Folding work center

• US 5,713,404 A
• Filed: 08/12/1996
• Issued: 02/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Flambeau Products Corp.
• Original Assignee: Flambeau Products Corp.
• Inventors: Ladewig, Christopher G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bray, W. Donald
• Application Number:
  US08/695,943
• Time in Patent Office: 540 Days
• Field of Search: 83/574, 108/38, 108/40, 108/42, 108/108, 108/152, 312/245, 269/289 R, 144/285, 144/286.1, 144/286.5, 144/287
• US Class Current: 144/285
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 1/04 portable
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 1/10 with provision for adjusting holders for tool or work
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 1/12 with storage compartments
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 3/04 Racks

Abstract

A workbench kit includes a support bracket panel which is hinged along one side on a wall. A work platform panel is also hinged to the wall by means of a storage rack with integrally molded attachment clamps. The work platform panel may be pivoted about its axis of attachment to the wall between a work position and a storage position, as may the support panel. When in the work position, the support panel is releasably attached to the work platform as a support bracket. When in the storage position, the panels fold over each other against the supporting wall.

Claims

1. A workbench kit comprising, in combination:

a first support platform, said platform including a hinge attachment side and a spaced, work platform support side parallel thereto, said hinge attachment side including at least one integral hinge pin formed in the hinge attachment side;

a hinge clamp attachable to a vertical support surface, said clamp including a pin reception slot for pivotal receipt and retention of the support platform hinge pin when said clamp is attached to the support surface to align the hinge pin as a horizontal pivot axis for the support platform;

a work platform including at least one integral hinge pin along one side of said platform, said platform including a planer top work surface and a bottom surface with a longitudinal support platform engagement member parallel to the work platform hinge pin and capable of interaction with the support side of the support platform to maintain the work platform in a horizontal plane;

at least one hinge clamp assembly for attaching the work platform hinge pin to a vertical support surface pivotal about an axis parallel to the axis of the support surface hinge pin, said hinge clamp assembly arranged to support the work platform hinge pin vertically spaced above the support platform, whereby the platforms, when so mounted, are pivotal against one another and a support wall in a first non-support position, and in an alternative horizontal work platform position with the support platform support side engaging the engagement member of the work platform in a second support position with the support platform defining a bracket to hold the work platform in place.

2. The kit of claim 1, including means for latching the support platform to the work platform when the work platform is in the second support position.

3. The kit of claim 1 wherein the work platform includes a series of through passages and further includes a clamp mechanism cooperative with a passage to hold a work piece.

4. The kit of claim 1 wherein the hinge clamp assembly for the work platform includes a hinge clamp with a hinge pin slot for mounting a hinge pin and further includes a storage bin incorporated with the leverage clamp assembly.

5. The kit of claim 1 wherein the support platform includes a plurality of coaxial hinge pins.

6. The kit of claim 1 wherein the work platform includes a plurality of coaxial hinge pins.

7. The kit of claim 4 wherein the storage bin includes a planar back, said back including means for attachment to a vertical support surface.