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US 10,526,747 B2Granted
Cutting guide with seam allowance recess
AssigneeUSAUS Holdings LLC
InventorsJanna Lee Thomas, Paul Roger Thomas
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Abstract
A cutting guide having a seam allowance recess and methods of cutting a piece of material with such cutting guide.
Claims25
A cutting guide, comprising:
- a substantially rectangular body having a top surface disposed in opposed relation to a substantially flat bottom surface, said top surface and said bottom surface extending to each of a plurality of sides of said substantially rectangular body, said substantially rectangular body having a thickness sufficient to guide a cutting tool along one of a plurality of sides of said body;
- and
- a first recess disposed in said bottom surface of said body, said first recess having a pair of opposed sides joined by a cross member which defines a passage which intersects a first pair of diagonally opposed corners of said substantially rectangular body, said pair of opposed sides having an amount of curvature.
A method of making a cutting guide, comprising:
- providing a substantially rectangular body having a top surface disposed in opposed relation to a substantially flat bottom surface, said top surface and said bottom surface extending to each of a plurality of sides of said substantially rectangular body, said substantially rectangular body having a thickness sufficient to guide a cutting tool along one of a plurality of sides of said body;
- and
- disposing a first recess in said bottom surface of said body, said first recess having a pair of opposed sides joined by a cross member which defines a passage which intersects a first pair of diagonally opposed corners of said substantially rectangular body, said pair of opposed sides having an amount of curvature.
A method of cutting a piece of material, comprising:
- obtaining a piece of material, said piece of material including a first piece of material different from a second piece of material joined at a seam having a seam allowance with a width which extends between said seam and an edge of each of said first piece of material and said second piece of material;
- obtaining a cutting guide, including:
- a substantially rectangular body having a top surface disposed in opposed relation to a substantially flat bottom surface, said top surface and said bottom surface extending to each of a plurality of sides of said substantially rectangular body, said substantially rectangular body having a thickness sufficient to guide a cutting tool along one of a plurality of sides of said body;
- and
- a first recess disposed in said bottom surface of said body, said first recess having a pair of opposed sides joined by a cross member which defines a passage which intersects a first pair of diagonally opposed corners of said substantially rectangular body, said pair of opposed sides having an amount of curvature;
- directly engaging said bottom surface of said cutting guide with said first and second pieces of material to locate said seam and said width of said seam allowance entirely between said pair of opposed sides of said first recess, said first and second pieces of material extending beyond said plurality of sides of said body of said cutting guide;
- abutting said seam against one said opposed sides of said first recess;
- guiding a cutting tool along each of said plurality of sides of said cutting guide;
- and
- cutting said piece of material with said cutting tool guided along each of said plurality of sides of said cutting guide.
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