Abstract: The hang-up cup assembly (100) for a radiotelephone has a cradle (200) secured to a pedestal (300) using a ball (320) and a socket (220) of a ball-and-socket joint (120), a screw (400), and a dome nut (600). The ball-and-socket joint (120) is compressed by the screw (400) and the dome nut (600) to retain the hang-up cup assembly (100) in the desired position. The hang-up cup assembly (100) has a low profile, is easy to install, and can be adjusted by an end user by slightly loosing the easily-accessible screw (400), repositioning the cradle (200) relative to the pedestal (300), and tightening the screw (400) to compress the ball-and-socket joint (120) and maintain the desired new position.

Abstract: A stand for supporting a musical instrument, the stand comprising a front frame subassembly, a base frame subassembly, and a rear frame subassembly. These subassemblies are hinged and clipped together to form a self-supporting stand that supports the front frame subassembly with a rearwardly leaning planar front face. A bracket near the foot of the front frame subassembly carries most of the weight of the musical instrument supported by the stand, the remaining instrument weight being carried by the planar front face of the front frame subassembly. At least the top of the front frame subassembly is wider and higher than the width and height of the upper end of the musical instrument, and this protects the musical instrument against being dislodged from the stand by direct impacts from above, the side or the rear. The instrument stand is lightweight and easily collapsible for transport. Constructional details of the frame and joints are given, and decorative forms are also described.

Abstract: A storage device for storing strings of ornamental lights which have a plurality of strands hanging pendant from the main string. The device has a plurality of spokes attached with respect to an elongate vertical member. It is preferable to have a storage-positioning member attached at either or both of the top or bottom ends of the elongate vertical member such that the device is stored upright. The invention also includes a method for attaching the string of lights to the device by rotating the string around the elongate vertical member as the strands hang down between the spokes.

Abstract: A stand for holding hair stylist tools with an adjustable height work table and a power strip on the upper end of the support column. An electrical power supply cord extends from the power strip through the hollow support column.

Abstract: A support stand that allows a decorative display of a balloon in combination with flowers, wine, or any object that the user chooses to include. The device includes a support structure utilized in combination with a netting and a balloon. The support structure includes an upper disk attached to a lower disk by means of four elongated rods. The upper disk includes a large central hole to receive and support the balloon. The lower disk is essentially solid, but includes a plurality of radial slots. The slots are used to receive and secure a net or other fabric used as a cover to hold the balloon in place. The rods of the support structure define an interior display space that may be used to hold flowers, a bottle of wine, or some other object intended for display with the balloon stand.

Abstract: A shop support stand for slidingly supporting a generally horizontally moving workpiece, such a length of wood, at a preselected height as a work operation, such as sawing, routing, milling or planing, is performed on the workpiece. The shop support stand can receive a moving dropped end of the workpiece and ramp the dropped end to the preselected height. The shop support stand includes a base and a ramp having a convex surface. The ramp mounts with the base, and the convex surface includes an upper portion for slidingly supporting the workpiece at the preselected height and a lower portion for slidingly ramping the dropped end of the workpiece to the upper portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for supporting a heavier hand-held tool, particularly a spot welding gun, comprising a tool stand provided with a support arm arrangement mounted thereon, and a constant force spring having a first end and a second end, said first end of the constant force spring being attached to said support arm arrangement, and said hand-held tool being hung from said second end of the constant force spring, wherein the constant force of the spring is such that a user of the hand-held tool is relieved from at least a substantial portion of the weight of the tool, and the drawn-out length of the spring is long enough to enable the tool to be hung in a plurality of different operation heights. Preferably, the constant force of the spring is such that the tool is hung in a weight-balanced state. A line element may be connected between the constant force spring and the tool.

Abstract: A mount to locate a marine bilge pump to increase serviceability, including an upper section which removably fastens to the bulkhead, stringer bed or deck brace of the boat, hinged to a center section which allows for angular orientation to be achieved with respect to a bottom section serving to support the bilge pump in a plane parallel with the bottom of the boat, and with the center section being extendable in length to set the spacing between the upper and bottom plates in accordance with the size of the bilge pump to be mounted. In the preferred embodiment described, the center section includes a slotted front piece to receive a tightenable knob which extends through and into one of a plurality of apertures in a second rear piece of the center section.

Abstract: A stand member for an image reading apparatus includes a pair of front and rear protruded portions, wherein a lower part of the image reading apparatus disposed in a vertically installed condition is received between the pair of protruded portions to support the image reading apparatus in the vertically installed condition. A laid-down position of the image reading apparatus in a front-and-rear direction is regulated by the pair of protruded portions.

