Foldable, portable support stand

A foldable support stand comprising:

• a pair of substantially rigid frames, each frame including a spaced apart pair of end legs and a spaced apart pair of longitudinally extending members, said end legs and said longitudinally extending members being interconnected together to provide said frame with a generally rectangular outline configuration, said end legs of one said frame being in a cross-over relationship with the adjacent end legs of the other said frame, each of said end legs having a bight portion therein with the bight portions of the end legs of one of said frames being in mating relation with the bight portions of the end legs of the other said frame at the cross-over regions to form respective sets of mated bight portions, and
• first and second holding means corresponding to said first and second sets of mated bight portions, respectively, for embracing and clasping the metal bight portions together to maintain said mated bight portions in said mating relation and to conjointly define therewith a pivot joint permitting pivotal movement of said frames relative to one another between a folded position wherein said frames are generally parallel to a common plane with the longitudinally extending members of one said frame being in juxtaposition with the longitudinally extending members of the other frame and an open support position wherein said frames are angularly arranged relative to one another with the longitudinally extending members of one frame being spaced a substantial distance from the longitudinally extending members of the other frame, and
• limit means for defining the open support position of one said frame relative to the other.