide the base member with a wider intermediate width than end widths, and a mounting hole extending through the top wall in the wider intermediate width for closely receiving an end portion of an elongated member to maintain the elongated member in a substantially upright position when the base member is placed on a generally horizontal support surface, the mounting hole having a maximum width in the length direction of the base member that is less than the intermediate length of the other side wall and that extends widthwise outwardly beyond the end lengths of the other side wall.