Workmate folding workbench
Banco de trabajo plegable Workmate
- Date
- 1968-1973 · confidence medium
- Place
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Ron Hickman (Black & Decker)
- People
- 👤 Ron Hickman1932–2011
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A folding bench with two boards that open like a vice and hold the workpiece in any position, serving also as table and sawhorse. Ron Hickman devised it after accidentally cutting through a chair, patented it and sold it through Black & Decker from 1973.
Hickman filed the patent in 1968-1972 and it was launched by Black & Decker in 1973; the place of invention is not well documented.
What it led to
- a portable workbench for hobbyists and tradesmen
- folding vice and workpiece support for DIY
- modern folding work tables