Flexible articulating painting stand for vehicle bumpers

A painting stand for supporting a vehicle bumper for spray painting, the painting stand comprising:

• a) a base;
• b) a foot pedal at or adjacent to a lower end of the vertical post, wherein the foot pedal is depressible about a first rotational axis;
• c) a vertical post supported by and extending upwardly along a first longitudinal axis from the base;
• d) a support rack connected at or adjacent to an upper end of the vertical post, wherein the support rack is configured to support the vehicle bumper and is rotatable about a second rotational axis that is perpendicular to the first longitudinal axis of the vertical post, the support rack comprising:
• i) a rotatable rod rotatably connected to the vertical post and extending along the second rotational axis, wherein the rotatable rod extends to opposed rotatable rod first and second ends connected to respective outwardly extending first and second secondary flexible cables, the first and second secondary flexible cables extending to spaced apart first and second secondary flexible cable distal ends;
• ii) a bracket rigidly connected to the rotatable rod intermediate the opposed first and second secondary flexible cables, wherein the bracket extends upwardly from the rotatable rod, spaced above the foot pedal;
• iii) a horizontal rod connected to a distal end of the bracket and extending along a third longitudinal axis that is parallel to the second rotational axis of the rotatable rod, wherein the horizontal rod extends to opposed horizontal rod first and second ends connected to respective outwardly extending first and second main flexible cables, the first and second main flexible cable extending to spaced apart first and second main flexible cable distal portions having respective first and second main flexible cable distal ends,
• iv) wherein the distal ends of the first and second secondary flexible cables are connected to the corresponding first and second main flexible cable distal portions, and
• v) wherein first and second secondary flexible cables connected to the first and second main flexible cables are configured to nest against an inner surface of a bumper to thereby support the bumper spaced above the base and the foot pedal;
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• e) a connecting structure connecting from the support rack to the foot pedal,
• f) wherein, with the support rack supporting a vehicle bumper in a first position, movement of the foot pedal about the first rotational axis in one of a clockwise or counterclockwise direction causes the support rack connected to the foot pedal by the connecting structure to rotate in the other of the clockwise or counterclockwise direction opposite that of the foot pedal to thereby move from the first position to a second position.