Support stand

Claim 1

A SUPPORT STAND FOR SUPPORTING TOOL HANDLES, SAID SUPPORT STAND COMPRISING A PAIR OF UPSTANDING GENERALLY PLANAR END LEG FRAMES INTERCONNECTED BY MEANS OF A CENTRAL UPSTANDING GENERALLY PLANAR WEB FRAME EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN WHOSE OPPOSITE ENDS ARE PIVOTALLY SECURED TO THE CORRESPONDING END LEG FRAMES FOR ROTATION ABOUT UPSTANDING AXES DISPOSED GENERALLY EQUIDISTANT FROM THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID END FRAMES, A GENERALLY PLANAR CLAMP ASSEMBLY DEFINING A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY PARALLEL AND HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED RECESSES EACH INCLUDING OPPOSITE SIDES DEFINING ABUTMENT SURFACES ADAPTED TO EMBRACE AND SUPPORT THE ENLARGED END PORTIONS OF HICKORY TOOL HANDLES, SAID CLAMP ASSEMBLY INCLUDING OPPOSITE ENDS DISPOSED IN REMOVABLE OVERLYING RELATION TO THE UPPER SURFACES OF SAID END FRAMES WITH THE LATTER GENERALLY PARALLELING EACH OTHER AND DISPOSED NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF SAID WEB FRAME, SAID CLAMP ASSEMBLY INCLUDING MEANS RELEASABLY ENGAGED WITH THE UPPER EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID END FRAMES RETAINING SAID END FRAMES IN POSITION AGAINST ROTATION RELATIVE OT SAID WEB FRAME.