Patent ID: 8366084
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: B25H

Abstract:
1. A table for supporting machine tools and work pieces, the table comprising: a base having a first part with a plurality of casters configured to engage a standing surface; a second part with at least one caster configured to engage the standing surface, the first part and the second part hinged together so that when not in use the second part is configured to be swung up and away from the standing surface for storage and when in use the second part is configured to be swung down so that said at least one caster of the second part engages the standing surface; a central support column secured to the base; at least one brace member in engagement with both the second part of the base and the central support column and the at least one brace member configured so that when the at least one brace member is in a first state the at least one caster of the second part of the base is engaged with the standing surface and when the at least one brace member is in a second state the at least one caster of the second part of the base is not engaged with the standing surface; and a work platform hingedly coupled to the central support column so that said work platform is configurable in a first horizontal orientation generally parallel to the standing surface for normal use and in a second non-horizontal orientation not parallel to the standing surface for storage, the work platform configured to have a plurality of work stations at a periphery, each of the plurality of work stations configured to receive a power tool which is securely mounted thereto so that the power tool is secured to the work platform in both the first orientation and the second orientation.