US 12,030,171 B2
Folding stand with securing mechanism
Benjamin J. Stockwell, Turner, OR (US); Curt M. Kemper, Portland, OR (US); and Paul H. Stasiewicz, Oregon City, OR (US)
Assigned to SawStop Holding LLC, Tualatin, OR (US)
Filed by SawStop Holding LLC, Tualatin, OR (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/554,436.
Application 17/554,436 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/407,406, filed on Aug. 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/126,725, filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/072,405, filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0176540 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. B25H 1/04 (2006.01); B23D 45/06 (2006.01)
CPC B25H 1/04 (2013.01) [B23D 45/06 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A table saw comprising: a work surface having a forward edge, where the forward edge denotes the front of the saw; a blade configured to extend above the work surface and to spin around an axis oriented generally parallel to the forward edge of the work surface; a base supporting the work surface and blade, where the base has a frame member at the front of the saw; a stand supporting the base, where the stand includes a first pair of legs joined to pivot and a second pair of legs joined to pivot, where pivoting the first and second pairs of legs causes the stand to fold, where the stand further includes first and second rails supported by the first and second pairs of legs, where the first and second rails connect the first and second pairs of legs, and where the first and second rails are positioned in a horizontal plane; and a securing mechanism attached to the first rail between the first and second pairs of legs, where the securing mechanism secures the frame member to the stand at the front of the saw between the first and second pairs of legs, where the securing mechanism includes two arms pivotally attached to the first rail, and a locking assembly operable by a user to pivot the two arms.