Apparatus and method for the fabrication of structural components

Claim 1

A JIG ASSEMBLY FOR FABRICATING A STRUCTURE HAVING AT LEAST ONE DECK COMPONENT SECURED TO ELONGATED SUPPORT COMPONENTS IN STACKED RELATIONSHIP, WHICH COMPRISES A RECTANGULAR JIG FRAME PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO SWING ABOUT AN AXIS FROM ONE HORIZONTAL POSITION TO ANOTHER, ADJUSTABLE GUIDE MEANS ON SAID FRAME FOR ALIGNING THE DECK AND THE SUPPORT COMPONENTS WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE SIDES OF THE JIG FRAME; A PLURALITY OF HOLDING MEANS ADJUSTABLY POSITIONED ON SAID FRAME AND SAID GUIDE MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND POSITIONING THE SUPPORT COMPONENTS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND IN STACKED RELATION TO SAID DECK, A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL SUPPORT RODS ADJUSTABLY SECURED TO SAID FRAME BELOW SAID HOLDING MEANS TO SUPPORT A DECK COMPONENT; EACH OF SAID RODS HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACER ELEMENTS FOR SPACING AND ALIGNING THE COMPONENTS MAKING UP THE DECK IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP, AND CLAMPING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID GUIDE MEANS AND SAID JIG FRAME FOR CLAMPING THE DECK AND THE SUPPORT COMPONENTS TO THE JIG ASSEMBLY WHEREBY THE DECK AND SUPPORT COMPONENTS ARE HELD IN FIXED POSITIONS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE JIG FRAME ASSEMBLY WHEN THE JIG ASSEMBLY IS FLIPPED FROM ONE HORIZONTAL POSITION TO ANOTHER.