Patent ID: 6688350
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B25H,B27C

Abstract:
A modular tool workstation for mounting any one of a series of distinct tools, said work station comprising, in combination:a rectangular, parallelpiped, sheet metal cabinet having an open top, an open front and a first lateral side with a bottom edge, said open top having a first, four-sided profile; a tool support plate attached to and covering the open top, said tool support plate including a generally four-sided opening to the interior of the cabinet with a flange in and extending about the periphery of the four sided opening; said flange recessed in the opening of the plate and extending inwardly from the periphery of said four sided opening; a tool support insert having a shape congruent with the opening of the plate and supported on the flange of the plate in the opening coplanar with the top surface 29 of the plate; first and second retention latch members on the tool support plate on opposite lateral sides of the opening, said latch members moveable between an insert retention position and an insert release position for holding the insert in position in the opening when in the retention position; and a tool mounted on the insert.