Sawhorse connector

A connector for use in assembling a sawhorse having an elongated cross member and at least first and second elongate leg members, the connector comprising:

• a rectangular tubular center sleeve defining a flat bottom wall and an interior passage having a longitudinal axis, the interior passage capable of receiving an end of the cross member;
• and
• first and second rectangular tubular sockets, each socket defining an interior passage having a longitudinal axis, an oblique upper end and an oblique lower end defining an aperture, the first and second sockets secured in opposing angular disposition centrally below the center sleeve so that the longitudinal axes of the first and second sockets are disposed radially relative to the longitudinal axis of the center sleeve, with the oblique upper ends of the first and second tubular sockets abutting and being secured to the flat bottom wall of the center sleeve and extending on either side beyond the bottom wall of the center sleeve, each of the first and second sockets capable of receiving an end of one of the first and second leg members, respectively, within the lower end apertures, so that the received ends of the first and second leg members bear against the bottom wall of the center sleeve.