Patent ID: 7287329
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A device for guiding a knife configured to cut an item, comprising: a tape having first and second parallel sides extending between opposite ends of the tape, the opposite ends being displaceable relative to one another to establish a desired length of the tape; a base plate configured to removably receive a blade of the knife, the base plate having a pair of through bores and being juxtaposed with the first side of the tape along one of the opposite ends thereof; and a clamping plate having a side portion with a central portion and inner and outer sides extending perpendicularly outwardly from inner and outer sides of the central portion, the side portion extending outwards from a bottom portion of the clamping plate toward an inner edge of the base plate, the clamping plate being juxtaposed with the second side of the tape and detachably coupled to the base plate to clamp the one end of the tape between the clamping and base plates, whereas, upon establishing the desired length of the tape, the tape is displaceable relative to the item so that the blade cuts a portion of the item having a dimension corresponding to the desired length of the tape, wherein the clamping plate has a pair of blind bores disposed at a bottom surface and extending into the clamping plate, the blind bores being aligned with the pair of through bores of the base plate.