Patent Application
20240269820
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The disclosure relates to sawhorses and more particularly pertains to a new sawhorse for having a removable beam of wood and positioning from a closed position to an open position.
The prior art relates to sawhorses and includes a variety of sawhorses comprising a plurality of legs coupled to a saddle. Known prior art does not include a plurality of legs being pivotally positionable from a closed position to an open position and having a beam of wood being removably fastened to a saddle.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plurality of legs being positionable from a closed position to an open position. The closed position is defined by the legs being positioned parallel to each other and the open position is defined by the legs being angled relative to each other such that an acute angle is formed between the legs from a top to a bottom of the assembly. A saddle is coupled to the legs and is supported upright by the legs in the open position. The saddle includes a base tube having a pair of lateral ends. A pair of outer tubes is rotatably coupled to a respective one of the lateral ends of the base tube. A coupler pivotally positions the legs from the closed position to the open position. A pair of tethers is coupled to the legs and facilitates positioning the legs into the open position. A base plate is elongated and is coupled to the saddle and a beam of wood is elongated and is removably coupled the base plate. A fastener is configured for removably coupling the beam of wood to the base plate.
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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The legs 12 include a pair of center legs 20. Each center leg 20 has a top end 22 and a bottom end 24, and the bottom end 24 of each center leg 20 may have a center foot 26. A first connection bar 27 is coupled to each center leg 20 and is positioned perpendicular relative to the center legs 20. The first connection bar 27 is equally spaced between the top end 22 and the bottom end 24 of each center leg 20. Furthermore, the legs 12 include a pair of outer legs 28 being pivotally coupled to a respective one of the center legs 20. Each outer leg 28 has an upper end 30 and a lower end 32, and the lower end 32 of each outer leg 28 may have an outer foot 34. A second connection bar 35 is coupled to each outer leg 28. The second connection bar 35 is positioned perpendicular relative to the outer legs 28 and is equally spaced between the upper end 30 and the lower end 32 of each outer leg 28. The first 27 and second 35 connection bars may comprise a rigid material such as metal wherein the first connection bar 27 provides reinforcement to the pair of center legs 20 and the second connection bar 35 provides reinforcement to the pair of outer legs 28.
A saddle 36 is coupled to the legs 12 and is supported upright by the legs 12 in the open position 16. The saddle 36 typically includes a base tube 38 having a pair of lateral ends 40. The top end 22 of each center leg 20 is coupled to one of the lateral ends 40 of the base tube 38. The base tube 38 encloses an interior space 42 and each of the lateral ends 40 is open. A pair of outer tubes 44 is rotatably coupled to a respective one of the lateral ends 40 of the base tube 38. The upper end 30 of each outer leg 28 is coupled to one of the outer tubes 44. Each outer tube 44 encloses a receiving space 46 and each outer tube 44 has a pair of outer ends 48. Each outer end 48 is open.
A coupler 50 rotatably couples the outer tubes 44 to the base tube 38 and pivotally positions the legs 12 from the closed position 14 to the open position 16. The coupler 50 typically includes a pair of pivot pins 52 being coupled to a respective one of the outer tubes 44 and a respective one of the lateral ends 40 of the base tube 38. Each pivot pin 52 has a base 54 and a protrusion 56 coupled to and extending out from the base 54. The protrusion 56 is insertable through the outer ends 48 of one of the outer tubes 44 into one of the lateral ends 40 of the base tube 38, wherein the protrusion 56 is stored within the receiving space 46 and the interior space 42.
A pair of tethers 58 is coupled to the outer 28 and center 20 legs and facilitates positioning the outer 28 and center 20 legs into the open position 16. Each tether 58 normally comprises a chain 60 including a plurality of links 62 interlinking with each other. Each link 62 has a thickness 64 from 0.1406 inches to 0.2344 inches, wherein the thickness 64 of each link 62 typically is 0.1875 inches. Each tether 58 is coupled to a respective one of the center legs 20 and a respective one of the outer legs 28. The tethers 58 reinforce the legs 12 when stabilizing the saddle 36 upright in the open position 16.
A base plate 66 is elongated and is coupled to the saddle 36. The base plate 66 normally comprises a 1.5 inch angle iron having an inner surface 68 and an outer surface 70. The inner surface 68 may be coupled to the base tube 38. The base plate 66 is angled relative to the center legs 20, wherein the base plate 66 is position vertical relative to a ground surface 72 in the open position 16. The base plate 66 has a plurality of holes 74 positioned on the outer surface 70 extending through the base plate 66.
A beam of wood 76 is elongated and is removably coupled the base plate 66. The beam of wood 76 typically has a pair of lateral surfaces 78 and one of each lateral surface 78 is abuttable to the inner surface 68 of the base plate 66. A fastener 80 is configured for removably coupling the beam of wood 76 to the base plate 66. The fastener 80 comprises a plurality of screws being removably inserted through the holes 74 of the base plate 66 into the beam of wood 76 such that the screws retain the beam of wood 76 to the inner surface 68 of the base plate 66.
In use, the legs 12 of the sawhorse assembly 10 are pivotally positioned from the closed position 14 to the open position 16 by moving the center legs 20 away from the outer legs 28 until each of the tethers 58 restricts further movement between the legs 12. The outer foot 34 of each outer leg 28 and the center foot 26 of each center leg 20 may be abutted to the ground surface 72 to stabilize the saddle 36 upright in the open position 16, wherein the beam of wood 76 is positioned upright. The saddle 36 is capable of receiving a great amount of force downwardly upon the beam of wood 76 without fracturing the saddle 36 or the legs 12 of sawhorse assembly 10. A second assembly 82 may be positioned proximate to the sawhorse assembly 10 to support a sheet of plywood 84 upon each assembly to define a table. The assembly 10 may be positioned into the closed position 14 by moving the center legs 20 towards the outer legs 28 until each of the legs 12 are parallel to each other.
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.
