Patent ID: 7185738
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: B25H

Abstract:
1. A work piece support assembly comprising: a) a primary support section having a primary rail member and first and second sets of paired legs pivotally secured to said primary rail member and wherein said primary rail member includes a plurality of coupler joints; b) a wing section having a wing rail member, a third paired set of legs pivotally coupled to said wing rail member and a coupling member that mates with at least one of said plurality of coupler joints; c) wherein each of said first, second and third set of paired legs is respectively coupled to said primary and wing rail members with a bi-axial hinge bracket, wherein said hinge bracket includes a base piece and first and second arms that depend from said base piece, wherein said first and second arms are mounted to pivot along a first axis and deploy said first, second and third paired set of legs between a parallel and an orthogonal mounting condition relative to said primary and wing rail members, and wherein first and second sets of paired legs are mounted to said base piece to pivot along a second axis relative to one another between a parallel and a splayed condition; and d) whereby said assembly can be deployed between a storage condition wherein said first, second and third lets of paired legs are folded parallel to said primary and wing rail members and said primary and wing sections are stacked on each other and a support condition wherein said first, second and third sets of paired legs are splayed apart, rotated orthogonal to said primary and wing rail members and said coupling member is fitted to a selected one of said plurality of coupler joints to project from said primary rail member to collectively define a support surface.