Patent ID: 7878129

Claim:
A swing-out workbench extension for a workbench having a bench top supported in an elevated position by a workbench frame, said swing-out workbench comprising: a rectangular swinging platform; four swinging upright members having equal lengths and upper and lower ends and each pivotably connected at the lower ends thereof to said rectangular platform, two on each side thereof; said four swinging upright members adapted to be pivotably mounted on the underside of a bench top of a workbench at the upper ends thereof; said rectangular swinging platform movable between a stored position hanging below a bench top under which said swing-out workbench extension is mounted and an upper extended position generally adjacent a bench top; said rectangular platform extending generally horizontal in said stored position, said upper extended position, and during said movement between said stored position and said upper extended position; and latch means including a longitudinally extended latch member having a rear engagement portion and latch member receiving means on a workbench, said latch member movably mounted on said rectangular platform and movable between an engagement position wherein said rear engagement portion of said latch member engages said latch member receiving means and releasably locks said rectangular swinging platform in said upper extended position and a disengaged position wherein said rear engagement portion of said latch member does not engage said latch member receiving means.