Abstract: An article transporting/storing apparatus is provided for efficiently transporting or storing articles that are different in size, form or number. First and second coupling members crossing each other are disposed between each pair of adjacent posts such that a spacing therebetween can be freely changed. An article carrier is removably attached to the insides of the four posts for carrying articles on the article carrier.

Abstract: A sign attachment bracket assembly for holding and securing a sign panel on an upright member of a sign stand. The assembly includes a spring member having a tab extending through an aperture on the surface of the upright member. The tab is releasably positionable between a locked position and an unlocked position. A first bracket member is slidably mounted on the upright member and supported by the tab. The first bracket member includes a slot adapted to receive a horizontally oriented cross-brace of the sign assembly. A second bracket member is movable relative to the first bracket member and encloses the slot of the first bracket member, thereby securing the cross-brace in the slot.

Abstract: The present invention discloses blanks and the stands formed therefrom for holding and supporting cards. The stand can display creased greeting cards either horizontally or vertically. The blank includes a triangular-shaped base section having in its first adaptation, a pair of diverging side panels and diverging foldable joints, and in its second adaptation, a pair of opposed side panels and parallel foldable joints. Adhesive means are further provided for attaching and placing the blank/stand in the desired position and location.

Abstract: An improved saxophone stand for preventing accidental damage due to rotation of the instrument while on the stand, the stand including a relatively lightweight, aluminum or polymeric , structural bar base supporting a vertical member and a pivotal diagonal support member further utilizing extended “U” shaped or “J” shaped support members, attached to the diagonal support member, at least one of which is slidably adjustable and partially surrounding both the instrument's bell portion and the principle body portion thus resisting rotation of the instrument within the stand's “U” shaped support members. A further embodiment discloses the capability of connecting a plurality of stands together as well as removable and interchangeable vertical column and disk members for supporting other wind instruments such as flute and or clarinet .

Abstract: A box structure specifically for disposing an intellectual cube for displaying and as a packing box is disclosed. The box structure is comprised of a base and a transparent cover, the base is provided with a surrounding annular groove to allow the cover to place thereon for covering. The base is provided on the top thereof with a disk-shaped receiving platform having therein a groove for a wedge-shaped part and a groove for a pyramid-shaped part. With angular difference of the grooves, the intellectual cube packed can be disposed in multiple orientations; and the inner wall of the transparent cover abuts the upper corners of the intellectual cube to prevent the intellectual cube from shaking in the box during shipping and selling.

Abstract: A rotational toggle clip assembly disposed on a retention platform allows one portion of an electronic device such as a handheld computer to be inserted into a platform sleeve, also disposed on the retention platform, when the toggle clip is in a substantially open position. Opposite portions of the electronic device are secured to the platform via the case sleeve and the toggle clip following rotation of the toggle clip to its closed position. Rotation of the toggle clip to its closed position is accompanied by an audible click generated by the toggle clip assembly.

Abstract: A portable saddle holder including a generally rectangular sheet of plastic material formed to have a generally parabolic shaped cross section taken perpendicular to the long axis of said folded sheet. The cross section has an upper portion shaped to form part of the circumference of a circle having a radius related to the tree width and associated panel spacing of the saddle. The height of the portable saddle holder is also related to the length of the flaps of the saddle.

Abstract: A rack for supporting a motorcycle at a convenient height by a support under each wheel so that the space between the wheels and under the seat are accessible for servicing/repairing otherwise hard to reach parts. The rack section under the front wheel includes a platform horizontally supported on legs. The support surface has a pair of walls, formed in one embodiment by a pair of angle brackets adjustably spaced from one another and a stop wall, perpendicular to the angle brackets and positioned to prevent the motor cycle from rolling off the rack. Tie down straps fasten the motorcycle to the rack for further stabilization.

Abstract: A keyboard support device for a desk includes two posts each having a catching member so as to slidably engage with a beam connected below a top of the desk. Two rails each have a socket connected to a first end thereof so that the two sockets are respectively pivotally connected to the two posts. Each rail has a member slidably received in a second end thereof and a bar is connected between the two rails so as to maintain the two rails in parallel with each other. A tray is connected to the two members so that a keyboard is put on the tray. The tray can be pivoted and moved relative to the top of the desk.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image receiving monitor using a liquid crystal display constructed by attaching a liquid crystal display panel (1) to a stand (2), in which the stand (2) includes a pedestal (3), a surface plate (4) in a semi-cylindrical shape provided on the pedestal (3), a cover (6) attached to the surface plate (4) so as to be detachable and constituting a space (5) in an approximately cylindrical shape together with the surface plate (4) when the cover is attached to the surface plate (4), and a hinge (10) fixed to the upper part of the base (7) and having one end projecting outward from the space (5), and the liquid crystal display panel (1) is attached to the one end of the hinge (10) so as to be detachable.