What is it?

[PDQ]

Just for a bit of fun:

Can anyone guess what this is?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9lreknup1u7e3f5/Photo%201416.jpg

Answers on a postcard to... ;)

[bobbin]

The hand shaped "mittens" with straps look rather sinister...

Electroshock therapy or waterboarding.  ;)

[Mike]

I dont see a postcard ht is the record a d note papper a clue ? 

[kodydog]

Its a sewing machine and a cutting table. Jeez.  :)

[sofadoc]

Medieval torture device that has been modified to meet OSHA standards?

[Mike]

Ua dont want to hurt them sofa. Lol.

[Darren Henry]

Okay the other kids stole the really good innuendos, so I'll take a crack; At first I thought the cover might wrap around it to form some kind of water toy. NO , cover is too big. Then I got less dumb and put my glasses on and zoomed in.  Those rings are the same ones used to display sample cards, so my guess is that this is a portable display unit (trades shows and such) that once loaded up gets wrapped in the cover like a garment bag for easy transportation/set up.

Medieval torture device that has been modified to meet OSHA standards?

Naw, too short for even June or me.  ;D

[PDQ]

Here's an another image showing two more:



I'm not sure if the thumbnail link will last, it may time out, so here the image URL just in case:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yun1xalnmwmfusi/Photo%201399.jpg

Waterboarding, LOL. Actually, based on past events there's a possibility of that after these have been deployed. You never know. ;)

The old top pinned to the work bench isn't connected in any way. :)

[kodydog]

Camouflage is a clue. I'm thinking some kind of a deer stand.

[JuneC]

portable ladder, collapsed.

June

[fragged8]

beat me to it June ( as always )
looks like a ladder to me too..

[PDQ]

Too soon June, too soon, but 100% correct. Congrats!

Sorry Frag, no glory for 2nd place, but congrats too. ;)

Skip to about 2.30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNiDkS6QyxQ

Edit:
Frag, tell RAF to stop making a meal of it and pull his finger out for a change. lol ;)

[Mojo]

What a neat invention. Thanks for posting. :)

Chris

[bobbin]

What is the curly wire for?  I see now that it's a collapsible ladder, but can't quite figure out the wire...

(not to mention the "mittens" with restraints!)

[JuneC]

I had to go back and look for "mittens".  Are you referring to the reinforcing patches on the large tarp that's under the ladder in the first photo? 

The wires keep the rungs in place when the ladder is extended.  See the "stoppers" on the wire?  Looks like chunks of lead/metal clamped to the wire every 8 or 10 inches.  The wires are the side rails of the ladder. 

June