US 2009/0260921 A1Published application

Folding sawhorse brackets

OwnerJohn M. Osborneinventor

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Abstract

The folding sawhorse brackets are each formed of a single sheet of flat stock, formed to affix a rail therein and pivotally attach two legs thereto. All embodiments accept stock dimensions of lumber or other suitable materials for the rail and legs. A first configuration has two brackets, with one having its two leg pivots closer to the rail than the other. The closer legs fold immediately adjacent to the rail with the opposite legs folding outboard of the closer legs, with all legs and the rail lying in a compact parallel relationship when folded. A second configuration has two identical brackets, each bracket having one closer and one more distant pivot point from the rail. When two such brackets are assembled at opposite rail ends, they are in mirror image to one another with one closer and one more distant leg folding on each side of the rail.

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Dependent claims

Folding sawhorse brackets, comprising:

a first bracket having a central web defining an upper end, a first edge, a second edge opposite the first edge, and a lower portion;
first and a second leg attachment members extending from the first edge and the second edge of the first bracket central web, respectively, each of the leg attachment members having a pair of leg pivot passages formed therethrough adapted for pivotally attaching a sawhorse thereto;
first and second rail attachment flanges extending from the upper end of the first bracket central web, the flanges being adapted for affixing a sawhorse rail thereto;
a second bracket having a central web defining an upper end, a first edge, a second edge opposite the first edge, and a lower portion;
third and fourth leg attachment members extending from the first edge and the second edge of the second bracket central web, respectively, each of the third and fourth leg attachment members having a pair of leg pivot passages formed therethrough adapted for pivotally attaching a sawhorse leg thereto, the leg pivot passages of the second bracket being spaced further from the upper end thereof than the leg pivot passages of the first bracket are spaced from the upper end of the first bracket, so that the sawhorse legs pivotally attached to the second bracket are disposed outwardly of the sawhorse legs pivotally attached to the first bracket when the legs are folded parallel to one another;
and
first and second rail attachment flanges extending from the upper end of the second bracket central web, the flanges being adapted to affix a sawhorse rail therein.

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A pair of folding sawhorse brackets, each of the brackets comprising:

a central web having an upper end, a first edge, a second edge opposite the first edge, and a lower portion;
a first and a second leg attachment members extending from the first edge and the second edge of the central web, respectively, each of the leg attachment members having a pair of leg pivot passages formed therethrough adapted to secure a sawhorse leg pivotally therein, the leg pivot passages of the second edge being spaced farther from the upper end of the central web than the leg pivot passages of the first edge, so that sawhorse legs pivotally attached to the second leg attachment member are disposed outwardly of sawhorse legs pivotally attached to the first leg attachment member when the legs are folded parallel to one another;
and
first and second rail attachment flanges extending from the upper end of the central web, the flanges being adapted to affix a sawhorse rail therein.

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A folding sawhorse, comprising:

a first bracket having a central web defining an upper end, a first edge, a second edge opposite the first edge, and a lower portion;
first and a second leg attachment members extending from the first edge and the second edge of the first bracket central web, respectively, each of the leg attachment members having a pair of leg pivot passages formed therethrough adapted to secure a sawhorse leg pivotally therein;
first and second rail attachment flanges extending from the upper end of the first bracket central web, the flanges being adapted to affix a sawhorse rail therein;
a second bracket having a central web defining an upper end, a first edge, a second edge opposite the first edge, and a lower portion;
third and fourth leg attachment members extending from the first edge and the second edge of the second bracket central web, respectively, each of the leg attachment members having a pair of leg pivot passages formed therethrough adapted to secure a sawhorse leg pivotally therein, the leg pivot passages of the second bracket being spaced farther from the upper end thereof than the leg pivot passages of the first bracket, so that sawhorse legs pivotally attached to the second bracket are disposed outwardly of sawhorse legs pivotally attached to the first bracket when the legs are folded parallel to one another;
first and second rail attachment flanges extending from the upper end of the second bracket central web, the flanges being adapted to affix a sawhorse rail therein;
a sawhorse rail extending between the rail attachment flanges of the first bracket and the rail attachment flanges of the second bracket;
and
a sawhorse leg pivotally extending from each of the leg attachment members of each of the brackets.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.