Patent ID: 8262046
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: B25H,B66F

Abstract:
1. A collapsible workpiece support apparatus comprising, in combination: a rectangular horizontal base having a first end spaced apart from a second end, a front spaced apart from a rear, and a center; a first recess disposed upwardly within the base, the first recess disposed between the center and the first end; a second recess disposed upwardly within the base, the second recess disposed between the center and the second end; a notch disposed within the base first end; a rectangular horizontal upper support having a support first end spaced apart from a support second end, a support front spaced apart from a support rear, the support first end coplanar with the base first end, the support second end coplanar with the base second end, the support front coplanar with the base front, the support rear coplanar with the base rear; a trio of spaced apart telescopic legs, the legs attaching the base to the upper support, each of the legs hingedly attached to the base and to the upper support via a one leg hinge on the base and one leg hinge on the upper support; means for adjusting a height of the telescopic legs; a pair of stabilizing blocks comprising a first stabilizing block and a second stabilizing block, the first stabilizing block selectively pivoted downward from the upper support to contact one of the telescopic legs adjacent to the base center, the first stabilizing block slightly more proximal to the base first end and the support first end, the second stabilizing block selectively pivoted downward to contact the same telescopic leg, the second stabilizing block slightly more proximal to the base second end and the support second end; whereby an upward pivot of the stabilizing blocks allows the hinged telescopic legs to be positioned in a horizontal state, thereby allowing the upper support to collapse against the base.