Patent ID: 8141256
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: B26B,E04F

Abstract:
1. A tool for manually cutting relief surfaces adjacent ceiling tile edges, said tool comprising, a body assembly including first and second side surfaces disposed at an angle with respect to one another, said body assembly further including top and bottom members, one of said top and bottom members including a first groove forming an indent in said one member, said first groove having a substantially flat nadir and extending across a surface thereof forming an inner surface of said tool, the other of said top and bottom members including a first rib forming a detent in said other member, said first rib having a substantially flat apex and extending across a surface thereof, said first rib oriented to be complementary to said first groove and forming an inner surface of said tool, a blade slidably fit on said nadir of said first groove on one side thereof, and retained thereon by said apex of said first rib on an opposing side thereof, said blade extending from said first side surface, and fastener means for holding said top and bottom members together and slidably retaining said blade thereon, a first distance from said blade to a working outer surface of said tool being at least one dimension for corresponding to a first relief surface on a ceiling tile, a second groove on said one of said members oriented to cross said first groove at a center of said one said members, and a second rib on said other of said members oriented to be complementary to said second groove on said one of said members, wherein when said blade is disposed in said second groove, said blade is extendable from said second side surface, and wherein a second distance from said blade to said working outer surface of said tool is a second dimension different from said first dimension for corresponding to a second relief surface on said ceiling tile.