(under subclass 511) Support wherein the device includes structure whereby it can be supported by, alternatively, plural types of supporting surfaces or object; e.g., the device can be either (1) a stand or a ground inserted device, (2) a stand or a bracket, or (3) a ground inserted device or a bracket.
(1) Note. The claiming of means (e.g., apertures) to receive fasteners in the surface-contacting portions of a device in the nature of a stand, for the purpose of securing the device to the surface, is not an alternatively mountable feature for this subclass in the absence of a disclosure that the device may be used without the fasteners on a generally horizontal surface as a stand and used with the fasteners on a nonhorizontal surface as a bracket.
