Appliance stand
OwnerThomas Kulesia, II, Greggory Tuholskiinventors
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Abstract
A portable, multi-configuration appliance stand capable of supporting one or more appliances, including but not limited to dryers, lights, and blowers. In embodiments, the appliance stand includes an appliance arm that supports the appliance, where the appliance arm is attached to an arm support via a multi-axial connector that functions as a multi-axial connector joint. In embodiments, the multi-axial connector is capable of translating along at least two axes, as well as rotating. In other embodiments, a locking mechanism secures the multi-axial connector at a fixed configuration between the appliance arm and the arm support.
Claims19
An appliance stand comprising:
- an arm support having an arm support slot that extends longitudinally on the arm support;
- an appliance arm configured to support at least one appliance, the appliance arm having an appliance arm slot extending longitudinally on the appliance arm;
- a multi-axial connector that connects the appliance arm to the arm support, the multi-axial connector having a pivot seated within the arm support slot and extending through the appliance arm slot;
- a locking mechanism that selectively secures the multi-axial connector and the appliance arm, wherein the locking mechanism is configured to frictionally engage the appliance arm and the arm support to hold the appliance arm in a desired position;
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- a locking plate with a plurality of apertures sized to hold a lockpin and a pivot aperture, wherein the pivot is seated within the pivot aperture and the lockpin is configured to insert into a selected aperture of the plurality of apertures to fix the appliance arm at a selected angle relative to the arm support.
An appliance stand, comprising:
- an appliance arm capable of supporting one or more appliances;
- an arm support that supports the appliance arm;
- an appliance removably connected to one of the appliance arm or the arm support;
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- a multi-axial connector that connects the appliance arm and the arm support, the multi-axial connector configured to facilitate translational movement of the appliance arm along a first axis and a second axis, and rotational movement of the appliance arm around a third axis;
- a frictional locking mechanism that secures the multi-axial connector in such a way that the appliance arm is fixed in position relative to the arm support;
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- a locking plate slidably attached to the appliance arm with a plurality of apertures sized to hold a lockpin, wherein the lockpin is configured to insert into a selected aperture of the plurality of apertures to fix the appliance arm at a selected angle relative to the arm support.
An appliance stand apparatus, comprising:
- an arm support having an arm support slot that extends longitudinally on the arm support;
- an appliance arm configured to support at least one appliance, the appliance arm having an appliance arm slot extending longitudinally on the appliance arm;
- a multi-axial connector that connects the appliance arm to the arm support, the multi-axial connector having a pivot seated within the arm support slot and extending through the appliance arm slot;
- the pivot configured to slide within the arm support slot and within the appliance arm slot to translate the appliance arm relative to the arm support and wherein the appliance arm is configured to rotate around the pivot;
- a locking mechanism configured to selectively secure the appliance arm, wherein the locking mechanism includes a mounting plate and a back plate connected to the pivot and positioned on opposite sides of the multi-axial connector, wherein the mounting plate and the back plate are drawn towards each other to clamp the appliance arm and the arm support;
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- a locking plate attached to the appliance arm, the locking plate having a plurality of apertures sized to receive a lockpin, wherein the lockpin is configured to insert into a selected aperture of the plurality of apertures and through the arm support in such a manner as to fix the appliance arm at a selected angle relative to the arm support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.