Supporting device
AssigneeJazzac International Limited
InventorBryce Richard
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Abstract
This invention relates to a device (30) for supporting an object, the device comprising a base (1) and at least two brackets (20), the device (30) being configured and arranged such that, in use, each said bracket (20) is adjusted on the base (1) to bear against and support a said object. Desirably the brackets (20) are provided with at least one pawl (23, 24, 25) which, in use, engage corresponding ratchet teeth (4) in the base (1) when the brackets (20) are engaged and slidably adjusted on the base (1) to secure the said object in place.
Claims10
A device for supporting an object, the device comprising a base and at least two brackets, the base being provided with at least two radially extending channels having ends, each of said channels being adapted to retain one of said brackets slidably thereon, each said bracket being releasable from the base at either or both ends of said channel, and the bracket and the channel being adapted with a bracket adjustment means for slidably adjusting the position of the bracket along each respective said channel to bear against and support the object positioned between the brackets, wherein said bracket adjustment means includes a pawl provided at the base of each said bracket, and each said channel is provided with a ratchet arrangement substantially along its length such that, in use, each said pawl is slidable in increments over each said ratchet arrangement.
A device for supporting an object, the device comprising a base having between three to six outwardly projecting radiating portions, each said radiating portion being provided with a channel, a bracket releasably engaged within each of said channels, each said bracket having a retaining portion adjacent the bottom face of the bracket to retain the bracket in an upright position on the horizontally disposed base, a pawl being provided at the base of the bracket, and wherein the channels are provided with ratchet teeth substantially along the top faces and opposing inner faces of the channel such that each said bracket, in use, is slidable in increments over the ratchet teeth for slidably adjusting the position of each said bracket along each respective said channel to bear against and support a said object positioned between the brackets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.