Patent ID: 8235135

Claim:
A tool supporting bar for supporting tools on an implement, the tool supporting bar comprising: an elongated tubular perimeter wall defining an interior, the perimeter wall includes at least one side wall portion, the perimeter wall including at least one side wall portion with a substantially planar interior surface; and at least one reinforcing wall located in the interior of the perimeter wall and mounted on the perimeter wall in a manner effective to increase bending resistance of the perimeter wall to a force applied in a direction normal to a plane of the at least one side wall portion; wherein the at least one reinforcing wall comprises a plate with a face abutted against the interior surface of the at least one side wall portion of the perimeter wall such that substantially an entirety of the face of the reinforcing wall is abutted against the interior surface of the side wall portion; and wherein the at least one side wall portion includes a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, the at least one reinforcing wall being attached to the at least one side wall portion at each aperture.