Patent ID: 8403314

Claim:
A workbench system comprising: a first work surface portion; a first dog hole in the first work surface portion; a second dog hole spaced apart from the first dog hole; and a plurality of dogs, each of the plurality of dogs including a body defining a first securing portion and a second securing portion, and a stem portion extending away from the body and configured to fit into the first dog hole and the second dog hole, wherein each of the plurality of dogs is configured such that when the stem of a first dog of the plurality of dogs is inserted within the first dog hole and the stem of a second dog of the plurality of dogs is inserted within the second dog hole, the first dog and the second dog can be positioned without modifying the relative position of the first dog hole and the second dog hole such that (i) a first securing plane defined by the first securing portion of the first dog is parallel with a second securing plane defined by the first securing portion of the second dog, and the minimum distance between the first securing plane and the second securing plane corresponds to a first commonly sized work piece width, and (ii) a third securing plane defined by the second securing portion of the first dog is parallel with a fourth securing plane defined by the second securing portion of the second dog, and the minimum distance between the third securing plane and the fourth securing plane corresponds to a second commonly sized work piece width.