Fully portable medical I.V. equipment stand/pole

A collapsible and fully portable medical I.V. equipment stand/pole of a character described above which comprises:

• a. a many sectioned mast assembly made from hollow tubes, with each being of a slightly larger diameter and the smallest being the uppermost tube and the largest being the lowermost, and each being able to slide smoothly within one another in a telescoping fashion;
• b. an internal pneumatic safety device built within the lower section of said tube mast assembly which acts to compress air as the upper sections of said mast assembly are lowered accidentally or on purpose thereby limiting the downward force and speed of said upper sections, but allowing movement of upper sections in both directions;
• c. a slidable control handle assembly which is mounted on the lower section of said mast assembly to which the lower leg supports a plurality of legs which support said mast assembly are connected via vertical rods and which allow for opening or closing of square tubular leg supports in one continuous motion;
• d. a hanger rod assembly which is permanently attached to the top of the uppermost said tubular section of said mast allowing independent inward and outward movement of each hanger rod and which rotates freely in either direction 360 degrees around the circumference of said uppermost tubular section and both movements of said hanger rod asembly which are free or able to be locked into position with the loosening or tightening of a vertically positioned control knob.