US 10,646,973 B2 · Workpiece-holding tools and techniques

Abstract

Workpiece-holding tools and techniques are described. Workpiece-holding tools and techniques are usable to ensure consistent and durable alignment of various workpieces while providing access for performing attachment techniques thereon. In one example, the workpiece-holding tool is configured to allow objects to be held or removably affixed to an alignment surface. Holding objects with the workpiece-holding tool ensures that the alignment of objects with an alignment surface does not change while a user is operating upon a workpiece, e.g., as by joining aligned objects together, without interfering or obstructing access to the objects. The ability to hold objects is enhanced by the inclusion of cutouts that provide increased access to interior surfaces of the workpiece-holding tool, such as to increase the area available for use of clamps or other fastening devices.

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Dependent claims

A portable, workpiece-holding tool comprising:

a first side panel having an interior surface and an exterior surface connected by a plurality of side surfaces;
a second side panel joined to the first side panel, the second side panel having an interior surface and an exterior surface connected by respective side surfaces;
a diaphragm connected to at least portions of the interior surface of the first side panel, the diaphragm including at least one cutout having an opening adjacent and bounded by the first side panel and at least one cutout having an opening adjacent and bounded by the second side panel, each cutout configured to permit a workpiece to be clamped to and held against an interior surface or an exterior surface of the respective side panel to which the opening of the at least one cutout is adjacent.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Workpiece-holding tools and techniques

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