US 11,850,724 B2
Pipe fitting stand
Michael A. Verhagen, Milwaukee, WI (US); Caroline G. Fox, Milwaukee, WI (US); John S. Scott, Brookfield, WI (US); Scott T. Moeller, Richfield, WI (US); Amanda M. Kachar, West Allis, WI (US); and 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 Jul. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/374,195.
Application 17/374,195 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/286,852, filed on Feb. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,090,781.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/715,426, filed on Aug. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/640,823, filed on Mar. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0339375 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B25H 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC B25H 1/04 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A pipe fitting stand for supporting a pipe during a work operation, the pipe fitting stand comprising:
a table;
a plurality of legs coupled to the table and moveable between a deployed position and a stowed position, wherein a first leg of the plurality of legs is coupled to an underside of the table via a first bracket and a second leg of the plurality of legs is coupled to the underside of the table via a second bracket; and
a reinforcing member coupling the first bracket to the second bracket,
wherein each of the first bracket and the second bracket includes a first wall and a second wall,
further comprising a first spacer positioned between the second wall of the first bracket and the first leg, and a second spacer positioned between the second wall of the second bracket and the second leg,
wherein the first spacer and the second spacer urges the first leg and the second leg toward the first wall of the first bracket and the first wall of the second bracket, respectively.