US 5,699,711 AGranted

Saw guide

AssigneeKidshop, Inc.

InventorLaurence H. Gold

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Abstract

A saw guide to enable a user to cut a straight line using a hand saw consists of a base having a slot formed therein which divides the base into first and second side-by-side sections. A fixed guide is mounted above the first section, with the central portion thereof being spaced apart from the base to form a cavity into which the board or other work to be cut is inserted. An adjustable guide is mounted above the second section, with the central portion thereof forming an adjustable cavity through which the board cut project. The adjustable guide includes manually operable adjustment knobs at the upper end of threaded bolts which extend through the ends of the adjustable guide and, at their lower ends, screw into threaded collars in bores within the base. As the knobs are turned, the adjustable guide descends, thereby decreasing the height of the adjustable cavity until the adjustable guide clamps against the board and holds it tightly against the base. A narrow space is formed between the inner ends of the fixed and adjustable guides. This space is aligned above the slot. When a saw blade is introduced through the space and the slot, and is reciprocated therein, it creates a straight cut through the board which is clamped to the base.

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Dependent claims

A saw guiding device which enables a user to hold and cut a flat object, such as a board, along a straight line, comprising:

a base having a saw blade receiving slot extending longitudinally through one end thereof, dividing said base into a first section and a second section on opposite sides of said slot;
a fixed guide attached at opposite ends to said first section of said base and having a central portion spaced above said base to form an object receiving cavity between said base and said fixed guide, said object receiving cavity of fixed size;
an adjustable guide having a central portion and depending portions at the ends thereof;
said adjustable guide being positioned above said second section of said base, with the space between said central portion and said second section of said base defining an adjustable cavity of adjustable size;
said fixed guide and said adjustable guide being positioned in spaced juxtaposition to each other on opposite sides of said slot, having a space between them which is aligned along and above said slot;
wherein said slot and said space between said fixed guide and said adjustable guide, extends completely through said one end of said base to a point on said opposite end of said base, providing an opening for a saw blade to pass longitudinally through said one end via said slot;
and
digitally operable adjusting means mounted within said depending portions of said adjustable guide and engageable with said second section of said base;
said device being operable by inserting an object to be cut through said object receiving cavity and said adjustable cavity, positioning the object with the area to be cut aligned along and above said slot, operating the adjusting means to lower the adjustable guide until the central portion thereof abuts against the object and holds it in place, and then inserting a saw blade through said space and said slot to enable the user to cut the object along a straight line.

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A saw guiding device for cutting a work object along a straight line and clamping the work object, comprising:

a base having a first section opposite a second section, and a first end opposite a second end, the first and second sections located between the first and second ends;
a slot extending longitudinally through one end thereof, dividing said base into a first section and a second section on opposite sides of said slot, said slot ending at a closed first end of said base and open at a second end of said base;
a first fixed guide, attached to the first end and to the second end, extending parallel to the slot across and spaced apart from the first section;
a first fixed work object receiving cavity being of fixed size and being formed in the space between the first fixed guide and the first section;
a second adjustable guide, attached to the first end and the second end, extending parallel to the slot across and spaced apart from the second section, the second adjustable guide parallel to the first fixed guide and having an adjustment means disposed thereon;
a second adjustable work object receiving cavity being of adjustable size and being formed in the space between the second adjustable guide and the second section;
wherein the adjustment means moves the second adjustable guide in relation to the second section, causing the second adjustable work object receiving cavity to change in dimension, to clamp the work object, and wherein the adjustment means does not move the first fixed guide and does not change the dimension of the first fixed work object receiving cavity.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.