Patent ID: 7975585

Claim:
A table saw guard apparatus comprising: a table having a base; a saw assembly having a circular blade; an insert plate on the table, the insert plate having a saw blade slot for receiving the circular saw blade, two guard slots extending parallel to the saw blade slot and provided on opposite sides of the saw blade slot, and a rear slot extending rearward from the saw blade slot; a saw guard assembly connected to the table, the saw guard assembly including a vertical web having an upper cantilevered flange plate located above the insert plate and lower split cantilevered flange plates extending along opposite sides of the circular saw blade and located beneath the insert plate, and a mounting plate extending downward from one of the lower split cantilevered flange plates, wherein in the vertical web is received in the rear slot; flexible and resilient extensions extending vertically from two edges of the upper cantilevered flange plate and from each plate of the lower split cantilevered flange plates toward the two guard slots, and along and in front of the circular saw blade.