Foam cutting table
OwnerJason McSpadden Woodlandinventor
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Abstract
The present device is a cutting table for supporting a workpiece above a support surface while cutting the workpiece with a tool. The cutting table is comprised of at least one foam table piece that includes a top side, a bottom side, and at least one peripheral edge. Two or more foam standoffs project upwardly from the top side of the foam table piece a common height and each terminate at a top surface adapted for contacting and supporting the workpiece. The two or more standoffs allow the workpiece, when supported by the foam table piece, to be cut with the tool even if some of the standoffs are damaged by the tool. Preferably a portion of the area of the top surfaces of the standoffs to an area of the top side of the foam table pieces is less than 50%, preferably being between either 20-30% or 45-50%.
Claims21
A cutting table for supporting a workpiece while cutting the workpiece with a tool, comprising:
- at least two table pieces that each comprises:
- a body having a top side and a bottom side;
- and
- a plurality of standoffs comprising a grid of standoffs spaced in a pattern across the top side and integrally formed with the body of a common material with the body and projecting upwardly from the top side of the body and each standoff terminating at a generally common top plane, the standoffs being adapted for contacting and supporting a workpiece;
- wherein the plurality of standoffs of each table piece is disposed in a complementary pattern such that standoffs of a first of the table pieces are spaced to fit in spaces between standoffs of a second of the table pieces when the second of the table pieces is inverted and disposed above the first of the table pieces, such that the standoffs of the first of the table pieces are adapted to nest among the standoffs of the second of the table pieces such that the first of the table pieces and the second of the table pieces are adapted to be nested atop one another having a combined thickness less than twice the thickness of one of the table pieces with its respective standoffs;
- whereby with the workpiece supported on the standoffs, the workpiece may be cut with the tool, the workpiece supported by standoffs even if one or more of the standoffs has been damaged by the tool.
A cutting table for supporting a workpiece above a support surface while cutting the workpiece with a tool, comprising:
- three foam table pieces that each comprises:
- a body comprising:
- a top side;
- a bottom side;
- and
- at least one peripheral edge comprising one part of a mechanical snap joint;
- a plurality of standoffs integrally formed with and projecting upwardly from the top side and each standoff terminating at a generally common top plane, the standoffs adapted for contacting and supporting a workpiece;
- wherein one of the three foam pieces comprises a second peripheral edge comprising one part of a mechanical snap joint such that the three foam table pieces can be joined at their respective parts of the mechanical snap joints to form a unitary foam table;
- wherein the plurality of standoffs of at least two of the table pieces is disposed in a complementary pattern such that standoffs of a first of the table pieces are spaced to fit in spaces between standoffs of a second of the table pieces when the second of the table pieces is inverted and disposed above the first of the table pieces, such that the standoffs of the first of the table pieces are adapted to nest among the standoffs of the second of the table pieces such that the first of the table pieces and the second of the table pieces are adapted to be nested atop one another having a combined thickness less than twice the thickness of one of the table pieces with its respective standoffs;
- whereby with the workpiece supported on the standoffs, the workpiece may be cut with the tool, the workpiece supported by standoffs even if one or more of the standoffs has been damaged by the tool.
A cutting table for supporting a workpiece while cutting the workpiece with a tool, comprising:
- at least two table pieces of substantially equal thickness that each comprises:
- a body having a top side and a bottom side;
- and
- a plurality of standoffs projecting upwardly from the top side of the body, the standoffs forming a grid of standoffs, each standoff terminating at a generally common top plane, and the standoffs being adapted for contacting and supporting a workpiece;
- whereby with the workpiece supported on the standoffs, the workpiece may be cut with the tool, the workpiece supported by standoffs even if one or more of the standoffs has been damaged by the tool;
- wherein each table piece comprises the standoffs disposed in a complementary pattern such that the standoffs of a first of the table pieces are spaced to fit in spaces between the standoffs of a second of the table pieces when the second of the table pieces is inverted and disposed above the first of the table pieces, such that the standoffs of the first of the table pieces are adapted to nest among the standoffs of the second of the table pieces such that the first of the table pieces and the second of the table pieces are adapted to be nested atop one another having a combined thickness less than twice the thickness of one of the table pieces with its respective standoffs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.