Device for holding and supporting articles
Assignee4Th Dimension Developments Pty Ltd
InventorTerry Walter Scott
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Abstract
An apparatus (10) for holding and supporting articles including support means (20) having receiving means (25, 26, 27), one or more elongate members (30, 32, 34) each having a first end adapted to fit into said receiving means (25, 26, 27) of the support means (20), connector means (40) adapted to fit to a second end of any one or more elongate members (30, 32, 34) for releasably engaging a respective article.
Claims18
An apparatus for simultaneously holding and supporting articles including:
- support means having receiving means, wherein the support means is placed on or securely attached to a surface and the apparatus is accessible by a user working on a task;
- a plurality of continuous elongate members each having a first end adapted to insert and fit into said receiving means of the support means, wherein each continuous elongate member is a flexible arm that can position a respective article at a desired location independent of any other continuous elongate member;
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- a plurality of distinct interchangeable connector means adapted to fit to a second end of each of the continuous elongate members for releasably engaging a respective article.
An interchangeable connector arrangement for use in an apparatus, maid apparatus having support means including receiving means and a plurality of continuous elongate members each having a first end adapted to insert and fit into said receiving means of the support means, the connector arrangement including:
- a first portion and a second portion, the first portion configured to mate with any one of the plurality of continuous elongate members, and the second portion being one of several distinct interchangeable components;
- said first portion having first protrusion means at one end thereof and said second portion having second protrusion means at one end thereof;
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- wherein said first and second protrusion means are able to releasably engage with one another to provide a secure connection between the first portion and the second portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.