Abstract: A folding cup holder is provided with a base plate; a pair of first arms having proximal end portions, being pivotally supported to the base plate; a pair of second arms each including a resilient latch portion, being pivotally supported to the base plate at proximal end portions thereof respectively; and a holder arm including a pair of engagement portions at both ends thereof and pivotally supported to the distal ends of the first arms and the distal ends of the second arms in differential axes. The engagement portions are engaged with the latch portions so that the holder arm is kept in an expanded state. The latch portions are resilient so that the engagement portions are allowed to override the resilient latch portions, thereby the holder arm is released to be free when excessive force is applied to the holder arm.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a supporting device (7) for a portable device to measure and/or test components of electrical and/or optical networks. It contains a supporting plate (8), which is built in, or may be attached to, the equipment; a supporting frame (12), which may stand at one end on the sub-surface and may be adjustably fitted at the other end to a sliding guide (11) arranged on at least one supporting frame (8); and at least one lever (8), which at one end may be swivel mounted on a supporting frame (12) between both ends (20, 31) around a first swivel axis (19) that essentially runs parallel to the support surface, and may be swivel mounted at the other end onto a supporting plate (8) under the sliding guide (11) around a second swivel axis (23) running parallel to the first swivel axis (19).

Abstract: A pair of slits (2a), a pair of first grooves (2b), a pair of second grooves (2c), and an engaging aperture (2d) are formed to the bottom plate (21) of an outer casing of the telephone set (1). An adapter plate member (3) has a base pate (3a), a pair of generally triangular plates (3b) standing on the base plate, a pair of elastic claws (3c) formed on the top edges of the triangular plates, and a mating tab (3d). One end of the adapter plate member is remobably and rotatably mounted at the front edge of the bottom plate. In a first condition where the telephone set is disposed with the bottom plate is not inclined, the triangular plates are inserted into the slits. In a second condition where the telephone set is disposed with an increased inclined angle, the claws are inserted into first grooves. In a third condition where the telephone set is mounted on a wall by the use of the adapter plate member. After the adapter plate member is removed from the bottom plate, turned upside down, and fixed onto the wall.

Abstract: A support structure for interposition between a base of a sloping base cooler and a roof during installation of the cooler onto the roof. The support structure comprises a transition component adapted to be connected to the cooler and to ducting protruding through the roof to feed cooled air from the cooler into the ducting. The transition component includes a movable prop or flap, separate from or formed with the transition component, to be positioned between the transition component and a horizontal surface such that the transition component, when fitted to a sloping base cooler, maintains the cooler in a vertically upright condition for assembly or transportation or storage.

Abstract: A support device of a portable photographing apparatus includes a plurality of support bodies coupled to the photographing apparatus to be capable of protruding and being inserted with respect to a bottom surface of the photographing apparatus, and a plurality of legs hinge-coupled to the support bodies to be capable of moving through cavities in the photographing apparatus enabling the hinge coupling and the plurality of legs to protrude or extend from a bottom surface of the photographic apparatus. The legs and the hinge coupling may also be inserted into these cavities together with the support bodies. During extension, the support bodies can rotate 360 degrees while the hinge coupling can cause the legs to be inclined with respect to the bottom surface of the photographing apparatus.

Abstract: A holding system for electronic modules, particularly for magnetic disk drives the holding system a withdrawable frame which can be inserted into a drive bay of an electronic data processing device, particularly a PC, and whose length corresponds to the depth of the drive bay, and further having a U-shaped bracket in whose U limbs first holes are provided for the passage of first fastening elements for fastening the bracket on lateral surfaces, directed parallel to the inserting direction, of the module, and second holes are provided for the passage of second fastening elements for fastening the bracket to the withdrawable frame. The fastening elements can be surrounded by damping elements consisting of an elastic material.

Abstract: An automatically deploying and retracting leg for a portable personal computer including a base and a display. At least one leg is arranged in the base and moves downwardly as it is deployed. At least one deploying mechanism is interconnected with the at least one leg and the display so as to cause the at least one leg to deploy and retract upon moving the display respectively between and open and a closed position.

Abstract: A juvenile high chair includes at least one leg. The leg comprises a foot having a bottom edge adapted to engage a surface underlying the foot, a roller, and a bracket having a first end coupled to the leg, a second end coupled to the roller, and a center flexible portion extending between the first and second ends. The first and second ends are substantially parallel to each other when a portion of the wheel engages the surface and displaces the bottom edge of the leg from the surface.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for retaining a seismic cable connector module to permit in-water repair of seismic cables. A clamp is supported by a vessel positioned over the submerged seismic cable. The seismic cable is raised above the water surface, and the clamp is attached to the exterior surface of the connector module. The clamp can include a lock for securing the connector module, and a swivel between the clamp and the vessel can permit movement of the connector module relative to the vessel as the vessel heaves due to wind and wave action. The clamp can release the connector module if the environmental forces acting on the connector module exceed a selected amount. The clamp can be attached to a separate vessel for in-water use or can be attached to the vessel deck. A clasp within the exterior surface of the connector module is detachably engagable with a clamp supported by the vessel.

Abstract: An adjusting mechanism for installing angle of appliances includes a first leg part rotatably mounted at one end portion to a bottom part of an appliance for supporting the appliance at a first installing position as rotated by a predetermined angle from a position being in parallel to the bottom part with the other end portion engaged with an installing plane, and a second leg part rotatably mounted at one end portion to the other end portion of the first leg part for supporting the appliance at a second installing position together with the first leg part in the first installing position, as rotated by a predetermined angle from a position opposing in parallel the first leg part with the other end portion engaged with the installing plane. The appliance can be thus adjusted in two stages in installing angle with respect to the installing plane, without impairing its appearances, but with the operability and observability of functions effectively improved.

