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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1984
Kenneth J Anderson, Dowagiac, MI (US);
Assembled Components Company, Inc., Coloma, MI (US);
Abstract
A collapsible holder for a container having a plate-like base member and a plate-like support member. The support member has a hole therethrough along an axis perpendicular to an upwardly facing surface on the base member. Yieldable force-generating structure is interconnected between the base member and the support member for continually urging the support member and the base member from a first position wherein the base member and support members are in a mutually adjacent relation with little or no space therebetween to a second position vertically spaced from each other while maintaining the upwardly facing relation of the surface on the base member. A releasable latch structure is provided for holding the base member and the support member in the aforesaid first position. Thus, upon a release of the latch structure, the force-generating structure will urge a separation of the base member and support member to the aforesaid second position. Thus, a container resting on the upwardly facing surface on the base member will extend through the hole in the support member and be encircled thereby to stabilize the container.