Patent ID: 6942085

Claim:
A lightweight, compact, adjustable and portable support stand for supporting an end of a piece of material to be worked on by a machine comprising: a compact stand portion; a roller adapted to support a first end of an elongated piece of material, said roller in longitudinal complementary attachment to said compact stand portion; and means for supporting said roller relative to the stand portion, said supporting means in cooperative attachment to the stand portion, whereby upon said first end of said piece of material being placed upon and supported by said roller, a second end of said piece of material may be worked on by said machine, said first end being raised to substantially the same height as said second end, the stand portion including first and second diametrically opposed indented sections, wherein the means for supporting said roller relative to the stand portion comprises: a first roller support bar having a top end and a bottom end; a second roller support bar having a top end and a bottom end, whereby said roller support bars include one or more roller receiving orifices adapted to receive and support an end of said roller, and the bottom ends of said roller support bars are received within their respective indented sections of the stand portion; a first bracket and a second bracket, wherein the first bracket secures the first roller support bar to the first indented section and the second bracket secures the second roller support bar to the second indented section; and means for securing the roller support bars between the brackets and the indented sections of the stand portion.