# US 10,369,689 B2 · Adjustable universal hardware installation and machining jig for carpentry application

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- Number: US 10,369,689 B2
- Document ID: US10369689B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/469,339
- Filed: 2017-03-24
- Published: 2018-09-27
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-03-24
- Applicants: McKay Ballard
- Inventors: McKay Ballard
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369689B2

## CPC

- B25H 7/00: Marking-out or setting-out work (measuring, gauging G01; optical apparatus G02B; by photographic means G03C)
- B25H: WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65)

## Abstract

An adjustable universal carpentry jig for manipulating a workpiece, the jig having a rectangular base, the base defining a plurality of guide tracks within which a detachable adjustment arm travels for precise measurement of the workpiece. The adjustment arm comprises a plurality of clamps or clasps for affixing the adjustment arm to the base.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An adjustable carpentry jig comprising:
a rectangular base having a top surface and bottom surface, the top surface of the base defining a pair of parallel guide tracks within which an adjustment arm can travel;
wherein the base defines a hollow rectangular, interior recess for detachably receiving a workpiece;
wherein the base comprises an uninterrupted cantilevered abutment templet circumscribing the interior recess for abutting the workpiece; and
a detachable adjustment arm, the detachable adjustment arm having a planar top surface which abuts one of the top surface and bottom surface of the base, the planar top surface of the adjustment arm defining a recess for spacing the adjustment arm from the workpiece.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The adjustable carpentry jig of claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the base defines a pair of parallel guide tracks within which the adjustment arm can travel.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The adjustable carpentry jig of claim 1, wherein the adjustment arm travels laterally from one side of the jig to another.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The adjustable carpentry jig of claim 1, wherein the adjustment arm comprises a plurality of clasps for affixing the adjustment arm to the base.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The adjustable carpentry jig of claim 1, wherein the adjustment arm defines a second templet recess for receiving a second templet.