US 12,275,127 B2
Pipe fitting stand
Steven J. Berg, Jr., Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/888,241.
Application 17/888,241 is a continuation of application No. 17/172,560, filed on Feb. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,845,177.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/080,854, filed on Sep. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/972,477, filed on Feb. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388146 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A47B 3/00 (2006.01); B25H 1/04 (2006.01); F16M 11/38 (2006.01)
CPC B25H 1/04 (2013.01) [F16M 11/38 (2013.01); A47B 3/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pipe fitting stand comprising:
a table;
at least one pipe support provided at an upper side of the table and configured to support a pipe on the table; and
a plurality of legs coupled to the table and movable between a deployed position and a stowed position,
wherein, in the stowed position, the plurality of legs are positioned side-by-side with each other and the table and are substantially parallel to each other and to the table, the plurality of legs all extending from the table in a single direction,
wherein the plurality of legs includes three legs, and each one of the three legs extends from the table in a different direction from the others in the deployed position, and wherein the different directions in which the three legs extend from the table in the deployed position are neither parallel nor perpendicular with each other and are neither parallel nor perpendicular with the table,
wherein the at least one pipe support comprises a vise positioned at a first end of the table and an additional support positioned at an opposite, second end of the table, and
wherein the vise includes a plurality of jaws and a clamp assembly comprising a handle and a chain screw assembly configured to adjustably clamp the pipe with a chain.