Work Buddy Combined Vice and Workbench
- Made:
- 1981 in United States
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‘Work Buddy’, combined vice and workbench, by Sears, Roebuck & Co., USA, 1981.
This object was found to infringe the patents covering the design of the ‘Workmate’ combined workbench and vice held by Black & Decker Inc and Hickman Design Ltd, and subsequently withdrawn from sale. In so doing, there was expressed most clearly the ‘indicia of non-obviousness’ – that the ‘Workmate’ might look like a simple idea, but that no-one previously had thought of it. Subsequent to this, consideration was made as to whether the Workmate constituted a new field of art, with no prior art.
Details
- Category:
- Hand and Machine Tools
- Object Number:
- 2020-128
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
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Legs: 723 mm x 46 mm x 40 mm,
Bench (without legs): 145 mm x 769 mm x 465 mm,
- type:
- workbench
