Tapered template guided system for a router
AssigneeWoodcraft Solutions LLC
InventorsDwight Sheldon, Kuldeep Singh
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Abstract
Tapered, stepped, or non-tapered router guide templates, and optionally combined template holder system, each template comprising: a base portion, a top portion, at least one of an exterior surface interconnecting the base portion and the top portion along an outer periphery of the template and an interior surface interconnecting the base portion and the top portion along an inner periphery of the template, wherein optionally one of the exterior surface and the interior surface may be continuously tapered between the base portion and the top portion, or stepped, and wherein the base portion is adapted for removable and adjustable interconnection with the template holder system.
Claims19
A router guide template comprising:
- a base portion;
- a top portion;
- an exterior surface interconnecting said base portion and said top portion along an outer periphery of the template, wherein at least a portion of said exterior surface is tapered between said base portion and said top portion;
- and
- a stepped interior surface interconnecting said base portion and said top portion, said stepped interior surface extending along an inner periphery of the template,
- wherein said base portion is adapted for removable and adjustable interconnection with a template holder.
A combination router guide template and template holder system, comprising a template and a template holder, said template comprising:
- a base portion;
- a top portion;
- an exterior surface interconnecting said base portion and said top portion along an outer periphery of the template, wherein at least a portion of said exterior surface is tapered between said base portion and said top portion;
- a stepped interior surface interconnecting said base portion and said top portion, said stepped interior surface extending along an inner periphery of the template;
- said template holder comprising a plurality of support post members and a cross member interconnecting the support post members and having a plurality of linear keyed slots therein,
- wherein said base portion of said template is adapted for removable and adjustable interconnection with the linear keyed slots of the cross member of said template holder.
A router guide template comprising:
- a base portion;
- at least one tapered tenon extending from said base portion;
- a top portion;
- an exterior surface interconnecting said base portion and said top portion along an outer periphery of the template, wherein at least a portion of said exterior surface is tapered between said base portion and said top portion;
- and
- an interior surface interconnecting said base portion and said top portion,
- wherein said base portion is adapted for removable and adjustable interconnection with a template holder, said at least one tapered tenon adapted for aligning the template in a desired orientation on a template holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.