Portable work bench
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsAdan Ayala, Ronald Quiram
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Abstract
An improved portable work bench includes a structural body, and a platform disposed on and frictionally contacting the structural body. In addition, the platform includes an override mechanism for allowing horizontal movement of the platform along the structural body. Further, the portable work bench may include a plurality of legs for supporting the structural body. The structural body may be tubular and preferably has a trapezoidal cross-section. Such work bench can be used by disposing the platform on the structural body, so that the platform frictionally contacts the structural body. Then the user can mechanically override the static friction between the platform and the structural body and move the platform horizontally along the structural body.
Claims15
A portable workbench comprising:
- a tubular structural body having a longitudinal axis and having a width and a length longer than the width;
- a plurality of legs supporting the structural body
- a platform disposed on the structural body and contacting the structural body on at least two sides;
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- a locking mechanism disposed on the platform for fixing the position of the platform relative to the structural body, said locking mechanism comprising an eccentric cam rotatable about a first axis between a first position locking the platform on the structural body and a second position unlocking the platform.
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