Sawhorse roller attachment
OwnerDennis J. Kaylinventor
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Abstract
The sawhorse roller attachment of the present invention includes an elongated roller and a pair of brackets adapted for securement to the top cross bar of a sawhorse for supporting the roller at a position wherein the top of the roller is disposed adjacent the plane of the top edge of the top cross bar. Each bracket has alternate first and second roller supports to accommodate attachment of the bracket to either an upright face of the top cross bar or to the underside of a generally horizontal top cross bar.
Claims10
A roller attachment for a workpiece support member which is generally rectangular in cross section, having opposite long and short sides, comprising,
- an elongated roller,
- bracket means for rotatably supporting said roller on said workpiece support member,
- said bracket means including an elongated fastening plate having an interior face and an exterior face and alternate first and second roller support means positioned interiorly of said fastening plate for supporting said roller for rotation about respective first and second axes extended parallel to and transversely of said fastening plate, and fastening means for securing said fastening plate to a workpiece support member,
- said first roller support being arranged relative to said fastening plate for supporting said roller with the top of the roller adjacent the plane of the top edge of the workpiece support member upon positioning of the workpiece support member with the long sides upright and upon securement of said fastening plate to an upright long side with said exterior face facing said long side, and
- said second roller support means being arranged relative to said fastening plate for supporting said roller with the top of the roller adjacent the plane of the top edge of the workpiece support member upon positioning of the workpiece support member with the short sides upright and upon securement of said fastening plate to the long bottom side of the workpiece support member with said interior face facing said long bottom side whereby a workpiece overlying said workpiece support member may be supported on said roller for rolling movement relative to said workpiece support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.