Method and apparatus for supporting tools in a door jamb
OwnerRodney B. Millerinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and system for supporting tools at a given height on a door jamb. The apparatus for use as a tool platform for working on stilts. The apparatus comprising a vertical support member, a fastener device extending from the doorjamb, and a wall grip mechanism. The wall grip mechanism comprising a first projection and a second projection disposed apart from one another at a first given width, and each one of the first projection and the second projection extending in a first direction away from the vertical support member. The apparatus further comprising a tool platform having a front end and a back end in opposition to one another, the tool platform forming a horizontal surface.
Claims31
Apparatus for supporting tools at a given height on a door jamb, the apparatus comprising:
- a vertical support member having a top end and a bottom end, a front side and a back side, and forming a passageway through the back side thereof, the passageway configured to attach the vertical support member to a fastener device extending from the door jamb;
- a wall grip mechanism in connection with the vertical support member, the wall grip mechanism disposed below the passageway formed in the vertical support member, the wall grip mechanism comprising a first projection and a second projection disposed apart from one another at a first given width, and each one of the first projection and the second projection extending in a first direction away from the vertical support member, the first direction parallel to a first axis extending from the front side to the back side of the vertical support member;
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- a tool platform extending in a second direction away from the vertical support member, the second direction parallel to a second axis extending from the back side to the front side of the vertical support member, the second direction substantially opposite to the first direction, the tool platform having a front end and a back end in opposition to one another, and the tool platform forming a horizontal surface between the front end and the back end;
- wherein the passageway of the vertical support member is positioned around the fastener device extending from a vertical face of the door jamb, the first projection of the wall grip mechanism is positioned on a first side of the door jamb and the second projection of the wall grip mechanism is positioned on a second side of the door jamb so as to fixedly position the tool platform to the door jamb at the given height.
A system for supporting tools at a given height in a door jamb, the system comprising:
- a fastening device having a given length and a given width, the fastening device configured to attach to a face of the door jamb;
- a vertical support member having a top end and a bottom end, a front side and a back side, and forming a passageway through the back side thereof, the passageway configured to attach the vertical support member to fastening device attached to the face of the door jamb;
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- a wall grip mechanism in connection with the vertical support member, the wall grip mechanism disposed below the passageway formed in the vertical support member, the wall grip mechanism comprising a first projection and a second projection disposed apart from one another at a first given width, and each one of the first projection and the second projection extending in a first direction away from the vertical support member, the first direction parallel to a first axis extending from the front side to the back side of the vertical support member;
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- a tool platform extending in a second direction away from the vertical support member, the second direction parallel to a second axis extending from the back side to the front side of the vertical support member, the second direction substantially opposite to the first direction, the tool platform having a front end and a back end in opposition to one another, and the tool platform forming a horizontal surface between the front end and the back end;
- wherein the passageway of the vertical support member is positioned around the fastening device extending from a vertical face of the door jamb, the first projection of the wall grip mechanism is positioned on a first side of the door jamb and the second projection of the wall grip mechanism is positioned on a second side of the door jamb so as to fixedly position the tool platform in the door jamb at the given height.
A method for supporting tools at a given height in a door jamb, the method comprising:
- providing apparatus for supporting tools at a given height in a door jamb, the apparatus comprising:
- a vertical support member having a top end and a bottom end, a front side and a back side, and forming a passageway through the back side thereof, the passageway configured to attach the vertical support member to a fastener device extending from the door jamb;
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- a wall grip mechanism in connection with the vertical support member, the wall grip mechanism disposed below the passageway formed in the vertical support member, the wall grip mechanism comprising a first projection and a second projection disposed apart from one another at a first given width, and each one of the first projection and the second projection extending in a first direction away from the vertical support member, the first direction parallel to a first axis extending from the front side to the back side of the vertical support member;
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- a tool platform extending in a second direction away from the vertical support member, the second direction parallel to a second axis extending from the back side to the front side of the vertical support member, the second direction substantially opposite to the first direction, the tool platform having a front end and a back end in opposition to one another, and the tool platform forming a horizontal surface between the front end and the back end;
- positioning the passageway of the vertical support member around the fastener device extending from the door jamb;
- positioning the first projection of the wall grip mechanism against a first side of the door jamb and the second projection of the wall grip mechanism against a second side of the door jamb so as to fixedly position the tool platform to the door jamb at the given height.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.