Patent ID: 7584947
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: B23Q,B25B

Abstract:
1. A reconfigurable workpiece support fixture comprising: a base; a plurality of spaced-apart plates removably attachable to the base, each plate defining a plurality of notches in an edge of the plate, the edge of the plate configured to support a first side of a workpiece; a plurality of spaced-apart manifolds, each manifold removably receivable in one of the plurality of notches in two or more of the plurality of spaced-apart plates, each manifold spanning across two or more of the plurality of spaced-apart plates and each manifold free to move within the one of the plurality of notches in which it is received toward a workpiece; and a plurality of attachment devices, each of the manifolds having at least one of the plurality of attachment devices removably attachable thereto, the plurality of spaced-apart plates being free of the plurality of attachment devices.