Patent ID: 9505121
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B25H,B27B

Claim Text:
1. A sawhorse trestle, comprising: two half-trestles connected by adjustable connecting elements so as to provide a discontinuous work-surface with a variable spacing between respective parts of the work-surface, wherein each half-trestle includes two frames hingedly connected to each other, each of the frames including an upper frame member and a leg at a lower end of the upper frame member, each of the frames being topped by a substantially horizontal elongate support member extending in a direction of a major longitudinal axis along a top of each upper frame member of each half-trestle providing a portion of the work-surface, the frames being joined and hinged along the support members, the lower end of the upper frame member of each frame being disposed at an opposite end from the support members, each of the frames including a slide box secured to the lower end of the upper frame member, and wherein the adjustable connecting elements each comprise an elongate beam, each of the elongate beams extending between the two-half trestles and each of the elongate beams having a first end portion slidingly retained in one of the slide boxes of each of the two frames of a first of the two-half trestles and a second end portion slidingly retained in a respective one of the slide boxes of each of the two frames of a second of the two half-trestles on a corresponding side of the second half-trestle, thereby allowing the variable spacing between the respective parts of the work-surface.