Sawhorse
A self-adjusting and self-locking sawhorse made up of a frame for holding an item in a cantilevered position and self-adjusting jaw means on the frame for receiving the item, the self-adjusting jaw means being automatically responsive to the size of the item to hold the log in the sawhorse.
1. A sawhorse comprising:
a frame;
a self-adjusting jaw mechanism on the frame for receiving an item, the jaw mechanism comprising a pendent upper jaw made up of a series of cascading pivotable jaw plates suspended in a single vertical plane and pivotable between a first position for receiving an item in the sawhorse and a second position for holding the item in the sawhorse and a lower jaw spaced beneath the upper jaw;
the self-adjusting jaw mechanism being automatically responsive to the size of an item inserted in the jaw mechanism to hold the item in the sawhorse.
2. A sawhorse as claimed in claim 1 wherein the pivotable jaw plates are suspended from an upper jaw support bar on the frame.
3. A sawhorse as claimed in claim 1 wherein the series of jaw plates is substantially V-shaped.
4. A sawhorse as claimed in claim 1 wherein the series of jaw plates is substantially A-shaped.
5. A sawhorse as claimed in claim 1 wherein the lower jaw comprises a jaw plate fixed to the frame.
6. A sawhorse as claimed in claim 1 wherein the jaw plates are serrated.
7. A sawhorse as claimed in claim 1 wherein the serrated jaw plates comprise teeth for gripping an item.
8. A sawhorse as claimed in claim 1 wherein the frame is adapted to hold the item in the sawhorse in a cantilevered position.
9. A sawhorse as claimed in claim 3 wherein the frame is substantially L-shaped in profile.