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US 5,105,862 AGranted
Extensions for a material support platform of a tool
OwnerKevin R. Skinner, Theo E. Skinnerinventors
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A left and right hand material support platform-extension each comprised of an elongated flat surface horizontally disposed in use, one lengthwise side edge of each is affixed with a short vertical material guide fence. The bottom surface of one end of each platform-extension has a longer hingedly attached telescopic support leg, with the opposite bottom end of each platform-extension having a shorter hingedly attached leg which is structured for clamping between the panels of a portable work bench of the type having a central full length vise or clamping arrangement. Each platform-extension is essentially a mirror image of the other for positioning one platform-extension on each side of a portable tool having an integral material support platform such as a miter or radial arm saw which is supported conveniently elevated by the work bench containing the vise. The short legs of the platform-extensions each include an adjustable depth gauge for readily positioning the top surface of the platform-extensions flush with the top surface of the miter or radial arm saw material support platform prior to tightening the vise of the portable work bench to secure the platform-extensions stationary ready for use.
A, set of two separate platform-extensions for extending each of two oppositely disposed sides of an integral material support platform of a tool, said set of two separate platform-extensions comprising a left hand said platform-extension and a right hand said platform-extension each comprising an elongated member having a generally flat top surface, each of said elongate members affixed with a material guide fence in extending generally perpendicular relationship to said flat top surfaces and in substantially lengthwise alignment with the length of each of said elongated members, a bottom surface adjacent one end of each of said elongated members affixed with a hingedly attached length adjustable support leg for assisting in supporting each said elongated member during use, a hingidly attached short leg affixed to said bottom surface of each of said elongated members adjacent ends thereof oppositely disposed from said length adjustable support legs, each of said short legs structured for clamping in a work bench of a type having a full length clamp, said elongated members for positioning one said elongated member adjacent each of two oppositely disposed sides of a portable tool having an integral material support platform and which is supported elevated by the work bench containing the clamp, each of said short legs including an adjustable depth gauge means providing support means for assisting in positioning said flat top surface of each said elongated member flush with an adjacent top surface of the integral material support platform of the portable tool supported by the work bench.
A platform-extension useful for extending an integral material support platform of a portable tool which is supported elevated by a work bench of a type having a clamping means in a top surface of the work bench, said platform-extension comprising an elongated member having a generally flat top surface, said elongated member affixed with a material guide fence in extending generally perpendicular relationship to said flat top surface and substantially in lengthwise alignment with the length of said, elongated member, a hingidly attached length adjustable support leg affixed to a bottom surface of said elongated member adjacent one end of said elongated member for assisting in supporting said elongated member during use, a hingidly attached short leg affixed to said bottom surface of said elongated member adjacent an end thereof oppositely disposed from said length adjustable support leg, said short leg structured for clamping in the clamping means of the work bench, the end of said elongated member to which said short leg is affixed being positionable adjacent a side of a portable tool which is supported elevated by the work bench containing the clamping means, said short leg including an adjustable depth gauge means providing support means for assisting in positioning said flat top surface of said elongated member flush with an adjacent top surface of the integral material support platform of the portable tool supported by the work bench.
In combination, a portable work bench vise supporting a portable tool on a top surface of said work 25 bench vise, an integral material support platform of said portable tool extended in length by a platform-extension, said platform-extension including a short leg affixed to a bottom surface of said platform-extension, said platform-extension further including a length adjustable support leg affixed to said bottom surface of said platform-extension, said platform-extension affixed substantially stationary relative to said portable work bench vise by way of said short leg being clamped within the vise of said work bench vise and a distal end of said length adjustable support leg resting against a floor, a flat top surface with affixed vertical guide fence of said platform-extension aligned with said flat top surface flush with a top surface of said integral material support platform of said portable tool and with said vertical guide fence aligned with a vertical guide fence of said integral material support platform of said portable tool.
In combination, a portable work bench vise supporting a portable tool on a top surface of said work bench vise, an integral material support platform of said portable tool extended in length by a platform-extension, said platform-extension including a first support leg affixed to a bottom surface of said platform-extension, said platform-extension further including a second support leg affixed to said bottom surface of said platform-extension, said platform-extension affixed substantially stationary relative to said work bench vise by way of said first support leg being releasibly clamped within a vise of said work bench vise, said vise defined by a width adjustable gap extending the length of said top surface of said work bench vise, said platform-extension further affixed substantially stationary relative to said work bench vise by a distal end of said second support leg resting against a floor, a flat top surface of said platform-extension aligned flush with a top surface of said integral material support platform of said portable tool.
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