Patent ID: 6289594
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B43L

Abstract:
An apparatus for guiding a cutting and marking device across a surface of a sheet of stock planar material having opposed planar side surfaces and a guiding marginal edge surface joining each of said planar side surfaces, the apparatus comprising a single-piece unitary construction and being freely slidable with respect to said marginal edge surface, said construction including:a substantially flat, elongated stem section having a proximal end and a distal end;said proximal end of said stem section comprising a substantially flat upper section formed integrally with and extending laterally in opposed directions relative to said stem section, a substantially flat midsection formed integrally with said upper section and extending perpendicularly relative thererto, said midsection having spaced apart upper and lower longitudinal edges extending substantially lengthwise relative to said upper section, and a substantially flat lower section formed integrally with said midsection and extending from the lower edge of said midsection and in the same lateral direction as said upper section; anda plurality of guide apertures being formed in said stem section.