Stand for reading material and phone
OwnerStuart Tyrus Maynard, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A stand for printed materials and objects such as a phone having a single channel column and multiple slots for the attachment of multiple shelf-trays in selectable positions. The small footprint stand has a top with a handhold in the center of balance of the stand. In the channel space of the column, vertical slots allow for moveable placement of pocket containers and also a retractable panel which may pop up through the top of the stand. A slimline phone and small articles may be mounted in the channel space while printed materials reside on the shelf-trays.
Claims11
A stand for supporting generally planar printed materials and also diverse shaped and not-flat objects comprising:
- a channeled column with means to stand substantially vertically, including an attached planar base piece,
- said channeled column having a generally C shaped cross section whereby two longitudinal opposing portions are held generally parallel to each other and are joined by a central joining portion;
- a cantilevered planar shelf having a cutout along one of its edges, said channeled column to receive said cutout in an orientation whereby said planar shelf is directed onto said channeled column at said joining portion which is at the convex aspect of said C cross section;
- means to engage said cutout at a location upon said channeled column including whereby said two opposing portions each have an outward oriented surface carrying a groove forming a pair of outward grooves,
- and said cutout has two generally parallel edges matched to be received onto said pair of outward grooves;
- said channeled column retaining a useable channel space within inward oriented surfaces wherein the attachment of said cantilevered planar shelf at any position along said convex aspect does not intrude on, or obstruct access, to the concavity of said useable channel space.
A stand as claimed in claim 9, providing "pop up" of said retractable panel from said channel space wherein a spring is provided and positioned such that the upper end of said spring attaches at an upper region of said channel space and the lower end of said spring attaches at a lower region of said retractable panel which slides within said vertically oriented paired grooves.
A stand for attachment of shelves or panels for the carrying of both flat materials and other objects comprising:
- a channeled column with generally vertical orientation having inward oriented surfaces defining channel space and outward oriented surfaces,
- one or more first panel pieces each having on one edge a cutout sized to engage said outward oriented surfaces such that said first panel is held in attachment to said channeled column,
- said outward oriented surfaces having paired grooves cut to dimensions matched to the dimensions of said cutout such that a pair of grooves defines and provides a neck to receive said cutout which generally defines a yoke,
- inward grooves provided in pairs which are generally parallel and provided such that each groove of a pair is on an opposing face of said inward oriented surfaces,
- and one or more channel panel pieces sized to match the dimension of and movable within the dimension provided by a pair of said inward grooves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.