Patent ID: 7360304
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: B25B,F16M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A foldable stand for a portable crimping device, said foldable stand being adapted to be secured to a horizontal bottom wall surface of said crimping device, said foldable stand comprising in combination: a. a base portion, including a pair of spaced, main chassis, longitudinal base members, interconnected, on first ends thereof, via a first transversely directed connecting portion and interconnected, inboard of second ends thereof, via a second transversely directed connecting portion, said base member second ends each having a horizontal coaxial first pivot aperture in a common first pivot axis, said second connecting portion including a pair of laterally separated, coplanar, first stop point folding areas and a circumferentially spaced pair of laterally separated, coplanar, first stop standing point areas; b. a mounting portion, including a generally ring shaped body portion having a top surface, a bottom surface, a central aperture, a plurality of spaced through bores and a pair of aligned, spaced, attachment bosses, at opposite sides of a front end portion of said body portion, said attachment bosses each including a lateral, vertical attachment portion c. having an opposed, horizontal coaxial second pivot aperture in a common second pivot axis, parallel with said first pivot axis, each attachment boss including a second stop point folding area, in first common plane, and a circumferentially spaced second stop point standing area, in a second common plane; c. a pair of elongated cross members, each having a top surface, a bottom surface and first and second ends having first and second through bores, respectively; d. a first pair of oppositely directed fastening members for pivotally connecting said first ends of said cross members, via said first bores, with respective ones, of said base portion second ends, via said first pivot apertures, thereby permitting relative movement, between said base portion and said cross members, for a first predetermined reflex angle between said first stop point folding areas and said first stop point standing areas; and e. a second pair of oppositely directed fastening members for pivotally connecting said second ends of said cross members, via said second bores, with respective ones, of said mounting portion attachment bosses, via said second pivot apertures, thereby permitting relative movement between said mounting portion and said cross members, for a second predetermined reflex angle between said second stop point folding areas and said second stop point standing areas.