US 12,031,667 B2
Collapsible stand
Richard Wood, Lymington (GB)
Assigned to RTL MATERIALS LTD, Lymington (GB)
Appl. No. 17/772,113
Filed by RTL MATERIALS LTD, Lymington (GB)
PCT Filed Oct. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/079819
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/099058, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1917050 (GB), filed on Nov. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0397234 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. F16M 11/40 (2006.01); F16M 11/16 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 11/40 (2013.01) [F16M 11/16 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A kit for forming a stand for supporting an object, comprising:
a head unit comprising a fixture for attaching to the object, and plural leg sockets circumferentially spaced around the head unit and pivotably attached to the head unit; and
plural legs,
wherein each leg comprises a bistable reelable composite member having a first stable form in the form of an elongate slit tube in which form the member is resiliently biased and acts as a leg, and wherein the tube can be opened out at the slit at an end and progressively coiled to reversibly attain a second stable form in the form of a coil,
wherein the legs are configured to be co-coiled into a combined coil, the combined coil defining an internal space that is configured to accommodate at least part of the head unit; the leg sockets are pivoted inwards so that the head unit has a reduced outer diameter to configure the head unit to fit inside the internal space so the stand assumes a portable, collapsed configuration,
wherein the legs are configured to be removed from around the head unit and extended; proximal ends of the legs are reversibly receivable in respective leg sockets and the leg sockets are pivotable outwards to position the legs such that the stand assumes a deployed configuration.