Tool support kit

Abstract

A kit of parts assembles into a tool support using an elongate beam such as a wooden joist provided by the purchaser of the kit. The kit includes a pair of uprights suitable for clamping onto spaced apart positions on the beam. A tool supporting member also mounts onto the beam, intermediate the uprights and includes a supporting surface for supporting a tool, for example a saw, thereon. The kit includes minimal components to be transported from site to site by the user. The kit also occupies minimal space when separated from the beam such that retailers are only required to stock minimal parts on store shelves at reduced cost as the user can supply their own beam.

1 . A kit of parts for assembly into a tool support using an elongate beam, the kit comprising: 
 a pair of uprights including respective clamping members supported thereon for clamping onto spaced apart positions on the beam; and    a supporting member including a mounting portion for mounting on the beam and a supporting surface for supporting a tool thereon.    
     
     
         2 . The kit of parts according to  claim 1  wherein the clamping members are each movable between a clamping position securing the beam therein and a released position in which the beam is free to be released therefrom.  
     
     
         3 . The kit of parts according to  claim 2  wherein each clamping member comprises a pair of confronting hooks which are biased towards one another in the clamping position.  
     
     
         4 . The kit of parts according to  claim 1  wherein each clamping member is arranged to receive a conventional size wooden construction beam therethrough.  
     
     
         5 . The kit of parts according to  claim 1  wherein each clamping member is arranged to clamp a side of the beam to permit securement of the clamping member at various longitudinal positions along the beam.  
     
     
         6 . The kit of parts according to  claim 1  wherein there is provided a material support member supported on at least one of the uprights above a respective one of the clamping members.  
     
     
         7 . The kit of parts according to  claim 6  wherein the material support member is adjustable in height.  
     
     
         8 . The kit of parts according to  claim 1  wherein there is provided a pair of supporting members for supporting the tool thereon at spaced longitudinal positions along the beam.  
     
     
         9 . The kit of parts according to  claim 1  wherein the mounting portion of the supporting member comprises a channel for receiving the beam therethrough.  
     
     
         10 . The kit of parts according to  claim 9  wherein the channel is suitably sized to receive a conventional size wooden construction beam therethrough.  
     
     
         11 . The kit of parts according to  claim 1  wherein the supporting surface of the supporting member comprises a flat plate including mounting apertures therein for receiving respective fasteners therethrough.  
     
     
         12 . The kit of parts according to  claim 1  wherein each upright comprises a base and an upright post extending upwardly from the base.  
     
     
         13 . The kit of parts according to  claim 12  wherein each clamping member is adjustably supported on the respective upright for supporting the clamping member at various heights in relation to the respective base of the upright.