Patent ID: 7040583

Claim:
A support stand, comprising: a flat, planar, rigid base; a pair of support members disposed on a top surface of the base, each support member having a single, planar holding surface oriented so as to be substantially perpendicular to the top surface of the base and opposed to each other, and wherein a first of the pair of support members is slidably engaged with the top surface of the base such that the holding surface of the first support member can be slid toward or away from the holding surface of the second support member; a securing apparatus capable of releasably securing the first support member to the base so as to prevent relative motion between that member and the base; wherein the first support member comprises an L-shaped bracket, a first leg of which extends substantially perpendicular to the base and has a face which forms the planar holding surface of the first support member, and a second leg of which has a face which is slidably engaged with the top surface of the base; and wherein the second leg of the first support member comprises a slot oriented so as to be substantially perpendicular to the face forming the planar holding surface of the first support member, and wherein the securing apparatus comprises, a threaded pin protruding substantially perpendicular from the top surface of the base which has a distal end that extends through the slot of the first support member, and a threaded knob which is threadably mated to the threaded pin and which in a disengaged mode allows the first support member to be slid in relation to the base, and in an engaged mode wherein the knob is rotated down on the pin so as to compress the second leg of the first support member against the top surface of the base, prevents the first support member from sliding in relation to the base.