Portable stand structure

Claim 1

A portable stand comprising: a. a main support member being an elongated conduit member having means to secure thereto an auxiliary parcel and having a base member extending from the lower end portion thereof, b. at least two legs pivotally and translatably mounted to move parallel to said main support member by a linkage means mounted on said lOwer end portion of said main support member, said linkage means adapted to position said legs in a generally horizontal position in contact with a supporting surface when said stand is placed thereon and to position said legs along said elongated main support member and adjacent thereto, c. said linkage means has a movable base member translatably mounted with said conduit member and pivotally mounted with the inner ends of said legs, a collar member slidably mounted with said conduit member, and a pair of connecting rod members pivotally mounted with said collar member and the center portions of said leg members, d. said means to secure an auxiliary parcel has a belt member to encircle the parcel and means to attach said belt member to said conduit member, and e. said leg members are positioned about said main member so as to be substantially equally spaced relatively to said base member.