Patent ID: 6520224
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: B27C

Abstract:
A mounting plate adapted to mount a power tool beneath the working surface of a work table, said power tool having a cutting implement and a base for affixing said tool during use and said working surface having an opening formed therein, said mounting plate comprising:an upper panel having an aperture for receipt of said cutting implement and oppositely facing upper and lower surfaces, said mounting plate being adapted to be received in said opening in said working surface such that said upper surface is flush with said working surface, said mounting plate having a downwardly opening cavity formed therein, said cavity extending upwardly from said lower surface and terminating short of said upper surface at an upper face spaced apart from and beneath said upper surface of said upper panel; a sub-panel removably receivable in said cavity and when so received being substantially immovable therein, said sub-panel having a plurality of holes formed therein for removable receipt of fasteners for interconnecting said sub-panel and said base, said upper face defining a barrier which separates said fasteners from said upper surface and which confines said fasteners beneath said upper surface.