Patent ID: 7063311

Claim:
A portable work platform assembly for providing a cable splicing workstation, said assembly including: a base; a bracket being attached to and extending upwardly from said base; a post having a bottom end and an upper end, said bracket being adapted for releasably attaching said bottom end of said post to said base such that said post extends upwardly from said base, said post being telescoping and including a first portion being selectively extendable outwardly of a second portion, said first portion having a first set of apertures extending therethrough, said second portion having a second set of apertures extending therethrough, wherein said first set of apertures may be selectively aligned with said second set of apertures at least one pin being removably extendable through aligned ones of said first and second sets of apertures; a frame having a front wall, a rear wall, a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall, a top surface and a bottom surface, a mesh screen being attached to and extending across an interior of said frame, said mesh screen being generally flush with said top surface, said mesh screen being substantially rigid; and a hinge hingedly coupling said frame to said post such that said bottom surface of said rear wall may be abutted against said upper end and a plane of said frame is orientated generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said post.