US 6,182,935 B2Granted

Folding table for use with a table saw

AssigneeS-B Power Tool Company

InventorMark S. Talesky

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Abstract

A folding table for use with a table saw. The folding table including an upper support surface to hold the table saw and a leg mechanism slidably connecting to the upper support surface through slots in the sides of the upper support surface. An actuator plate is provided to lock the leg mechanism in an open position whereby the legs support the upper support surface and a closed position whereby the leg mechanism is compact and fits closely with the upper support section. The actuator plate moves between a locked position, whereby the leg mechanism is secured in the open or closed position by pins in a curved lateral slot or straight lateral slot in the actuator plate, respectively, and a released position where the pins move between the curved and the straight slots. Indicator tabs can also be provided to show if the actuator plate is in the locked or released position.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A folding table to support a table saw, the folding table comprising:

a supporting portion having an upper support portion, surface to support the table saw and opposing sides generally perpendicularly to the supporting surface, wherein each side portion has at least one longitudinal slot;
two leg set pairs each having an upper end and wherein the leg set pair includes two legs connected at a pivot point by pivot pins and each leg is slidably connected to an upper end by sliding pins wherein the sliding pins extend through the longitudinal slots in the supporting portion;
and
an elongated actuator plate for each leg set pair wherein each actuator plate comprises:
a set of lateral straight slots positioned towards the ends of the actuator plate and extending from a lower longitudinal edge of the actuator plate;
a set of lateral curved slots positioned towards the center of the actuator plate and extending from the longitudinal edge;
and
wherein the actuator plate is movably connected to the support surface and is movable biased in a locked position to secure the sliding pins in the straight slots or the curved slots and movable to a release position so that the sliding pins move through the longitudinal slot between the straight slot to lock the legs in a closed position and the curved slot to lock the legs in an open position.

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A folding table to support a table saw, the folding table comprising:

a supporting portion having an upper part to hold the table saw and having indicator portions formed in the upper part and opposing side portions extending generally perpendicularly from the supporting surface wherein each side portion has at least one longitudinal slot;
two leg set pairs wherein each leg has an upper end;
pins connected to the upper end of each leg and extending through the longitudinal slots in the supporting portion to movably connect the legs to the supporting portion;
and
an elongated actuator plate for each leg set pair wherein the actuator plate comprises:
a first set of slots positioned towards the ends of the actuator plate and extending from one longitudinal edge;
a second set of slots positioned towards the center of the actuator plate and extending from the one longitudinal edge;
wherein the actuator plate is movably connected to the supporting portion between a locked position wherein the leg pins lock the legs in a closed position in the first set of slots or lock the legs in an opened position in the second set of slots and a release position whereby the leg pins move through an elongated slot between the first and second set of slots and wherein the indicator tabs fit into the indicator portions to indicate that the leg pins are in the closed or opened locked position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.