Patent ID: 7669841

Claim:
A support brace for cutting wood planks and the like for use in stabilizing the wood plank by asserting a downward pressure on the support brace from a foot of a user during cutting conditions, said support brace comprising: a bottom section having planar top and bottom surfaces, said bottom surface being directly seated on a ground surface, said top surface directly abutting a bottom surface of a user foot, said bottom section having a plurality of linear sides wherein one of said sides is diagonally offset from adjacent ones of said sides; a first wall monolithically formed with said bottom section and extending upwardly therefrom; a second wall monolithically formed with said bottom section and extending upwardly therefrom, said second wall having a longitudinal length registered perpendicularly to said first wall; a third wall directly abutted with said bottom section and oppositely spaced from said second wall for defining a passageway therebetween such that the user foot is removably positional in said passageway and engaged with said second wall for prohibiting the user foot from extending beyond said second wall, wherein the wood plank is removably positional on said second wall and elevated above the user foot such that the user may cut a portion of the wood plank that terminates outside of said second wall while maintaining the user foot away from a cutting plane of the wood plank.