Patent ID: 7244070

Claim:
A portable device for stabilizing an arm or hand of a person, the device comprising: a stabilizer shaft including a peripheral section and a mating section; a stabilizer coupled with the peripheral section of the stabilizer shaft and configured to engage the arm or hand of the person; a base shaft in slidable arrangement with the stabilizer shaft, the base shaft including a peripheral section and a mating section; an attachment assembly in cooperative association with the mating section of the stabilizer shaft and the mating section of the base shaft, the attachment assembly configured to releasably fix the stabilizer shaft relative to the base shaft; and a garment clip coupled with the peripheral section of the base shaft, the garment clip including a first cleft and a second cleft, wherein the first cleft is configured to engage a garment worn by the person when the device is upright, and the second cleft is configured to engage the garment worn by the person when the device is inverted.