Patent ID: 7241211
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: B28D

Abstract:
1. A blade guard for a saw blade, the blade guard comprising: first and second oppositely facing walls for extending along respective flat sides of the saw blade, and wherein the first wall includes a first edge portion and the second wall includes a second edge portion and wherein the first and second edge portions define at least part of an opening configured to have a sufficient size to receive a saw blade into the opening, wherein each of the first and second walls extend, between respective adjacent pairs of side portions, from the respective edge portions to respective opposite portions, and wherein the first oppositely facing wall includes an interior portion between the first edge portion, the adjacent pair of side portions and the opposite portion; and a third wall contacting the first facing wall and extending toward the second facing wall, a fourth wall contacting the second facing wall and extending toward the first facing wall, and wherein the third wall has a first end portion and a second end portion wherein the third wall extends in a direction from the first end portion adjacent the first edge portion away from the first edge portion toward the interior portion to the second end portion.