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US 2017/0051451 A1Published application
Cutting Guide With Seam Allowance Recess
AssigneeUSAUS Holdings LLC
InventorsJanna Lee Thomas, Paul Roger Thomas
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Abstract
A cutting guide having a seam allowance recess and methods of cutting a piece of material with such cutting guide.
Claims22
A cutting guide, comprising:
- a body having a top surface and a generally flat bottom surface, each of said top and bottom surfaces extending to each of a plurality of sides interconnected in a quadrilateral configuration having one pair of said plurality of sides joined at a corner defining an interior angle of about 90 degrees, said body having a thickness sufficient to guide a cutting tool along one of a plurality of sides of said body;
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- a recess disposed in said bottom surface of said body, said recess having a width defined by location of a pair of linear opposed sides disposed a distance apart in generally parallel relation, said recess having a depth defined by location of a cross member coupled between said pair of linear opposed sides, wherein said recess intersects at least a pair of said plurality of sides and said corner defining said interior angle of about 90 degrees.
A method of producing a cutting guide, comprising the steps of:
- providing a body having a top surface and a generally flat bottom surface, each of said top and bottom surfaces extending to each of a plurality of sides interconnected in a quadrilateral configuration having one pair of said plurality of sides joined at a corner defining an interior angle of about 90 degrees, said body having a thickness sufficient to guide a cutting tool along one of a plurality of sides of said body;
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- disposing a recess in said bottom surface of said body, said recess having a width defined by location of a pair of linear opposed sides disposed a distance apart in generally parallel relation, said recess having a depth defined by location of a cross member coupled between said pair of linear opposed sides, wherein said recess intersects at least a pair of said plurality of sides and said corner defining said interior angle of about 90 degrees.
A method of cutting a piece of material, comprising:
- providing a piece of material having a seam allowance extending from a seam at which a pair of materials join;
- obtaining a cutting guide including:
- a body having a top surface and a generally flat bottom surface, each of said top and bottom surfaces extending to each of a plurality of sides interconnected in a quadrilateral configuration having one pair of said plurality of sides joined at a corner defining an interior angle of about 90 degrees, said body having a thickness sufficient to guide a cutting tool along one of a plurality of sides of said body;
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- a recess disposed in said bottom surface of said body, said recess having a width defined by location of a pair of linear opposed sides disposed a distance apart in generally parallel relation, said recess having a depth defined by location of a cross member coupled between said pair of linear opposed sides, wherein said recess intersects at least a pair of said plurality of sides and said corner defining said interior angle of about 90 degrees;
- engaging said bottom surface of said body of said cutting guide with said piece of material to receive said seam allowance in said recess;
- abutting one of said pair of linear opposed sides of said recess of said cutting guide against said seam;
- guiding a cutting tool along one side of said plurality of sides of said body of said cutting guide;
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- cutting said piece of material with said cutting tool guided along one side of said plurality of sides of said body of said cutting guide.
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