Patent ID: 7111391

Claim:
An apparatus for use in lifting a truss assembly from a truss assembly table, the apparatus comprising: a truss table having a work surface; a plurality of lift out rails movable with respect to the table work surface between a recessed position beneath the work surface and a raised position above the work surface; a slide mechanism mounted on each lift out rail; a support element assembly mounted to each lift out rail and movable with respect to the lift out rail; the support element assembly having a support element defining a support surface; the support element assembly movable between an up position, wherein the support surface is flush with the work surface of the truss table, the support element assembly in the up position when the lift out rail is in the recessed position, and a down position, wherein the support surface does not interfere with a truss assembly sliding on the slide mechanism of the lift out rail, the support element assembly in the down position when the lift out rail is in the raised position.