US2763301A - Removable work support for work benches - Google Patents

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Se t. 18, 1956 v. M. CHRISTOPHERSON 5 ,30

REMOVABLE WORK SUPPORT FOR WORK BENCHES Filed June 4, 1952 INVENTOR VICTOR M. CHRISTOPHERSQN 5 gM/WZZ ATTORNFY United States Patent() REMOVABLE WORK SUPPORT FOR WORK BENCHES My invention relates to an improvement in a work bench support and particularly of a type for use by carpenters in holding doors and similar articles in position while they are trimmed, recessed or treated.

It is an object of my invention to provide a work bench support which is of extremely simple construction yet supports a door or the like in a secure position. It is a further object to provide a work bench support which is adjustable so that any size door or the like may be held securely therewith.

It is also an object of my invention to provide a work bench support which includes the utilization of the leg members of a work bench in a new, simple and efiicient manner for simple support of the door and easy adjustment of the positioning of the same.

It is an additional object of my invention to provide a door support which is not only easily adjustable but which is simply removed from the work bench and carried compactly in connection with the work bench. It is also an object of my invention to provide clamping means in relationship with the support so that the object being supported may be more securely held in position.

The invention will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, showing by way of example preferred embodiments of the inventive idea.

In the drawings forming a part of the application:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal front view of my work bench support with a door in position thereon indicated in broken lines.

Figure 2 is an end view of the disclosure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure l indicating also in broken lines the horizontal door support member in a different position and without the shim member.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of my work bench support, showing a portion of a work bench and my support, a door in broken lines held thereon.

Figure 5 is a view of a further type of clamp for the door adjustably secured to the under surface of a work bench.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the shim used in my device.

My work bench support A is composed of the somewhat conventional work bench B which includes the top 10 and the upright front leg support members 11 and 12. The bench B also includes the rear leg support members 13. The bench B is further supported by the central members 14 and the end brace members 15. The rear top portion 16 is supported by the pivoted support members 17.

The upright leg members 11 and 12 are formed with downwardly inclined holes or recesses 18. I further provide the longitudinal base bar support 19 which has secured therein the angular bolt or lug members 20, the distance between which is equal to the distance between the holes 18 of the upright support 11 as spaced I Patented Sept. 18, 1956 ice from the upright support 12. The angular bolt members 20 are composed of the straight shank portion 21 and the angular portion 22 extending from the shank portion 21. The angle of the angular portion 22 corresponds precisely with the angle of the holes 18 formed in the front legs 11 and 12, the holes 18 being adapted to removably receive the angular portion 22 of the bolt members 20. I

The adjustable longitudinal base bar 19 is also provided with thevertical positioning members 23 which are secured to the outer face of the support bar 19 by means of the bolts 24, the upper end of the positioning members 23 extending above the upper edge 25 of the longitudinal base support bar 19 on which the door C, for example, is positioned.

With the door C in the position shown in Figure 3, the longitudinal base support bar 19 will receive a door up to the thickness shown in Figure 3 due to the shim member 26 positioned between the base bar 19 and the front edge of the legs 11 and 12. If a door of less thickness, for example, is desired to be supported, the shim member 26 may be removed by slipping it off the angular bolt-lug 20 and placing the base bar 19 in the position shown in broken lines in Figure 3 without the shim 26. With the shim 26 removed, the base bar support 19 lowers slightly with the angular portion 22 of the bolt 20 placed in the same angular hole 18. The base support bar 19 may be raised or lowered by using any of the angular holes 18 whereby very wide or very narrow members may be properly supported for work thereon.

Although the door C may be supported and worked upon with the construction already disclosed, it may be further held by means of the adjustable right angle clamp member D which is formed with the base portion 27 having the right angle clamping arm portion 28. The base portion 27 is formed with the slot 29 adapted to receive a bolt secured into the top member 10 of the bench A and on which is screwed the wing nut 30. As a result of the provision of the slot 29 the right angle clamping arm portion 28' may be adjusted to bear against objects of a dilferent width to hold the same securely upon the adjustable horizontal base support 19. Further, when the bench support is not in use the wing nut 30 may be loosened slightly and the clamping arm 28 will automatically drop in a position below the top 10 where it is out of the way. The wing nut 30 may then be tightened to secure the clamping member D in this out-of-the-way position.

I also provide an alternative form of clamping member E which is adjustable secured to the under surface of the table top such as 10 by means of a bolt extending downwardly from the top, the bolt extending through the slot 31 formed in the base arm 32 of the alternative clamping member E. The clamping arm 33 is formed on the outer end of the base arm 32 and is adapted to contact the outer surface of the member being held on the base bar 19. When the bench support is not in use, the clamping member E may be pivoted to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 5 by loosening the wing nut 34 which is screwed onto the bolt above mentioned where it extends through the slot 31.

In the use of my device the operator places the base support bar 19 in position on the front legs 11 and 12 by means of the angular bolt members 20 so that the door C, for example, will be supported in a position shown particularly in Figure 1 whereby the top edge thereof may be trimmed in a position above the surface of the top member 10. When my support device is not in use the base bar support 19 may be very simply restructions. In addition, if the bench B is of the foldable type the base support bar 19 may be 'easily'laid'iip'on the top member 10, thus providing a compact package for carrying. 4 1

The invention is not to be understood as restricted to the details set forth, since these may be modified within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new. and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a support for doors and the like, a pair of spaced vertical support members, each of said vertical support wardly thereinto at an ang1e,a fiat longitudinal -horizontal support bar, bolt members extending through said 'members having one or more holes extending downsupport bar at right angles thereto with their free ends eir'tendi'n'g" therefrom, said free ends bent at an angle thereto to correspond to the angle of said holes in said vertical support members to be removably received therein.

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