(under subclass 511) Support wherein the staff receiving means is a component of a device which is inherently stable when resting, without attachment, upon a generally horizontal surface. The device is the sole support for, and bears the entire weight of, the staff receiving means and staff.
(1) Note. A device designated as a stand or a base but having means for attachment to an underlying surface (e.g., screws), or to an outlying surface (e.g., guy wires), or which is disclosed as requiring some such form of attachment, does not fulfill the stability requirement of this subclass; rather, it is considered to comprise a bracket for subclasses 534+ below.
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47, Plant Husbandry,
40.5, for related structure in the form of a base or stand for receiving the trunk of a cut tree, and having, in addition a liquid reservoir to provide moisture for the
