Foldable stand for a portable power tool

A foldable stand for supporting an object having a generally planar footprint in contact therewith, said stand be capable of being folded between an unfolded object supporting position and a thin flat folded position, comprising:

• a top frame having a generally rectangular planar configuration with front and rear support members interconnected with left and right spaced apart side support members, each of said side support members having a hinge generally midway along the length thereof, permitting said top frame to be folded so that said front and rear support members are in near contact relation when said stand is in said folded position;
• a pair of foldable leg structures, one of which is attached to each side of said top frame for supporting said top frame and the object at an elevation above a ground surface;
• a retaining structure attached to one of said front and rear support members for engaging a portion of the object adjacent the footprint in contact with the stand;
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• a locking mechanism attached to the other of said front and rear support members for engaging another portion of the object adjacent to the footprint in contact with the stand;
• wherein manipulation of said top frame to rotate said hinge between said folded and unfolded positions causes each of said leg structures to be correspondingly moved between folded and unfolded positions.