Pocket hole jig
AssigneeTechtronic Power Tools Technology Limited
InventorsThomas Evatt, Clinton C. Thackery
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Abstract
A pocket hole jig includes a body with a base surface positionable against a workpiece and a recess extending into the body from the base surface, a gimbal pivotally coupled to the body and including a gimbal aperture extending therethrough, and a drill guide received by the gimbal aperture and including a drill guide aperture extending therethrough. The drill guide aperture defines a guide axis for a drill bit such that the drill bit is insertable into the drill guide aperture along the guide axis. The drill guide is pivotable with the gimbal relative to the body to adjust an inclination angle of the guide axis relative to the base surface, and the drill guide is movable along the gimbal aperture.
Claims20
A pocket hole jig comprising:
- a body including a base surface positionable against a workpiece and a recess extending into the body from the base surface;
- a gimbal pivotally coupled to the body and including a gimbal aperture extending therethrough;
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- a drill guide received by the gimbal aperture and including a drill guide aperture extending therethrough, the drill guide aperture defining a guide axis for a drill bit such that the drill bit is insertable into the drill guide aperture along the guide axis,
- wherein the drill guide is pivotable with the gimbal relative to the body to adjust an inclination angle of the guide axis relative to the base surface,
- wherein the drill guide is movable along the gimbal aperture
- wherein the gimbal aperture includes an elongated slot extending longitudinally in a direction parallel to the guide axis, and
- wherein the drill guide includes an elongated protrusion extending longitudinally in a direction parallel to the guide axis and configured to be received by the elongated slot.
A pocket hole jig comprising:
- a body including a base surface positionable against a workpiece and a recess extending into the body from the base surface;
- a drill guide including a drill guide aperture extending therethrough, the drill guide aperture defining a guide axis for a drill bit such that the drill bit is insertable into the drill guide aperture along the guide axis,
- wherein the drill guide is pivotable relative to the body to adjust an inclination angle of the guide axis relative to the base surface,
- wherein the drill guide includes a post, wherein the body includes a slot having a plurality of recesses, and
- wherein the post is biased into engagement with the plurality of recesses.
A pocket hole jig comprising:
- a body including a base surface positionable against a workpiece and a recess extending into the body from the base surface;
- a gimbal pivotally coupled to the body and including a gimbal aperture extending therethrough;
- and
- a drill guide received by the gimbal aperture and including a drill guide aperture extending therethrough, the drill guide aperture defining a guide axis for a drill bit such that the drill bit is insertable into the drill guide aperture along the guide axis,
- wherein the drill guide is pivotable with the gimbal relative to the body to adjust an inclination angle of the guide axis relative to the base surface,
- wherein the drill guide is movable along the gimbal aperture,
- wherein the drill guide is pivotable with the gimbal relative to the body to adjust the inclination angle of the guide axis relative to the base surface between a plurality of discrete angular orientations,
- wherein each of the plurality of discrete angular orientations corresponds with a different workpiece thickness, and
- wherein one of the body or the drill guide includes an indicator, and the other of the body or the drill guide includes indicia representing the plurality of different workpiece thicknesses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.