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US 6,601,914 B1Granted
Supporting apparatus for articles
OwnerBernard J. Seastrominventor
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Abstract
An article supporting device for use in a motor vehicle that is equipped with a pair of headrest supporting sockets in the backrest and a headrest removably mounted in the sockets. The article supporting device includes a horizontal supporting component, an article supporting fixture fixed to the front end of the horizontal component, and a pair of spaced posts fixed to the rear end of the horizontal component.
Claims9
A seat assembly for a motor vehicle, said seat assembly comprising:
- (a) a seat having a top edge surface, a first substantially vertical socket at said top edge surface, and a second substantially vertical socket at said top edge surface and spaced from said first socket;
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- (b) an article supporting device comprising:
- (1) a substantially horizontal support member having a forward end and a rearward end;
- (2) a fixture for supporting an object, said fixture being connected to said forward end;
- (3) a substantially vertical first post fixed to said rearward end and removably insertible into said first socket;
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- (4) a substantially vertical second post fixed to said rearward end and spaced from said first post, said second post being insertible into said second socket.
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A seat assembly for a motor vehicle, said seat assembly comprising:
- (a) a seat having a top edge surface, a substantially vertical first socket at said top edge surface, and a substantially vertical second socket at said top edge surface and spaced from said first socket;
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- (b) an article supporting device comprising:
- (1) a substantially horizontal first arm having a first forward end and a first rearward end;
- (2) a substantially horizontal second arm spaced from said first arm, and having a second rearward end and a second forward end connected to said first forward end;
- (3) a fixture for supporting an object, said fixture being connected to at least one of said first and second forward ends;
- (4) a substantially vertical first post fixed to said first rearward end and being removably insertible into said first socket;
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- (5) a substantially vertical second post fixed to said second rearward end and spaced from said first post, said second post being removably insertible into said second socket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.