Patent ID: 8656819

Claim:
A rigid foam insulation panel cutting system comprising: a base plate, wherein said base plate includes a front edge, a back edge and opposed lateral edges; a pair of vertical fences disposed in perpendicular relation to said base plate and in parallel to each other; a pair of vertical posts attached to said fences, wherein said posts are disposed in perpendicular relation to said base plate; a crossbar extending between said posts in spaced-apart relation to said base plate; a plurality of movable glide members extending from said front edge to said back edge of said base plate, said glide members being imparted with sliding movement between said fences, wherein said glide members support a rigid foam insulation panel to provide clearance with said base plate during a cutting operation; and a manually-operated carriage assembly including an unpowered cutting blade mounted thereon, wherein said carriage assembly is adapted for sliding movement along said crossbar enabling said cutting blade to be disposed at a position corresponding to a dimension of a rigid foam insulation panel to be cut, wherein said carriage assembly includes a truck member fabricated from tubular material having an inside dimension sufficiently larger than an outside dimension of said crossbar to provide a sliding fit with said crossbar enabling said carriage assembly to be traversed along said crossbar between said posts, wherein said rigid foam insulation panel is cut by manually advancing said panel into contact with said blade with sufficient pressure to cut said panel without using electrical power.