Patent ID: 6347592
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: B25H

Abstract:
A free-standing modular workbench for use individually or optionally in cooperative detachable interconnection with one or more like free-standing modular workbenches adapted to stand on a support surface, comprising:a) a workbench top member having a thickness defined by a top work surface and a bottom surface spaced from said top work surface; b) means comprising a plurality of leg receiving sections detachably mounted on said workbench top member in cooperative association with said bottom surface thereof for detachably receiving a plurality of elongated leg members; c) a plurality of elongated leg members each having upper and lower ends, said upper ends being detachably received by said leg receiving sections detachably mounted on said bottom surface to retain said top member elevated above said workbench support surface; d) said means comprising a plurality of leg receiving sections also including a pair of elongated laterally spaced main support beams detachably mounted to the bottom surface of said workbench top member and connected at each opposite end to a leg receiving section; e) a pair of longitudinally spaced transversely extending spacer beams detachably engage corresponding confronting end portions of said elongated laterally spaced main support beams adjacent said leg receiving sections to retain said laterally spaced main support beams in spaced parallelism; and f) a tubular interconnect-beam is detachably interconnected medianly between a transverse spacer beam of a first modular workbench and a corresponding transverse spacer beam of a second modular workbench arranged end-to-end with said first modular workbench to detachably interconnect said first and second modular workbenches.