Folding stand for a portable crimping device

A folding stand for a portable crimping device, said folding stand being adapted to be secured to the horizontal bottom wall of said crimping device and adapted, in a folded position, to be folded substantially flat against a vertical wall portion of said crimping device, and, in an unfolded position, to vertically raise said crimping device to a predetermined working height from a support surface, said folding stand comprising:

• a. a base portion, including a pair of spaced main members, connected on front ends thereof, via a transverse, front, connecting portion, and connected, inboard of rear ends thereof, via a transverse, rear, connecting portion, with each base member rear end having a first pivot aperture coaxial with a rear pivot axis, said rear connecting portion including laterally spaced, coplanar, first stop point folding surfaces and an angularly spaced pair of laterally spaced, coplanar, first stop point standing surfaces;
• b. a mounting portion, including a generally annular body portion, having a top surface, a bottom surface, a central opening, a plurality of spaced through bores and a pair of spaced, opposed attachment bosses, located at opposite sides of a front body portion thereof, each attachment boss
• c. including a lateral attachment portion having a second pivot aperture in a common front pivot axis, parallel with said rear pivot axis, each attachment boss including a second stop point folding surface, in a first common plane, and an angularly spaced second stop point standing surface, in a second common plane;
• d. a pair of elongated cross members, each having a top and bottom surfaces, as well as front and rear ends having front and rear through bores, respectively;
• e. a pair of oppositely directed rear shoulder bolts for pivotally connecting said rear ends of said cross members, via said rear bores, with respective ones of said base portion rear ends, via said rear pivot apertures, thereby permitting relative movement, between said base portion and said cross members, for an angle of about 315 degrees, between said first stop point folding surfaces and said first stop point standing surfaces;
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• f. another pair of oppositely directed front shoulder bolts for pivotally connecting said front ends of said cross members, via said front bores, with respective ones of said mounting portion attachment bosses, via said rear pivot apertures, thereby permitting relative movement between said mounting portion and said cross members, for an angle of about 240 degrees, between said second stop point folding surfaces and said second stop point standing surfaces.