Patent ID: 7309052

Claim:
Equipment support, comprising: a) an articulated equipment support assembly configured for supporting a piece of equipment in a first, use position, and for supporting the piece of equipment in a second, non-use position, the non-use position being distant from the use position; b) the articulated equipment support assembly including: i) a first support, the first support having a longitudinal axis and being pivotably attachable to an object; ii) a second support, the second support being configured for supporting the piece of equipment; iii) a third support, the third support extending between the first support and the second support, and the third support extending transversely relative to the first support and the second support; iv) the third support being rotatably attached to the first support for rotation about a first axis, the first axis extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the first support; v) the third support being rotatable about a second axis, the second axis extending transversely relative to the first axis; vi) an actuator provided on the third support, the actuator being configured for rotating the third support about the first axis; vii) the second axis extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first support; viii) an engagement element provided adjacent the third support and the first support for allowing and preventing rotary movement of the third support about the second axis; ix) a portion of the second support being configured for supporting the piece of equipment, in use, in both its use and non-use positions; and x) the first, second, and third supports being configured so that, in use, when the piece of equipment is to be moved from the use position distant from a pivotable attachment of the first support on the object to the non-use position closer to the object to which the first support is pivotably attached, in use, then the user actuates the actuator and rotates the third support about the first axis and rotates both the third support and the second support relative to the first support, then the user pivots the first support about its pivotable attachment for movement relative to the object to which it is attached, then the third support is rotated about the second axis for moving the piece of equipment into the non-use position.