Bridge for use with woodworking clamps and method of use
AssigneeWoodpeckers, LLC
InventorWayne Sherman
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Abstract
A woodworking bridge has two base walls or components that enable the bridge to span an abutment or joint between two work pieces. A top surface enables a clamp to engage the bridge to permit the clamp to apply a clamping force to a first work piece and a second work piece on both sides of the joint and prevent the clamp from contacting the joint. This allows any adhesive that oozes from the joint to be cleaned without curing in the top surface and/or the bottom surface of the two work pieces. The work pieces may then be stained without any cured adhesive in the pores of the work pieces where stain is applied.
Claims18
A woodworking bridge comprising:
- a first surface to engage a first work piece;
- a second surface to engage a second work piece, wherein the first surface and the second surface are spaced apart and coplanar with each other, and wherein the first work piece and the second work piece are configured to abut each other at a joint;
- a wall that spans the joint between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the joint is positioned in a space defined below the wall;
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- a top surface to engage a clamp wherein the woodworking bridge permits the clamp to apply a clamping force to the first work piece and the second work piece on both sides of the joint and prevent the clamp from contacting the joint and the woodworking bridge is adapted to not contact any glue or adhesive that oozes from the joint between the first work piece and the second work piece;
- a first side opposite a second side defining a first direction therebetween, and a front end oppose a rear end defining a second direction therebetween, and a top opposite a bottom defining a third direction therebetween, wherein the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction are orthogonal to each other;
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- wherein the first surface and the second surface are spaced apart from each other and are coplanar along a first horizontal plane that lies flat and parallel to the second direction.
A woodworking bridge comprising:
- a first surface to engage a first work piece;
- a second surface to engage a second work piece, wherein the first surface and the second surface are spaced apart and coplanar with each other, and wherein the first work piece and the second work piece are configured to abut each other at a joint;
- a wall that spans the joint between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the joint is positioned in a space defined below the wall;
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- a top surface to engage a clamp wherein the woodworking bridge permits the clamp to apply a clamping force to the first work piece and the second work piece on both sides of the joint and prevent the clamp from contacting the joint and the woodworking bridge is adapted to not contact any glue or adhesive that oozes from the joint between the first work piece and the second work piece;
- a first sidewall defining a first sidewall surface, wherein the first sidewall extends upward from the first surface;
- a second sidewall defining a second sidewall surface, wherein the second sidewall extends upward from the second surface;
- a first sloped wall defining a first sloped surface, wherein the first sloped wall extends upward and inward from the first sidewall to the top surface;
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- a second sloped wall defining a second sloped surface, wherein the second sloped wall extends upward and inward from the second sidewall to the top surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.