Patent ID: 6237459
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B27G,Y10T

Abstract:
A cove base cutting guide tool for guiding a knife through the guide tool and making a mitered cut on a cove base material, said guide tool comprising:a base;a plurality of tower members extending vertically from said base and forming a first wall portion and a plurality of tower members extending vertically from said base and forming a second wall portion, said first and said second wall portions defining a groove therebetween, said groove having the same general shape as the cove base material to be cut, said groove having a generally straight portion extending from a top to a bottom of said first and said second wall portions, said straight portion having an open end at the top of said first and said second wall portions, wherein said groove is wider at the bottom of said straight portion than the top of said straight portion, said first and said second wall portions flexing away from one another at the top of said groove when receiving the cove base material and applying friction to the cove base material at the top of the cove base material when the cove base material is inserted into said groove; andone or more slits extending through said first wall portion and said second wall portion along a predetermined angle, said one or more slits running transversely to said groove.