Patent ID: 11971133
Assignee: IRONBRANDER CORPORATION
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  A | IPC A  F

Claim 0:
1. A width-adjustable support stand comprising:
a first leg pair comprising a first leg and a second leg, and a second leg pair comprising a third leg and a fourth leg, each of the said legs having an inner side that faces toward a center axis of the support stand, wherein a center of the first leg pair and a center of the second leg pair are intersect at the center axis of the stand, and an opposing outer side that faces outwardly away from the center axis of the support stand;
a first cross-rail spanning between the first and second legs of the first leg pair, said first cross-rail comprising a first rail stub attached to the inner side of the first leg, a second rail stub attached to the inner side of the second leg, and a first rail hub having first and second hollow cavities in which the first and second rail stubs are telescopically received at opposing ends of said first rail hub;
a second cross-rail spanning between the third and fourth legs of the second leg pair, said second cross-rail comprising a third rail stub attached to the inner side of the third leg, a fourth rail stub attached to the inner side of the fourth leg, and a second rail hub having third and fourth hollow cavities in which the third and fourth rail stubs are telescopically received at opposing ends of said second rail hub;
wherein each rail stub has a pair of slide guides on opposing sides thereof that respectively engage with a corresponding pair of slide guides on opposing internal walls of the respective hollow cavity, each rail stub has an upper male tongue running along a topside of the rail stub and a lower male tongue running along an underside of the rail stub, the upper male tongue of each one of the rail stubs is received in an open upper slot of one of the rail hubs that runs along a topside thereof between a pair of in-turned top flanges of said one of the rail hubs, and the lower male tongue of said each one of the rail stubs is received in an open lower slot of said one of the rail hubs that runs along an underside thereof between a pair of in-turned bottom flanges of said one of the rail hubs.