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US 2003/0150251 A1Published application
Trailered brake workstation
OwnerDuane Hartwell, Jonathan Wrightinventors
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A trailered brake workstation mounts on the horizontal frame of a two-wheeled trailer, a pair of longitudinally-spaced transverse horizontal guide bars at an elevated position above the frame. The guide bars mount slides which are secured to the bottom of a longitudinally-disposed brake. Thus the brake, via the slides, can be shifted laterally on the horizontal guide bars between an internal or centered position it which it may be locked for hauling and storing, and a side position in which it may be locked and available for operative use. A box and a cover protect the brake in the internal or centered position from the elements. A work table may also be transported, being stored in the throat of the brake during transportation, and disposed for use on the other side of the trailer when the brake is operative.
A trailered brake workstation, comprising a brake, a vehicle, structure on said vehicle for mounting the brake in a position for hauling to a work site, and structure on said vehicle for mounting the brake in an operative position at the work site.
A trailer for hauling a brake to and from a work site and for storing the same, comprising structure on said vehicle for mounting the brake in a position for hauling to a work site and for storing the same, and structure on said vehicle for mounting the brake in an operative position.
A portable brake/table storage assembly, comprising a portable platform, a brake movable on said platform between a storage position and an operative position on one side of the platform and having a throat, and a table movable between a storage position and a use position, the table storage position being in the throat of the brake and the table use position being on the other side of the platform.
A method of bending, flanging, folding, and forming sheet metal, comprising towing a brake to a work site in a hauling position on a vehicle, moving the brake to an operative position on the vehicle, performing the operation of bending, flanging, folding, or forming the sheet metal, moving the brake back to hauling position, and towing the vehicle back to the shop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.