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Bench folding leg and brace structure

  • US 6,173,660 B1
  • Filed: 07/02/1999
  • Issued: 01/16/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination with a metal bench having opposing ends, an undersurface, bench leg bracket means secured to the undersurface of each end portion of said bench top, a bench brace rod at respective end portions of the bench undersurface and having opposing end portions projecting longitudinally of the bench medially the bench width and having one end portion of each rod pivotally connected with a medial portion of the undersurface for vertical pivoting movement of each rod other end portion toward and away from said undersurface, said other end portion of said brace rod having a transverse cross bar provided with a lock pin receiving aperture at respective ends of the cross bar, said metal bench comprising:

  • pairs of inner and outer telescoping tubular wall bench legs having upper and lower end portions pivotally connected by the respective upper end portion of each outer bench leg of said pairs of bench legs to said bench leg bracket means on transversely aligned inclined axes for disposing the longitudinal axes of each pair of said pairs of telescoping bench legs when erected in downward lateral and longitudinal diverging relation relative to said bench top, the tubular wall of each outer leg of each pair of said pairs of legs having a connector supporting protrusion adjacent said pivotally connected upper end portion permitting unobstructed inward telescopic movement of the upper end portion of the respective inner leg beyond the position of the wall protrusion, each inner leg of each pair of said pairs of bench legs having a foot forming extension axially depending from its lower end portion; and

    , link and track bracket means pivotally connecting an intermediate portion of each said brace rod with said wall protrusion on the respective outer leg of each pair of said pairs of bench legs for pivoting movement of said pairs of bench legs from a bench erected position to a parallel stored position adjacent said undersurface and vice versa by vertical movement of said bench brace rod.

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