Patent ID: 6829833
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: B26B,B43L

Abstract:
A tool guide to facilitate cutting a compressible workpiece, said tool guide comprising a platen having a substantially planar first surface for contact with a surface of said workpiece, a substantially planar second surface spaced apart from said first surface, and a periphery bounding said first and said second surfaces, said platen including portions defining a first edge and a second edge of an aperture connecting said first surface and said second surface, said first edge and said second edge being spaced from said periphery such that application of force to said second surface will cause a reduction in a thickness of said compressible workpiece adjacent said aperture and sufficiently spaced apart from each other to permit a portion of a handle of a separate utility knife including a cutting tool inserted into said aperture to project from said first surface, one of said first surface and said second surface being engageable by one of said handle and said cutting tool to guide movement of said cutting tool.