Patent ID: 7178439
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: B23D,E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to size a width of a blind in a retail store, comprising: a housing; a support surface disposed on the housing; a blade configured to cut the width of a blind to a predetermined length and disposed adjacent the support surface, the blade being a saw that traverses a cutting path; a blind locator, slidably located on the support surface, having a top surface, and adapted to support a blind to be sized, wherein the blind locator includes a projection adapted to project into a recess in the blind; and a metallic plate removably disposed on the housing and having a top surface, the plate being disposed adjacent the blade, the top surface of the plate being approximately coplanar with the top surface of the blind locator, the plate further including a slit, the slit defining the cutting path, the plate configured to support an end of the blind as it is being sized by the saw.