Patent ID: 6393958
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: B27G,Y10T

Abstract:
A molded plastic mitre box for use in conjunction with a saw having a pair of opposed major faces and a cutting edge during the cutting operation wherein a cutting edge of the saw is engaged with the workpiece and moved through a series of cutting strokes to cut into the workpiece, said mitre box comprising:a molded plastic base having a workpiece supporting surface constructed and arranged to support the workpiece during the aforesaid cutting operation; said molded plastic base including integrally molded structure that defines a generally upwardly facing saw supporting surface and a storage space extending below the workpiece supporting surface of said base, said storage space and said saw supporting surface being configured to enable the saw to be temporarily stored beneath said workpiece supporting surface in said storage space and supported by said saw supporting surface with the opposed major faces of the saw in generally parallel relation to said workpiece supporting surface between cutting operations; a first molded plastic slot defining structure having a saw receiving slot extending through a thickness of said first slot defining structure, said saw receiving slot having a width suitable for receiving the saw and guiding the saw as it is moved through the series of cutting strokes during the aforesaid cutting operation; a second molded plastic slot defining structure having a saw receiving slot extending through a thickness of said second slot defining structure and being substantially aligned with a saw receiving slot of said first slot defining structure, said saw receiving slot of said second slot defining structure having a width suitable for receiving the saw and guiding the saw as it is moved through the series of cutting strokes during the aforesaid cutting operation; a molded plastic abutment structure providing a workpiece edge abutting surface, said abutment structure being constructed and arranged with respect to said slot defining structures to enable the workpiece to be placed on the workpiece supporting surface an edge of the workpiece abutted against the workpiece abutting surface such that the saw receiving slots of said slot defining structures extend at an angle with respect to the abutted edge of the workpiece; said abutment structure and said slot defining structures being constructed and arranged to enable the aforesaid cutting operation to be performed when the workpiece is placed on the workpiece supporting surface with the edge of the workpiece abutting the workpiece edge abutting surface by (a) removing the saw from said storage space, (b) then inserting the saw into the substantially aligned saw receiving slots so that a cutting portion of the saw is engaged with the workpiece and extends at the angle determined by the substantially aligned saw receiving slots with respect to the edge of the workpiece, and (c) then moving the saw through a series of cutting strokes with the substantially aligned saw receiving slots guiding the saw through its cutting strokes so that cutting edge of the saw cuts into the workpiece at the aforesaid selected angle.