Patent ID: 7540224

Claim:
An apparatus for guiding a work piece through a blade of a table saw to create a cut line defining an inside cut portion and an outside cut portion of the work piece, the apparatus comprising: a body; an inside cut leg extending from the body to make frictional contact with a top surface of the inside cut portion of the work piece; an outside cut leg extending from the body to make frictional contact with a top surface of the outside cut portion of the work piece; and a handle adapted to be grasped by a user of the apparatus while guiding the work piece through the blade of the table saw, the handle attached to the body on opposed sides of the body proximate the inside cut leg and the outside cut leg respectively to balance a transfer of force exerted by the user through the inside cut leg and outside cut leg onto the top surface of the inside cut portion and the top surface of the outside cut portion respectively for control of both the inside cut portion and the outside cut portion as the work piece is moved through the blade of the table saw; wherein the handle further comprises: a handle portion which may be grasped by the user; and a bridge portion connected between the handle portion and the opposed sides of the body; wherein the bridge portion comprises an undercut center section allowing the bridge portion to connect to the body on the opposed sides of the body.