Patent ID: 8997329
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A crate assembly jig system for preventing damage to crate-bound material, the crate assembly jig system comprising, in combination: a crate assembly, the crate assembly comprising a first board and a second board, the first board extending in a first board plane and having a first board thickness, a first channel entry edge, and a planar first board-attachment surface, the second board extending in a second board plane orthogonal to the first board plane and having a second board thickness, a planar first board-attachment end, and a planar device-engaging surface, the first board-attachment end abutting the board-attachment surface at a first board-to-board T-junction; a jig assembly, the jig assembly comprising a jig form and a first magnet, the jig form being of a singular material construction and comprising a J-shaped transverse cross-section, a substantially uniform end-to-end width, a front portion, a rear portion, and a top portion extending between and connecting the front and rear portions, the front portion being parallel to the rear portion such that the front, rear, and top portions together define a cuboidal board-receiving channel, the rear portion being abbreviated in length relative to the front portion for defining a board-receiving thickness, the board-receiving channel comprising a channel width and a channel depth, the rear portion comprising a planar board-engaging surface extending parallel to the top portion, the front portion comprising a fastener-engaging end, a first fastener-aligning slot, and a first magnet-positioning bore, the first fastener-aligning slot and first magnet-positioning bore being coplanar and extending orthogonally relative to the end-to-end width adjacent the fastener-engaging end, the first magnet being received in the first magnet-receiving bore, the fastener-engaging end having a planar frontal surface parallel, the first fastener-aligning slot being formed in the planar frontal surface extending parallel thereto, the planar frontal surface being parallel to the board-engaging surface; and a first fastener, the first fastener having a first fastener axis, a first slot-engaging portion of the first fastener being positioned via the first fastener-aligning slot, the first magnet magnetically attracting and holding the first slot-engaging portion at the first fastener-aligning slot, the board-receiving channel receiving the first channel entry edge of the first board such that the board-engaging surface engages and abuts the device-engaging surface of the second board, the second board thickness being greater than the board-receiving thickness such that the first fastener-aligning slot aligns and positions the first fastener axis intermediate the second board thickness parallel to the device-engaging surface, the first fastener being drivable through the first board orthogonal to the first board plane parallel to the device-engaging surface into the first board attachment end for fastening the first board attachment end to the first board attachment surface at the first board-to-board T-junction, the jig system thus for maintaining proper alignment and fastened engagement of the first fastener during crate assembly for preventing damage to material bound by the first and second boards.