A stable stand or cart for a gas cylinder, said stand or cart consisting of:
- a steel T-shaped base assembly including a forwardly extending base member and a lower rear cross-member and said T-shaped base assembly having three outer portions, an upper surface and a lower surface;
- three swiveable casters with one of said casters fixed to said lower surface of said three outer portions of said T-shaped base assembly;
- an upwardly extending steel frame including a pair of upwardly extending spaced apart generally parallel telescoping tubes fixed to said lower rear cross member of said T-shaped base assembly and an upper cross frame member having two outer extensions fixed to said upper cross frame member fixing an upper end of said telescoping tube in a spaced generally parallel relationship and extending outwardly therefrom and generally parallel with said lower rear cross member;
- an upper and a lower C-shaped support member for supporting side portions and a back portion of a gas cylinder fixed to said upwardly extending frame with said upper C-shaped support member fixed to an upper part of said upwardly extending frame and said lower C-shaped support member fixed to a lower portion of said frame;
- means for fixing said telescoping tubes at a pre-selected height to thereby space said C-shaped support members at a pre-selected distance;
- an extension element extending upwardly above said upper C-shaped support member and fixed to said upwardly extending tubes by a generally horizontal flat member for moving and positioning said stand or cart to a selected location and said extension element including a handle and means for folding said extension element over upon itself;
- four guide members with one of said guide members at each end of said two extensions of said upper cross member and one at each outer portion of said lower rear cross member, a central positioning member and a first flexible leather belt extending through said forward guide members and said central positioning member and a second flexible leather belt extending through said central positioning member around a gas cylinder and means for fastening said second flexible leather belt to hold the gas cylinder in place against said C-shaped support members;
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- wherein said first leather belt extends from said central positioning member up through a first of said four guide members on a first outer extension of said upper cross frame member down through said second of said four guide members below and aligned with said first guide member up through said central positioning member to a third of said four guide members on said second outer extension of said upper cross frame member down through said forth of said guide members on said second outer portion of said lower rear cross member and upward to said central positioning member and fastened to said belt to connect said outer ends thereof to provide a continuous loop connecting said outer ends of said upper cross frame member with outer portions of said lower rear cross member with an inner X connected to or passing through said central positioning member.