Keyed rail and support surface for saw horse

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10675749-B2
Application number	US-201615382866-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2016
Priority date	Dec 18, 2015
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

A support system includes a base have a plurality of legs depending from a support portion. The support portion includes at least one slot formed therein, wherein a portion of a support member is received in the slot. A deck of the support system is configured to slidably engage a top portion of the support member. The support member may include a male key portion formed on a first end and female key portion formed on second end, the female key portion of one support member configured to receive the male key portion of another support member. A groove formed in each of the deck and the clamp is configured to receive the track portion therein, wherein the clamp can be slid along the support member via the track. The deck may comprise a plurality of panels coupled to each other using a coupling member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A support system, comprising;
a base having a plurality of legs depending from a support portion, the support portion having a slot disposed therein;
a support member disposed in the slot; and
a deck configured to slidably engage the support member,
wherein the deck includes at least one side surface, a top surface and a bottom surface, a groove formed in the bottom surface, the support member selectively slidably disposed within the groove and holding the deck above the support portion of the support system,
wherein the deck has a coupling feature, the coupling feature being a T-shaped recess formed in the top surface of the deck and being open to the at least one side surface,
wherein the support member includes a track formed along a length thereof, the track configured to engage the groove of the deck, and
wherein each of the track and the groove of the deck have a T-shaped cross section, the track configured to be slidably received within the groove.

2. The support system of claim 1 , wherein the support member has a first end with a male key portion and a second end with a female key portion, the male key portion of one support member configured to engage the female key portion of another support member.

3. The support system of claim 2 , wherein the male key portion is a T-shaped rail and the female key portion is a T-shaped slot, the female key portion configured to slidably receive the male key portion therein.

4. The support system of claim 3 , wherein the male key portion is slidably received in the female key portion in a direction transverse to a length of the support member.

5. The support system of claim 1 , wherein the deck includes a plurality of receptacles formed therein.

6. A support system, comprising;
a base having a plurality of legs depending from a support portion, the support portion having a slot disposed therein;
a support member disposed in the slot; and
a deck configured to slidably engage the support member, wherein the deck comprises a plurality of panels wherein each of the panels includes a coupling feature formed along a perimeter thereof, the coupling feature of a first panel configured to cooperate with the coupling feature of a second panel to selectively couple the first panel to the second panel; and
a coupling member, wherein a first portion of the coupling member is configured to be received in the coupling feature of the first panel and a second portion of the coupling member is configured to be received in the coupling feature of the second panel to selectively couple the first panel to the second panel.

7. The support system of claim 6 , wherein the coupling feature is a T-shaped recess formed in a top surface of the panel, and the coupling member includes opposing T-shaped ends forming each of the first portion and the second portion, each of the T-shaped ends configured to be received in the T-shaped recess of the panel.

8. A support system, comprising;
a base having a plurality of legs depending from a support portion, the support portion having a slot disposed therein;
a support member disposed in the slot;
a deck configured to slidably engage a top portion of the support member; and
a clamp configured to slidably engage the top portion of the support member,
wherein the deck comprises a plurality of panels, a first one of the panels coupled to an adjacent second one of the panels with a coupling member, and
wherein the base comprises a plurality of sawhorses, each one of the sawhorses including the support portion, wherein the support portion of a first one of the sawhorses is connected to the support portion of a second one of the sawhorses by the support member.

9. The support system of claim 8 , comprising a first support member and a second support member, the second support member parallel to the first support member.

Assignees

• Creative Plastic Concepts Llc

Inventors

• Reinhart Nickolas

Classifications

• B25H1/14

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