Folding workstation
Assignee1465575 Alberta Limited
InventorJerry Michael O'Brien
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Abstract
A portable workstation has a closed position and an operating position and can be easily installed or removed by one person. A portable workstation has two walls that are hingedly connected to either side of an elongated member with a foldable work surface hingedly connected to both walls, the work surface being shaped to provide a continuous work surface when unfolded. The workstation also has one or more foldable shelves. Preferably, all of the components of the workstation remain connected to the workstation in the closed position and in the operating position, and no assembly is required. One person can install or remove the workstation from a work area without tools.
Claims23
A portable workstation that can be installed in or removed from a work area by one person, said workstation comprising two walls that are hingedly connected to either side of an elongated member, said workstation having a foldable work surface with horizontal supports being hingedly connected to at least one of said two walls:
- in a closed position, said two walls being substantially parallel to one another with said work surface being folded in an orientation substantially parallel to said two walls and being between said two walls, said horizontal supports also being folded to be substantially parallel to said two walls and being between said two walls, said workstation being fastened in the closed position;
- in an operating position, said two walls being released from said closed position and being oriented substantially ninety degrees to one another, said horizontal supports for said work surface being pivoted away from the wall of said two walls to which they are connected to a position to support said work surface, said work surface being unfolded to rest upon said horizontal supports.
A method of installing at or removing a portable workstation from a work area by one person, said workstation having two walls that are hingedly connected to either side of an elongated member, said workstation having a foldable work surface with foldable with horizontal supports being hingedly connected to at least one of the two walls, said method comprising, commencing from a closed position:
- removing fasteners that are holding the two walls in a substantially parallel relationship, pivoting the two walls away from one another about the elongated member and orienting the walls to be vertical and substantially ninety degrees to one another, pivoting horizontal supports away from the walls to which they are attached to be in a position to support the work surface, releasing the work surface and pivoting the work surface to rest upon the horizontal supports, reversing the method to move the workstation from the open position to the closed position when desired.
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