Patent ID: 7886641

Claim:
A method for advancing a workpiece relative to woodworking equipment with a push block comprising: providing a push block including a main body having a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal axis, and a first, generally flat working surface; a handle component extending from said main body whereby when said first working surface is disposed in parallel facing relation to a top surface of a workpiece, said handle component is disposed predominantly vertically above said main body; and a heel component extending from said main body so as to have a first, operative position, wherein said heel projects vertically below a first plane of said first working surface, and a second, stored position wherein a bottom edge of said heel is disposed in or vertically above said first plane, said heel defining a second working surface disposed in a second plane defined at an angle with respect to said first working surface; engaging a top surface of the workpiece with said first working surface; and advancing said workpiece with said push block at least partway past said woodworking equipment while said woodworking equipment works upon said workpiece, wherein said heel component is resiliently retractable from the first, operative position to the second, stored position upon application of an external force, without demounting the heel component from the main body.