US 12,311,569 B2
Portable sawmill with folding bed
Neil Kevin Bramley, Ontario (CA); Joshua John Malcolm, Ontario (CA); Jeffrey Francis Doherty, Ontario (CA); and Andreas Ismael Rifani, Ontario (CA)
Assigned to Woodland Mills Inc., Port Perry (CA)
Filed by Woodland Mills Inc., Ontario (CA)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/964,547.
Application 17/964,547 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CA2021/000026, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 3078048 (CA), filed on Apr. 14, 2020; and application No. 3098025 (CA), filed on Nov. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0036267 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B27B 13/02 (2006.01); B27B 5/10 (2006.01); B27B 15/02 (2006.01); B27B 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B27B 13/02 (2013.01) [B27B 29/00 (2013.01); B27B 5/10 (2013.01); B27B 15/02 (2013.01)] 43 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sawmill assembly, comprising:
a bed, including a main bed member and an extension bed member, each said main bed member and said extension bed member having a pair of substantially parallel rails;
a log bunk attached to said main bed member, said log bunk having a support surface configured to support a first portion of a workpiece material; and
a hinge assembly pivotably connecting an end of said extension bed member to an end of said main bed member;
wherein said hinge assembly has a first part pivotably connected to a second part to permit said extension bed member to pivot relative to said main bed member between an extended, in use position, and a stowed position;
wherein when said extension bed member is in said in use position, said hinge assembly defines a support surface configured to support a second portion of said workpiece material; and wherein the support surface of the hinge assembly extends between the parallel rails.