Patent ID: 6240987
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B25H

Abstract:
A tool supporting device comprising:a first pair of elongate legs mounted parallel and spaced apart from each other, each leg having a ground engaging end and a supporting end;a second pair of elongate legs mounted parallel and spaced apart from each other, each leg having a ground engaging end and a supporting end, the second pair of legs being pivotally coupled to the first pair of legs between the respective ends of the legs of both the first and second pairs wherein the second pair of legs is laterally offset from the first pair of legs such that the legs are pivotal between a collapsed position wherein the legs are substantially parallel and adjacent to each other and a supporting position wherein the supporting and ground engaging ends of the respective first and second pairs of legs are spaced apart from each other; anda main supporting surface extending longitudinally between respective first and seconds ends thereof, the supporting surface being pivotally mounted at the first end on the first pair of legs adjacent the supporting end thereof and being selectively coupled at the second end on the second pair of legs adjacent the supporting end thereof in the supporting position, the supporting surface being located between the legs of each of the first and second pairs of legs such that when the second end of the supporting surface is released from the second pair of legs, the supporting surface is pivotal into the collapsed position wherein the legs extend longitudinally along respective sides of the supporting surface within a substantially common plane therewith.