Abstract: A computer chassis with an affixed support assembly on one side, wherein the computer chassis is configurable between desktop and tower configurations. The chassis includes a first side which corresponds to the lower side of a desktop-type chassis and a second side which corresponds to the lower side of a tower-type chassis. The support assembly is attached to the second side and includes at least one selectively extendible support member. The support member is selectively extendible between a first, retracted position wherein it forms a relatively unobtrusive and aesthetic side surface and a second, extended position where it forms a broad supporting base for the chassis when placed on its second side in the manner of a tower platform. Methods and apparatus are also described by which a computer system can be converted between a desktop platform and a tower platform quickly and easily.

Abstract: A portable computer capable of operating on a flat surface or on an operator's palm and forearm, including a main body, a display on an upper side of the main body for displaying image or character data or both, a cover which covers the display and opens rotatably to a position where an upper side of the cover touches a bottom side of the main body, a riser formed when the cover is opened which raises the main body to a position so to form an angle relative to the flat surface, when supported on the flat surface, and for stabilizing the computer when held by the operator on the operator's palm and forearm. The cover opens and closes with the assistance of first and second hinge pins. An edge portion of the cover and a stand plate extend in generally opposite directions about the first hinge pin when the cover is closed, but are adjacent to one another when the cover is opened.

Abstract: A computer keyboard stand includes a base and a support. The base is coupled to a bottom of a computer keyboard by a screw. The base has two side walls each having a plurality of apertures laterally defined in a greater portion of its length from a first end of an inner face thereof and a bore defined adjacent to a second end of the inner face. The support includes a first wing and a second wing hinged to the first wing. The first wing has a pair of arms laterally extending out from opposite sides of a free end thereof to pivotally extend into the bores of the base. The second wing has a pair of limbs laterally protruding out from a free end thereof to retainably engage with one pair of the plurality of apertures. The computer keyboard stand provide an incremental, multi-level angle adjusting function to the computer keyboard.

Abstract: An improved golf club stand that enables a golf club to be inverted and supported above the ground in a substantially vertical position is provided. In a first embodiment, the stand includes a sleeve secured in the handle of the club and a spike. The spike is tapered at a first end and is configured at a second end to be detachably coupled to the sleeve. In a second embodiment, the spike is retained in the handle of the club. The sleeve has a slotted open end that prevents the spike from being dislodged from the sleeve and enables a portion of the spike to pass therethrough. The disk end of the spike also prevents the spike from completely passing through the slotted end. The sleeve is configured to prevent the spike from retracting fully into the sleeve and drop into the club's shaft. When inserted in the ground, the invented stand aids with keeping the grip of the club dry and unsoiled.

Abstract: A keyboard stand mounting structure including a keyboard shell, which a big recessed hole at the back side and two small recessed hole spaced by the big recessed hole, two small stands respectively pivoted to the back side of the keyboard shell and turned between the collapsed position received in the small recessed hole and the operative position to support the keyboard shell in a first tilted position, and a big stand pivoted to the back side of the keyboard shell and turned between the collapsed position received in the big recessed hole and the operative position to support the keyboard in a second tilted position.

Abstract: A footstand for stabilizing or securing a body of a medical device against overturn. The body may especially be a chest drainage unit designed and configured to receive and collect fluids from a medical patient. The invention comprises a two leg component rotatable footstand which incorporates a gear driving mechanism which operates between the legs to simplify the action of pulling out the respective legs of the footstand. The gear driving mechanism allows the medical technician to activate the footstand by simply pulling out either the front or back leg to its stabilizing position, the other leg will automatically be rotated into its stabilizing position. A detent is provided which will provide a secure "click" sound so that a medical technician will know the legs have been pulled out away from the CDU a sufficient distance to provide the proper stabilization for the CDU.

Abstract: A paintbrush with a built-in holder is provided, which consists of a heel portion, a handle extending from the heel portion, a plurality of bristles and a ferrule for retaining the bristles to the heel portion. A structure is in the handle for supporting the paintbrush in a paint bucket, so that the bristles are elevated above the paint within the paint bucket.

Abstract: In a computer comprising a computer body for supporting a keyboard and enclosing electronic circuits, several elements are provided including recesses provided on the bottom side of the computer body, leg members for tilting the computer body, the leg members being positioned in the recesses and being rotatable around a supporting shaft of the leg members and slidable along the direction of the axis of the supporting shaft, a spring for forcing the leg members to rotate so as to open from the recesses and to slide in one direction along the supporting shaft, and engagement apparatus for engaging the leg members with the recesses in spite of the force caused by the spring to rotate the leg members, handling portions for facilitating the slide manipulation of the leg members along the supporting shaft are provided on the exposed surface of the leg members while in the recesses, so that it becomes unnecessary to provide additional members for manipulation.

Abstract: Locking assembly with integrated retractable locking head for handling, transport, and storage by stacking of load-carrying structures.Locking assembly characterized by comprising on three adjacent faces, including the bottom face, an oblong opening (10) for locking with a standardized locking head and by comprising a locking device (1) which is retractable and integral with a movable support (12) with a locking head (11) between a retracted position inside the assembly in which the bottom face of the support is in the plane of the top face of the assembly, and an extended working position in which the supporting plate (17), supporting the locking head, is an extension of the top surface of the assembly.This invention is useful for designers of containers and shipping materials.

Abstract: A leg assembly for a keyboard is described in which the leg operates, without the use of an actuating mechanism or direct hand intervention, to be movable between two stable positions; the first being a retracted position, the second being a deployed position. The leg assembly is of simple construction, comprised of a leg pivotally mounted to a keyboard or the like by means of a pin. Simplicity of use is inherent in the design.