Portable work stations

• US 20050126658A1
• Filed: 01/14/2005
• Published: 06/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brad Arnold Goodwin
• Original Assignee: Brad Arnold Goodwin
• Inventors: Goodwin, Brad Arnold
• Granted Patent: US 7,108,144 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 144/286.500
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 13/0285 Stands for supporting individual articles to be sprayed, e.g. doors, vehicle body parts
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 269/905 Work holder for doors and door frames

Abstract

Portable work stations which permit a one-step, touch-free finishing of all surfaces of doors, shutters, window sashes, cabinet doors, garage doors, spindles, and other workpieces. There are also provided trim measuring and cutting, and hinge mortising and prep racks, a leg assembly, a drying rack, and a trim board work station. All of these devices are provided by kits of components.

Claims

1. A portable work station, comprising, in combination:

a frame structure releasably and temporarily supporting a workpiece structure;

said frame structure having an open-sided upper portion formed by three upper members;

said frame structure providing predetermined clearances between said frame structure and said workpiece structure;

pivot means releasably connected to said frame structure for pivoting said workpiece structure within said frame structure; and

stabilizing means releasably connected to said frame structure for stabilizing said workpiece structure within said frame structure when said workpiece structure is being worked upon.

2. A portable work station according to claim 1, wherein:

said open-sided upper portion comprises a pair of upper cross members which are releasably connected to a third upper member; and

said frame structure includes adjustment means which permit said upper members to be adjustably moved to accommodate various sizes of said workpiece structure.

3. A portable work station according to claim 1, including:

an adjustable squaring mechanism for maintaining said frame structure in an orthogonal arrangement.

4. A portable work station according to claim 2, including:

an adjustable squaring mechanism for maintaining said frame structure in an orthogonal arrangement.

5. A portable work station according to claim 1, including:

a pair of disassemblable leg assemblies for releasably supporting said frame structure; and

a pair of angled support mechanisms connecting said leg assemblies to said frame structure to maintain said leg assemblies in orthogonal arrangement with said frame structure.

6. A portable work station according to claim 2, including:

a pair of disassemblable leg assemblies for releasably supporting said frame structure; and

a pair of angled support mechanisms connecting said leg assemblies to said frame structure to maintain said leg assemblies in orthogonal arrangement with said frame structure.

7. A portable work station according to claim 3, including:

a pair of disassemblable leg assemblies for releasably supporting said frame structure; and

a pair of angled support mechanisms connecting said leg assemblies to said frame structure to maintain said leg assemblies in orthogonal arrangement with said frame structure.

8. A portable work station according to claim 4, including:

a pair of disassemblable leg assemblies for releasably supporting said frame structure; and

a pair of angled support mechanisms connecting said leg assemblies to said frame structure to maintain said leg assemblies in orthogonal arrangement with said frame structure.

9. A leg assembly for replacing a conventional sawhorse, comprising:

a pair of vertical leg members;

a pair of cross leg members affixed to said pair of vertical leg members;

securement means at the top portions of said vertical leg members for releasably securing said vertical leg members to a portion of an external object to be supported by said leg assembly; and

an adjustable angled support member releasably connectable at one end thereof to a predetermined portion of one of said vertical leg members, and releasably connectable at the other end thereof to a portion of said external object to be supported to maintain said leg assembly in orthogonal arrangement with said external object to be supported by said leg assembly.

10. A leg assembly according to claim 9, wherein:

said external object to be supported by said leg assembly comprises a portable jig having side members; and

said angled support member is releasably connected between said one of said vertical leg members and one of said side members of said portable jig.

11. A leg assembly according to claim 9, wherein:

said leg assembly can be disassembled conveniently for storage and/or transportation, and assembled at a work site with a minimum of effort.

12. A leg assembly according to claim 10, wherein:

said leg assembly can be disassembled conveniently for storage and/or transportation, and assembled at a work site with a minimum of effort.

13. A drying rack for drying substantially flat elongated workpieces, comprising:

an elongated L-shaped member which may be secured to an external support structure;

said L-shaped member having an upper edge which is provided with a series of cutouts to accommodate at least one member protruding from said substantially flat elongated workpiece; and

a cross member releasably securable to two or more of said substantially flat elongated workpieces to hold said workpieces in a substantially vertical position while said substantially flat elongated workpieces are drying.

14. A drying rack according to claim 13, including:

a support bracket releasably connectable between said upper edge of said L-shaped member and said cross member to assist in holding said substantially flat elongated workpieces in substantially vertical position while said workpieces are drying.

15. A drying rack according to claim 13, wherein:

said substantially flat elongated workpieces comprise doors.

16. A drying rack according to claim 14, wherein:

said substantially flat elongated workpieces comprise doors.

17. A drying rack according to claim 13, wherein:

said external support structure comprises a sawhorse to which said L-shaped member may be secured.

18. A drying rack according to claim 14, wherein:

said external support structure comprises a sawhorse to which said L-shaped member may be secured.

19. A drying rack according to claim 15, wherein:

said external support structure comprises a sawhorse to which said L-shaped member may be secured.

20. A drying rack according to claim 16, wherein:

said external support structure comprises a sawhorse to which said L-shaped member may be secured.