Patents by Inventor Horst Zahn

Horst Zahn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4034684
    Abstract: An improved foldable leg assembly for dual-height workbenches and like devices which is simple to construct, requires no foldable braces or stays, employs an extremely simple hinge plate structure to connect same to a workbench base, the legs being oriented and arranged to provide adequate stability in the higher position of the workbench. The dual height workbench includes top members defining a working surface, a base defining longitudinal and transverse axes and support structure for supporting said top members above said base. A plurality of leg members are pivotally attached to said base adjacent outer edge portions of same and movable between inwardly folded inoperative positions corresponding to the lower height of the workbench and outwardly and downwardly inclined operative positions relative to said base corresponding to the higher position of the workbench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1977
    Assignee: The Black and Decker Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Norman Harold Carson, Raul Cirne, Horst Zahn