Patent ID: 7334643

Claim:
A stand for care of an animal, the stand comprising: a base unit made substantially of plastic and having a generally flat base having a generally horizontal top surface and a truncated-conical upright receiving portion extending up centrally from the base, and said base unit further comprising a plurality of vertical generally triangular buttress walls extending upward from said generally horizontal top surface to connect to said upright receiving portion, each vertical buttress wall having an outermost edge slanting inward toward said upright receiving portion, wherein said plurality of vertical buttress walls are spaced apart around said upright receiving portion; a platform, for receiving a body part of the animal, slidably received in the upright receiving portion for being raised and lowered relative to the base; and a lock mechanism that locks the platform in the base at selected heights relative to the base; wherein the platform comprises a top end cradle with a web portion and two arms rigidly and non-pivotally extending up from the web portion, and the platform further comprises a cushion in the top end cradle for receiving said animal body part.