Patent ID: 6308550
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B21D,Y10S

Abstract:
A modular mobile bench for supporting or designing a vehicle chassis, comprising a first longitudinally extending bar member, a second longitudinally extending bar member, a first laterally extending bar member, a second laterally extending bar member, first bar connection means to connect said first and second longitudinally extending bar members to said first laterally extending bar member, second bar connection means to connect said first and second longitudinally extending bar member to said second laterally extending bar member, said first and second bar connection means including lateral adjustment means for movement of at least one of said first and second longitudinally extending bar members laterally of at least one of said first and second laterally extending bar members, a plurality of spaced apart vehicle chassis support members extending upwardly from at least two of said longitudinally and laterally extending bar members positioned to receive the entire portion of said vehicle chassis thereon and support said entire portion of said vehicle chassis at spaced apart locations thereof, each of said vehicle chassis support members including chassis engaging fixture means to engage, bear against and support a selected part of said vehicle chassis, each of said vehicle chassis support members including adjustable positioning means to adjust and position said chassis engagement fixture means of each of said vehicle chassis support members in both horizontal and vertical directions relative to a said bar member on which said vehicle chassis support member is positioned whereby said vehicle chassis thereon may be positioned with one end thereof higher than the other, one side thereof higher than the other, one end and one side thereof together higher than the other end and other side together, spaced apart portions of only one side of said vehicle chassis may be supported on said adjustable positioning means to view and work on the top and bottom portions of said vehicle chassis, and spaced apart portions of only one end of said vehicle chassis may be supported on said adjustable positioning means to view and work on the top and bottom portions of said vehicle chassis together with both sides thereof accessible at the same time, said adjustable positioning means including rotatable bar means rotatable continuously three hundred and sixty degrees in both directions of rotation in a horizontal plane and clamp means to clamp and hold said rotatable bar means to a said bar member on which said vehicle chassis support member is positioned when rotated to a selected position thereon, and vertically extendible, vertical adjustable bar means slidably securable to said rotatable bar means for sliding movement above and below said horizontal plane in which said rotatable bar means rotates, and transport means on said modular mobile bench to move it from one location to another.