# US 5,707,450 A · Apparatus for holding a vehicle body part

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- Number: US 5,707,450 A
- Document ID: US5707450A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/643,956
- Filed: 1996-05-07
- Granted: 1998-01-13
- Earliest claimed: 1996-05-07
- Inventors: Brad R. Thompson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5707450A

## CPC

- B05B 13/0285: {Stands for supporting individual articles to be sprayed, e.g. doors, vehicle body parts}
- B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D)

## Abstract

An apparatus for holding a vehicle body part for painting has a support attached to a pivotable arm on a stand. The height of the stand and the position of the pivotable arm is adjustable. The support includes three support arms which can be set in different positions to hold body parts of various shapes and sizes in a convenient position. Cords attached to the pivot arm are used to hold the body parts in position on the support arms.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for holding a vehicle body part comprising:
a) a stand comprising a base and an upright member;
b) an arm pivotally attached to said stand for pivoting about a horizontal axis, said arm having a first part on one side of said axis and a second part on the other side thereof;
c) stop means attached to said upright member for supporting said pivotal arm in a selected position;
d) support means connected to said first part of said pivotable arm for supporting said body part, said support means comprising a horizontally-extending tubular member having two ends, a horizontally-extendible extension member in each end thereof, means for fixing said extension members in a selected position within said tubular member, and a support arm extending from each of said extension members; and
e) holding means for attaching to said body part to hold said body part against said support means.

### Claim 2

An apparatus for holding a vehicle body part comprising:
a) a stand comprising a base and an upright member;
b) an arm pivotally attached to said stand for pivoting about a horizontal axis, said arm having a first part on one side of said axis and a second part on the other side thereof;
c) stop means attached to said upright member for supporting said pivotal arm in a selected position;
d) support means connected to said first part of said pivotable arm for supporting said body part, said support means comprising a horizontally-extending tubular member having two ends, a support arm in each end thereof and means for fixing said support arms in a selected position within said tubular member; and
e) holding means for attaching to said body part to hold said body part against said support means.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1, 2)

An apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 further comprising holding means connected to said second part of said pivotable arm.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

An apparatus according to claim 3 further comprising means for varying the length of said second part of said pivotable arm.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

An apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said support arms are generally L-shaped.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1, 2)

An apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 wherein said support means further comprises a third support arm spaced from said pivotable arm and generally parallel thereto.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1, 2)

An apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 wherein said stop means comprises a pair of spaced apart parallel plates, said horizontal axis being affixed therebetween.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

An apparatus according to claim 7 wherein said stop means further comprises a plurality of paired holes in said plates and a member for inserting through a selected pair of holes for supporting said pivotable arm.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1, 2)

An apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 wherein said holding means comprises a plurality of elongate flexible tension members and body part engaging hook means carried by said tension members.