US 4,046,221 A · Saddle support

Abstract

A support for saddles or the like includes a pair of rails, each extending substantially parallel one with respect to the other. The support includes a first pair of support legs, which are pivotably mounted at one end of the two rails and are connected so as to be movable together while pivotable on the pin. A second pair of support legs is attached to the opposite end of said rail pair, and includes a double-action pivot hinge which allows the second leg pair to be folded inward toward each other and then pivoted downward against the support rails, such that the entire support may be folded into a compact unit.

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A support for saddles or the like comprising:

a pair of rails, one rail extending substantially parallel with respect to the other rail;
a first pair of support legs;
a first foldable brace between said first pair of legs;
means connected to both of said rails for sliding and pivoting said first pair of legs together, such that said first pair of legs are foldable into a first plane adjacent to said two rails;
a second pair of support legs, a first one of said second leg pair coupled to an end of one of said rails and the other of said legs in said second pair coupled to an end of said other rail, said second leg pair coupled to said rails and ends thereof opposing said first leg pair;
a second foldable brace between said second pair of legs;
a double-action pivot hinge connecting each leg of said second pair to the corresponding rail for pivoting each said leg of said second pair both in a second plane transverse to said first planes, each leg of said second leg pair being pivotable in said second plane about a pivot axis passing through the corresponding rail;
and wherein
said second pair of support legs are foldable into said first plane with said first leg pair positioned there between, both said leg pairs and said second brace being dimensioned such that said second brace overlies said first leg pair when said leg pairs are folded in said first plane, whereby said first leg pair must be folded into said first plane prior to folding of said second leg pair into said first plane.

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Description1,399 words

Summary648 words

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention relates to supports, and in particular relates to a folding, easily transportable device adapted to support saddles or to serve as a sawhorse and the like.

#2. Description of the Prior Art

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#FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the support structure of the present invention.

#FIG. 2 is a portion of the structure of FIG. 1.

#FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the support of FIG. 1, shown in the full folded position.

Detailed description696 words

#A preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 1-4 and described with reference thereto.

#The support of the present invention, referred to generally as 10, includes a pair of support rails 12, 14 which extend substantially parallel to each other with rigid cross members 15, 17 positioned between the ends of the two rails. A cushion strip 16 is deposited on the upper surface of the two rails 12, 14. The support 10 is provided with two pairs of support legs, each disposed at opposite ends of the parallel rails 12, 14 and each of which will be described in greater detail below.

#With specific reference to FIGS. 1 and 4, a first pair of the support legs 18, 20 are pivoted on a pin 21 extending between two tabs 19, 23 at the respective ends of the rails 12, 14 adjacent the rigid transverse member 17. Each of the legs 18, 20 are provided with an oversized opening 22 through which the pivot pin 21 extends. A first folding bracket 24 is provided, and is pivotably pinned at each end to one of the support legs 18, 20 between the ends thereof, and preferably towards the bottom of that pair of support legs. A pair of side brackets 26 are each pinned at one end to the outside of one of the support legs 18, 20 and at the other end to the inside of the corresponding one of the support rails 12, 14 as is more clearly shown in FIG. 4.

Facts

Application

05/667,603Filed 17 Mar 1976

Granted

6 Sep 1977

Term ended

6 Sep 1994

Estimated · how

Pre-1995 term; greater of 17 years from grant or 20 years from filing when eligible. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification4 codes

A47B 3/00
Folding or stowable tables
B25H 1/06
Work benches; Portable stands or supports for positioning portable tools or work to be operated on thereby: of trestle type
A47B
Tables
B25H
Workshop equipment

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