Patent Application
20180126542
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The disclosure and prior art relates to carpenter's workstations and more particularly pertains to a new carpenter's workstation for facilitating installation and repair of doors.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of cabinets. Each cabinet comprises a housing and defines an internal space. A plurality of slots is positioned in a front face of the housing. Each cabinet comprises a plurality of drawers that is complementary to the slots. The drawers are configured to position within the slots. Each of a pair of saw horses is hingedly coupled to a rear of a respective cabinet proximate to an upper limit of the respective cabinet. The saw horses are collapsible. Each drawer is selectively and reversibly insertable through a respective slot into the internal space. Respective drawers are configured to support a door that is positioned across the respective drawers with a side of the door positioned adjacent to the front faces of the cabinets. The saw horses are positioned on the cabinets such that the saw horses are positioned to pivot from the cabinets to an extended configuration.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A plurality of slots 26 is positioned in the front face 22 of the housing 14. Each cabinet 12 comprises a plurality of drawers 28 that is complementary to the slots 26. Each drawer 28 is selectively and reversibly insertable through a respective slot 26 into the internal space 16. The drawers 28 are configured to position within the slots 26 such that respective drawers 28 are configured to support a door that is positioned across the respective drawers 28, with a side of the door positioned adjacent to the front faces 22.
In one embodiment, the plurality of drawers 28 comprises from one to ten drawers 28. In another embodiment, the plurality of drawers 28 comprises from two to eight drawers 28. In yet another embodiment, the plurality of drawers 28 comprises six drawers 28.
Each drawer 28 comprises a bottom plate 30. A front plate 32 is coupled to a front edge 34 of the bottom plate 30. The front plate 32 extends angularly from the bottom plate 30 such that the front plate 32 is flush to the front face 22 of the housing 14 when the drawer 28 is fully inserted into the respective slot. A pull 36 is coupled to the front plate 32. The pull 36 is substantially centrally positioned on the front plate 32. The pull 36 is positioned on the front plate 32 such that the pull 36 is configured for a user to motivate the drawer 28 from an inserted position to an open position. In one embodiment, the pull 36 comprises an orifice 38 that is positioned through the front plate 32. The orifice 38 is positioned through the front plate 32 such that the orifice 38 is configured to insert at least one digit of a hand of the user.
A recess 40 is positioned in the back face 24 of the housing 14. The recess 40 extends from the bottom 20 to the top 18 of the housing 14.
Each of a pair of saw horses 42 is hingedly is coupled to a rear 64 of a respective cabinet 12 proximate to an upper limit 62 of the respective cabinet 12. The saw horses 42 are collapsible. The saw horses 42 are positioned on the cabinets 12 such that the saw horses 42 are positioned to pivot from the cabinets 12 to an extended configuration. The saw horses 42 are complementary to the recesses 40, such that each saw horse 42 is stowable in an associated recess 40.
Each saw horse 42 comprises a top plate 44, a pair of side plates 46 and a pair of legs 48. Each side plate 46 is coupled singularly to and extends perpendicularly from an opposing edge 68 of the top plate 44. The top plate 44 and side plates 46 define a channel 6666. Each of a pair of legs 48 is dual pivotally coupled to the top plate 44 distal from the housing 14. The legs 48 are positioned on the top plate 44 such that the legs 48 are configured to position substantially perpendicularly from the top plate 44 to retain the top plate 44 in a substantially horizontal configuration. The legs 48 are pivotable to substantial parallelism with the top plate 44 such that the legs 48 are positioned within the channel 66 and the saw horse 42 is positioned for stowing within the recess 40. The legs 48 also are positioned on the top plate 44 such that the legs 48 are configured to position in a splayed configuration. The legs 48 are inverted-V-shaped when viewed from the back face 24 of the housing 14.
The workstation 10 comprises a table top 50 that is rigid. The table top 50 is configured to position across the pair of saw horses 42 when the saw horses 42 are in the extended configuration, such that the table top 50 is supported in a substantially horizontal position. The table top 50 provides a work surface for the user. In one embodiment, the table top 50 is foldable.
The workstation 10 comprises a pair of jam holders 52. Each jam holder 52 is reversibly couplable to a respective saw horse 42. The jam holder 52 is positionable on the saw horse 42 such that the jam holder 52 is configured to hold a jam of a door that is positioned across the pair of saw horses 42.
The workstation 10 comprises a plurality of jigs 54. Each jig 54 is reversibly couplable to a perimeter of a door that is positioned across the respective drawers 28. The jig 54 is positionable on the door such that the jig 54 is configured to guide preparation and repair of the door. In one embodiment, the plurality of jigs 54 comprises a hinge template 56, a door sticker template 58 and a double pantry door latch template 60.
In use, each drawer 28 is selectively and reversibly insertable through a respective slot 26 into the internal space 16. The pulls 36 are positioned on the front plates 32 such that the pulls 36 are configured for a user to motivate respective drawers 28 from inserted positions to open positions. The respective drawers 28 are configured to support a door that is positioned across the respective drawers 28, with a side of the door adjacent to the front faces 22. The jig 54 is positionable on the door such that the jig 54 is configured to guide preparation and repair of the door. The saw horses 42 are positioned on the cabinets 12 such that the saw horses 42 are positioned to pivot from the cabinets 12 to an extended configuration. The saw horses 42 are configured to support the table to provide a work surface. The jam holder 52 is positionable on the saw horse 42 such that the jam holder 52 is configured to hold a jam of a door that is positioned across the pair of saw horses 42.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
