Support device
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1. A support device comprising:
- a base which includes a plurality of attaching means for releasably connecting said base to a supporting surface, said attaching means each being connected to said base to form a triangle having a geometric center;
a support rod having an elongate body and being connected at one end thereof to said base adjacent said geometric center and extending outwardly from said base, said rod body being bent at the other end thereof into an S-shape which includes a first loop adjacent said rod body and having an open portion presented toward said base and a second loop remote from said rod body having an open portion presented away from said base;
said rod being inclined with respect to said base so that said second loop is located in vertical alignment with said geometric center and said first loop is located between said geometric center and a line connecting two of said attaching means so that force generated by a member bearing against said first loop is essentially evenly distributed via said base among said plurality of attaching means and force generated by a member bearing against said second loop is essentially evenly distributed via said base between said two attaching means.
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Abstract
An elongate rod is formed with an "S" shaped terminal portion at one end for providing an inner, or first, downwardly-open loop-adapted to be engaged by a member to be supported, and an outer, or second, upwardly-open loop adapted to restrain a member bearing thereagainst. The other end of the rod terminates in means for either securely, though releasably, anchoring the rod to a portable support base which is adapted to be affixed to a support surface, or means for securely, though releasably, anchoring the rod to a support surface, per se.
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1. A support device comprising:
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a base which includes a plurality of attaching means for releasably connecting said base to a supporting surface, said attaching means each being connected to said base to form a triangle having a geometric center; a support rod having an elongate body and being connected at one end thereof to said base adjacent said geometric center and extending outwardly from said base, said rod body being bent at the other end thereof into an S-shape which includes a first loop adjacent said rod body and having an open portion presented toward said base and a second loop remote from said rod body having an open portion presented away from said base; said rod being inclined with respect to said base so that said second loop is located in vertical alignment with said geometric center and said first loop is located between said geometric center and a line connecting two of said attaching means so that force generated by a member bearing against said first loop is essentially evenly distributed via said base among said plurality of attaching means and force generated by a member bearing against said second loop is essentially evenly distributed via said base between said two attaching means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A support device comprising an elongate rod, one end of which is bent to form an "S" shaped terminal portion which projects laterally from the axis of the rod and which comprises a first, downwardly-open loop adjacent the rod, and a second, upwardly-open loop remote therefrom, wherein the free outer end of the "S" shaped terminal portion is disposed in substantial alignment with the apex of said first loop, the other end of said rod being straight, and externally threaded, a support member having substantially parallel upper and lower surfaces, an internally threaded socket in said member having an upper end in open communication with said upper surface and inclined relative thereto, whereby the upwardly-open loop of the "S" shaped terminal portion of the rod is disposed in substantial vertical alignment with the upper end of the socket when the threaded end of the rod is received in the socket, and means for securely, though releasably, attaching the member to a supporting surface, wherein said means comprises three suction cups which project in triangular relationship from the lower surface of said member.
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18. A support device comprising:
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a rod having an elongate body with one end thereof bent into an S-shape which includes a first loop which is located adjacent said rod body and has an open portion presented toward the other end of said rod and a second loop which is located remote from said rod body and has a terminal end and an open portion presented away from said rod other end, said first and second loops being located in a common plane; and a point positioned on the other end of said rod body to define a tip for insertion into a supporting structure for releasably mounting said rod on said supporting structure, said point including a plurality of facets with one facet having a facial surface which is oriented to be in a plane which is essentially perpendicular to said common plane so that force generated on said S-shaped end by a member bearing thereagainst is distributed essentially evenly over the facial surface of said one facet. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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