Patent ID: 7066068

Claim:
A table saw comprising a frame, a work surface moveably mounted on said frame, said work surface having an upper and a lower surface and comprising two portions having a space therebetween, a powered saw blade aligned with and positionable in said space, at least two pairs of brackets mounted on the lower surface of the work surface such that one bracket of each pair is mounted on one of the portions of the work surface and the other bracket of each pair is mounted on the other one of the portions of the work surface, the brackets of each said pair being aligned and each said pair receiving a moveable drive dog therein, a pin extending from each drive dog and engaged in a keyway mounted on the frame, the keyway extending along the space between the two portions of the work surface, and a portion of the keyway adjacent to the saw blade extending away from the saw blade, whereby one of the drive dogs approaching the saw blade is withdrawn from one of the aligned pair of brackets and from the space between the two portions of the work surface to allow the work surface to move past the saw blade at the point where the withdrawn drive dog had previously engaged the two portions of the work surface.