PORTABLE COLLAPSIBLE WORK TABLE

• US 3,669,031 A
• Filed: 08/12/1970
• Issued: 06/13/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Willie E. Cole
• Original Assignee: Willie E. Cole
• Inventors: Cole, Willie E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zugel, Francis K.
• Application Number:
  US05/063,103
• Time in Patent Office: 671 Days
• Field of Search: 108/50,12,19,11,93,115,132,102 248/188.2 280/41R 296/20
• US Class Current: 108/102
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 3/00 Folding or stowable tables folded and suspended or hinged, or wall tables A47B5/04
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 5/0003 Adaptations for loading in or on a vehicle

Abstract

A work table for carrying tools thereon (e.g. a power saw) which is rollably transportable between different locations and collapsible in a manner which facilitates loading of the work table onto the the bed of a truck. The legs of the work table are pivotally attached thereto and moveable between an upright position and a collapsed horizontal position generally beneath the horizontal top surface of the work table. A first pair of casters are attached to the front legs of the table and a second pair of casters are attached to a frame extension member which is movable between a coplanar position substantially beneath the top surface and a position extending horizontally outward from an end thereof; the first and second pairs of casters being generally coplanar when the work table is in its collapsed position so as to allow rollable movement of the carrier on the first and second pairs of casters.

Claims

1. A portable collapsible work table, comprising:

a. a generally rectangular frame having a substantially horizontal top surface carried thereby suitable for securing a tool thereto, said support frame having oppositely disposed first and second sides and first and second ends;

b. a first pair of legs pivotally mounted to said support frame adjacent said first end of said support frame;

c. a second pair of legs pivotally mounted to said support frame adjacent said second end of said support frame;

d. guide means attached to said first and second sides of said support frame;

e. frame extension means carried by said guide means and moveable between a first generally horizontal position substantially beneath said horizontal surface and a second position extending horizontally outward from said first end of said support frame;

f. a wheel rollably attached to each leg of said first pair of legs;

g. wheel means rollably attached to said frame extension means and extending downwardly therefrom to a position generally coplanar with said wheels connected to said first pair of legs when said legs are in said second position;

h. a first and second strut member eAch having a first end attached to a different one of said first pair of legs, a second end attached to said support frame, and a pivotable break point between said first and second legs; and

i. first and second cable means each having a first end fixed to said support frame adjacent said first end thereof and a second end fixed to a different one of said first and second strut members for moving said struts at said pivotable break point causing said legs to pivot to said second position.

2. The work table of claim 1 including guide means wherein:

a. said guide means are attached to said support frame beneath said top surface; and

b. said frame extension means is carried by said guide means and moveable therealong between a first position having a substantial portion thereof beneath said top surface and a second position having a substantial portion thereof extending horizontally outward from said top surface.

3. The work table of claim 2 wherein:

a. said support frame has a generally rectangular shape in a plane parallel to said horizontal top surface including oppositely disposed first and second ends; and

b. said frame extension means extends outwardly from said first end of said rectangular-shaped support frame in said second position.

4. The work table of claim 3 wherein:

a. said rectangular support frame includes oppositely disposed first and second side members directed vertically downward from said top surface; and

b. said guide means are attached to said first and second side members.

5. The work table of claim 3 wherein:

a. said frame extension means is substantially coextensive with said support frame in said first position and includes oppositely disposed first and second ends, said first end extending horizontally outward from said top surface when said frame extension means is in said second position; and

b. said roller means includes a pair of wheels rotatably attached adjacent the first end of said frame extension means.

6. The work table of claim 3 wherein:

a. said plurality of legs includes first and second legs pivotally attached to said support frame adjacent said first end and third and fourth legs pivotally attached to said support frame adjacent said second end thereof; and

b. said first roller means include first and second wheels rotatably attached to said first and second legs, respectively.

7. The work table of claim 6 including first and second strut members and cable means wherein:

a. said first and second strut members each have a first end attached to said support frame, a second end attached to said first and second legs, respectively, and a pivotable break point between said first and second ends; and

b. said cable means includes first and second cables each having a first end attached to said support frame adjacent said first end thereof and a second end attached to said first and second strut members, respectively, for pivoting said legs to said second position.