US 2008/0025138 A1 · MORTOR MIXING STAND

Abstract

A stand holds a bag of dry mortar mix while a user pours measured quantities therefrom to prepare a mortar admix in a mixing container. The stand has a base with folding legs which elevates the bag to approximately the level of the top of the mixing container. A platform, or elevator, hingedly coupled to the front of the base holds the dry mortar bag while a user tilts the elevator and bag for pouring. A chute on the platform channels the dry mortar into the container as needed while the user stirs it with water to prepare the mortar admix. The elevator includes a handle opposite the hinge for manipulating the bag. A vertical spine atop the elevator near the handle slips under a flap on the end of the bag to hold it erect and in place while pouring. The device includes one or more latches which hold the elevator and legs in their folded positions adjacent the base for transportation and storage.

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Dependent claims

A mortar mixing stand adapted to hold and manipulate a dry mortar bag, the bag having a substantially rectangular shape with proportionately narrow sides and ends having closure flaps and containing a quantum of dry mortar adapted to be mixed with water for use, the stand comprising

a base having
a front and a rear separated by a longitudinal base axis;
a front leg assembly coupled to the front;
and
a rear leg assembly coupled to the rear;
a bag elevator hingedly coupled to the base adjacent the front and adapted to articulate between a plurality of raised positions angularly displaced above the base and a lowered position substantially adjacent to and parallel the base, the elevator having
a longitudinal elevator axis coplanar with the base axis;
a platform extending along the base axis between a hinge end and a handle end;
an end wall transverse the elevator axis at the handle end and extending from the platform to form a handle;
and
bag holding means disposed on the platform for holding a bag of dry mortar on the elevator.

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A stand for use in mixing dry mortar with water, the dry mortar contained in a dry mortar container having sides and ends, an interior, and closure means disposed on the ends, the stand comprising

a base having
a front and a rear;
front leg means coupled to the base near the front for elevating the front above a resting surface;
rear leg means coupled to the base near the rear for elevating the rear above the resting surface;
an elongate platform hingedly coupled to the base near the front and adapted to articulate between a storage position substantially parallel the base and a plurality of pouring positions angularly displaced above the base, the platform having
a handle for manipulating the platform between pouring positions;
retention means for retaining the platform in each of the pouring positions;
and
mortar container holding means for holding the mortar container on the elevator.

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An improved method of mixing mortar, the mortar adapted to be mixed from water and a dry mortar contained within a dry mortar bag having substantially parallel sides extending between opposite ends, the ends having closure flaps, the method comprising

providing a stand adapted to hold the dry mortar bag and having
a base elevated above a resting surface by a pair of front legs and a pair of rear legs, the base having a base axis extending between a front and a rear;
an elevator hingedly coupled to the base at its front and adapted to articulate between a storage position substantially parallel the base and a plurality of pouring positions angularly displaced above the base, the elevator having
a handle for manipulating the elevator between the storage and pouring positions;
retention means for retaining the elevator in each of the pouring positions;
and
mortar bag holding means for holding the dry mortar bag on the elevator;
and
providing a mortar mixing container and stirring means for stirring water with the dry mortar in the mixing container;
then
positioning the stand with its front adjacent the mixing container;
placing the mortar bag onto the elevator with one of its ends disposed adjacent the front;
engaging the mortar bag holding means;
then
opening the mortar bag at its end adjacent the front;
then
(1) selectively elevating the mortar bag using the elevator to one of the pouring positions;
(2) encouraging a measured amount of the dry mortar into the mixing container;
and
(3) adding a measured amount of water into the mixing container;
then
(4) stirring the water and the dry mortar together with the stirring means;
then
repeating steps (1) through (4) inclusive until a desired amount of mortar is mixed in the mixing container;
then
lowering the elevator to one of the plurality of pouring or storage positions to halt the dry mortar from pouring from the mortar bag.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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