Patent ID: 8881841

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 formed by a first perimeter wall portion and a second perimeter wall portion united together, each of the perimeter wall portions including a first side wall portion and sections of two other side wall portions each extending from the first side wall portion such that each of the perimeter wall portions is substantially U-shaped, each section of the side wall portions having a longitudinal edge opposite of the first side wall portion and being positioned in opposition to each other such that the respective side wall portions are positioned opposite of each other on the perimeter wall, the longitudinal edges of the two perimeter wall portions being connected together such that a first section of the first perimeter wall portion is united to a first section of the second perimeter wall portion, and a second section of the first perimeter wall portion is united to a second section of the second perimeter wall portion; and at least one reinforcing wall located in the interior of the perimeter wall and being attached to the first side wall portion of one of the perimeter wall portions in a manner effective to increase bending resistance of the perimeter wall; wherein the at least one reinforcing wall comprises a plate with a face abutted against the interior surface of one of the first side wall portions such that substantially an entirety of the face of the reinforcing wall is abutted against the interior surface of the respective side wall portion.