Light weight jack stand
AssigneeStand Technologies Pty Ltd
InventorsBrian MacDonald, Matthew Dow, Michael Hinchy
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a jack stand. The jack stand includes a base. A post, including composite material, extends from the base. The jack stand also includes a top for topping the post and for engaging with a load. Advantageously, the post may be lightweight (typically less than 12 kg) enabling the jack stand to be conveniently moved by a single person without exposing the person to significant risk of injury. The jack stand may be moved as a whole, or in parts.
Claims18
A jack stand including:
- a base;
- a pultruded post including composite material and for extending from the base, the composite material including wound reinforcing fibers to improve compressive strength, the reinforcing fibers being separately wound in both clock-wise and anticlockwise directions along the pultruded post to further improve compressive strength;
- and
- a top for topping the pultruded post and for engaging with a load, wherein the composite material includes a matting that aligns the fibers in orientations other than longitudinally along the pultruded post to improve compressive strength.
A pultruded jack stand post including composite material, the composite material including wound reinforcing fibers to improve compressive strength, the reinforcing fibers being separately wound in both clock-wise and anticlockwise directions along the pultruded jack stand post to further improve compressive strength, wherein the composite material includes a matting that aligns the fibers in orientations other than longitudinally along the pultruded jack stand post to improve compressive strength.
A jack stand including:
- a base;
- a pultruded post including composite material and for extending from the base, the composite material including wound reinforcing fibers to improve compressive strength, the reinforcing fibers being separately wound in both clock-wise and anticlockwise directions along the pultruded post to further improve compressive strength;
- and
- a top for topping the pultruded post and for engaging with a load, wherein the pultruded post is less than 12 kg enabling the jack stand to be conveniently moved by a single person without exposing the single person to significant risk of injury.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.