Patent ID: 6974113

Claim:
Adjustable holding apparatus for cantilever support of a pole-like member in various upright orientations, comprising in combination, (a) a base plate, (b) a pivot bracket mounted upright on said base plate, (c) a holder for detachably mounting one end of the pole-like member for cantilever support of the member on and protruding upwardly from said holder, (d) a locking gear secured to said holder and pivotally secured to said bracket by a pivot pin for supporting said holder on said base plate for pivotal motion of said holder-mounted member in a generally vertical pivot plane for pivotally raising and lowering the member in said pivot plane, said gear having a circumferentially extending row of locking teeth arrayed in said pivot plane, and (e) a locking handle mechanism including a locking pin bodily movable by said mechanism into and out of locking engagement with a selected root space between any two of said teeth for adjustably holding said holder in selected angularly spaced positions in said pivot plane and wherein said locking handle mechanism includes at least one handle arm pivotally mounted to said bracket for pivotal motion of said arm in or parallel to said plane, said bracket having a slot receiving said locking pin therethrough with said locking pin axis parallel to the axis of said bracket gear pivot pin and guiding said locking pin for said gear-engaging and disengaging bodily motion of said locking pin, said arm having a camming slot also receiving said locking pin therethrough and operable to cam said locking pin to produce said pin bodily motion in response to said pivotal motion of said arm.