Patent ID: 6951326

Claim:
A mast support to support a multi-section mast comprising a mast support including an outer surface having a plurality of connector brackets extending outwardly from said outer surface thereof and a correspondingly plurality of support legs each pivotally coupled to the upper portion of said corresponding connector bracket and slidably coupled to the mid to lower portion of said corresponding connector bracket to permit said support legs to be selectively moved between a stored and deployed position and to advance successive mast sections through said mast support from beneath or below said mast support wherein said mast support comprises a plurality of substantially flat outer surfaces corresponding to said plurality of connector brackets having an elongated mast receiving channel to receive and support a portion of the multi-section mast therein and each said connector bracket comprises a pair of substantially parallel spaced apart bracket members extending outwardly from the correspondingly substantially flat outer surface to cooperatively form a leg receiving channel therebetween to selectively receive a portion of a corresponding leg member therein when said mast stand is in the stored position and wherein each said bracket member comprises a substantially flat plate including a coplanar coupling protrusion on the upper end portion thereof having a coupling aperture formed therethrough to receive an upper coupling member to pivotally couple the upper portion of the corresponding leg member between the corresponding pair of substantially parallel spaced apart bracket members of the corresponding connector bracket and a guide or slot formed through said substantially flat plate which slidingly receive a bracket coupling member therethrough, wherein the bracket coupling member having one end portion connected to a leg/bracket interconnecting member and having the opposite end portion thereof pivotally coupled to a corresponding leg member via a lower leg coupling member in spaced relationship below the corresponding upper coupling member.