Patent ID: 6488119
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: B25H,B27B

Abstract:
A folding sawhorse comprising:(a) a first frame having a first elongated crossmember, a first pair of substantially parallel spaced apart legs extending from the first crossmember, a first brace extending between the first pair of legs and a rib on each leg; (b) a second frame having a second elongated crossmember, a second pair of substantially parallel spaced apart legs extending from the second crossmember, and a second brace extending between the second pair of legs; (c) a hinge connection pivotally connecting the first crossmember to the second crossmember so as to enable the first frame to pivot with respect to the second frame about a hinge axis substantially parallel to both a longitudinal axis of the first crossmember and a longitudinal axis of the second crossmember; and (d) a substantially rectangular shelf having at a first side thereof first and second sets of paired offset pins which receive respectively in sliding engagement the ribs formed on the first pair of legs and having a second side pivotally connected to the second frame, the shelf being capable of sliding along the ribs at the first side thereof and pivoting at the second side between a storage position in which a plane defined by the first frame is substantially parallel to a plane defined by the second frame and a working position in which the planes defined by the first and second frames form generally two sides of an â€œAâ€  shape with the shelf comprising a cross portion of said â€œAâ€  shape.