Automobile body worktable

Claim 1

A worktable for use in transporting and straightening automobile body parts comprising; a. a rectangular lower platform; b. caster means rigidly secured to said lower platform; c. four vertical spacing members secured to the upper surface of said lower platform contiguous to its corners; d. an upper platform rigidly secured to the upper end of said spacing members, said upper platform including a bottom portion having an upturned edge which carries a horizontal outwardly extending top portion and a depending skirt, said upturn edge, top portion and depending skirt defining a cover portion; e. a pair of spaced parallel support arms carried on vertical uprights which are rigidly secured to said upper platform, said support arms being adapted to receive and support an automobile body part so that the part may be secured thereto to permit a workman to preform a desired operation, said upper platform being adapted to receive an additional mechanism used for straightening an automobile body part secured to said support arms; f. adjustable leg means secured to each of said vertical spacing members, said adjustable leg means including four tubular members having an internally threaded portion, a shaft carried in each of said tubular members for engaging the floor, each of said shafts having a threaded portion cooperating with the internal threaded portion of its respective tubular member, thereby permitting the vertical position of said shafts and said tubular members to be varied; g. a sprocket secured contiguous to the upper end of each of said shafts, said sprockets being within said cover portion of said upper platforms; h. a chain encircling said sprockets within said cover portion, whereby said shafts may be rotated simultaneously; and i. a ratchet secured to the upper end of one of said shafts for rotating said one shaft, whereby the remaining shafts will be rotated.