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Support device for supporting objects

  • US 5,788,202 A
  • Filed: 05/28/1996
  • Issued: 08/04/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A support device for firmly supporting objects particularly for supporting a telephone in a vehicle, said device comprising:

  • a base body, first and second clamping wall structures extending from said base body so as to be disposed opposite one another, at least one of said clamping wall structures being slideably supported on said base body so as to be movable toward, and away from, the other of said clamping wall structures, a pivot member pivotally supported by a shaft projecting from said base body and including an engagement structure formed on one of said pivot member and said clamping wall structures and being recieved in said engagement structure for transforming linear movement of said clamping wall structure into pivot movement of said pivot member, spring means for biasing said one clamping wall structure away from the other clamping wall structure, and a locking structure operatively connected to said pivot member for locking said pivot member and, together therewith, said clamping wall structure in position, and means for releasing said locking structure to permit said springs to move said one clamping wall structure away from the other clamping wall structure.

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